Lynda Barry is offering four(!) free(!) public(!) lectures about cartooning and writing as part of her spring 2012 artist residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A full schedule is included below.

• Wednesday, Feb. 15, 4:30-5:45 p.m.: Art Department Visiting Artist Series: "Seeing, Drawing, Writing, and Cooking through a Cartoonist's Eye" by cartoonist Ivan Brunetti with Barry. Special guest: Chris Ware. 
• Wednesday, Feb. 22, 4:30-5:45 p.m.: Art Department Visiting Artist Series: "The Blind Stare" by author Ryan Knighton with Barry.
• Thursday, March 8, 7 p.m.: "The Friendship that Would Not Die: Lynda Barry on Matt Groening".
• Thursday, May 3, 7 p.m.: "Stay Awake" by writer Dan Chaon with Barry.