Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor

From 2014 onward, Drawn & Quarterly released Lynda Barry's Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor as a single, essential volume. A masterclass in creativity disguised as a comic, it collects Barry's own hand-drawn course notes and exercises from her acclaimed interdisciplinary writing-and-drawing workshops. Blending autobiography, pedagogy, and raw, expressive art, the book offers an intimate look at her teaching philosophy and the creative process itself. It matters as a unique artifact from a revered cartoonist, making her influential methods accessible to anyone seeking to unlock their own visual and verbal storytelling.