“Chicago is a place where there is ample parking compared to [other] big cities and average looking people are considered boxy, which is why I love being here,” said Lynda Barry, popular cartoonist and illustrator of the Ernie Pook’s Comeek. Barry and the creator of “The Simpsons” phenomenon, Matt Groening, spoke at a local university’s campus on Nov. 5 to put a comedic spin on the ups and downs of their private and professional lives.

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