Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful word. (Lynda Barry)

Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful word.

Lynda Barry

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