One! Hundred! Demons!

Lynda Barry draws episodes about childhood, family, desire and embarrassment as demons that stay with a person. The book plays openly with the boundary between remembered fact and imaginative retelling.

Barry’s approach argues that emotional truth can survive uncertainty about exact events. Its mixture of comedy and pain gives minor memories the force of major turning points.

Autobiographical comics, humor and experimental memoir meet in what Barry calls a hybrid of fiction and self-writing.

Full color, decorative borders and lively handwritten text make each episode feel like a crafted object. The exuberant surface allows difficult material to remain approachable.