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Forney | Forney is bisexual.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.curvemag.com/Curve-Magazine/Web-Articles-2012/Page-Turners-Ellen-Forney/|title=Page Turner: Ellen Forney|work=[[Curve (magazine)|Curve]]|date=November 7, 2012|first=Grace|last=Bello|access-date=February 22, 2018|archive-date=May 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524202355/http://www.curvemag.com/Curve-Magazine/Web-Articles-2012/Page-Turners-Ellen-Forney/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was diagnosed with [[Bipolar I disorder|Bipolar 1 Disorder]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Salkowitz |first1=Rob |title=Self-Described 'Crazy Artist' Ellen Forney Offers 'Rock Steady' Advice On Staying Balanced |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2018/04/04/self-described-crazy-artist-ellen-forney-offers-rock-steady-advice-on-staying-balanced/#55a60056392b |website=Forbes |access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref> | ||
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
* '' | * ''Monkey Food: The Complete "I Was Seven in '75" Collection'', Fantagraphic Books (1999). | ||
* ''I Love Led Zeppelin: Panty-Dropping Comics'', Fantagraphics Books (2006). | * ''I Love Led Zeppelin: Panty-Dropping Comics'', Fantagraphics Books (2006). | ||
* ''Lust: Kinky Online Personal Ads from Seattle's The Stranger'', Fantagraphics Books (2008). | * ''Lust: Kinky Online Personal Ads from Seattle's The Stranger'', Fantagraphics Books (2008). | ||
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Template:Infobox writer Ellen Forney (born March 8, 1968) is an American cartoonist, educator, and wellness coach. She is known for her autobiographic comics which include I was Seven in '75; I Love Led Zepellin; and Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo and Me.[1] She teaches at the Cornish College of the Arts. Her work covers mental illness, political activism, drugs, and the riot grrrl movement.[2] Currently, she is based in Seattle, Washington.[3]
Career
Forney received a B.A. degree from Wesleyan University, where she majored in psychology.[4]
In the 1990s, she produced the autobiographical strip I Was Seven in '75, which ran in Seattle's alternative-weekly paper The Stranger.[5] She self-published a collection in 1997 with a Xeric Foundation grant.[6] A complete collection was published as Monkey Food by Fantagraphics in 1999.
In 2006 she published I Love Led Zeppelin, which collected comics she had done for various newspapers and magazines, and included collaborations with Margaret Cho, Kristin Gore, Camille Paglia, and Dan Savage.[4] It was nominated for an Eisner Award as Best Reality-Based Comic.[7][8] In 2007 she illustrated Sherman Alexie's young-adult novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which won the National Book Award.[9][10][11] In 2008 she published Lust which adapted personal ads from The Stranger into illustrated/comics form.[12]
Her graphic memoir Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me[13] addressed her experiences with bipolar disorder.[14] Specifically, the memoir deals with how Forney perceives her mental illness in relation to her art, as well as her fears about medication diminishing her creativity.[15] Forney also notes the role mental illness has played in other artists lives, referring to a list of artists and writers with depression as "Club Van Gogh."[16] It was published by Penguin Books' Gotham Books imprint in November 2012,[17][18] and it was a New York Times Bestseller.[19] Marbles featured prominently in a graphic medicine exhibit that Forney curated for the U.S. National Library of Medicine.[20]
Forney's 2018 book Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice from My Bipolar Life is a graphic self-help guide, published by Fantagraphics. In it, Forney promotes her personal acronym for self-care: SMEDMERTS, which stands for Sleep, Meds, Eat, Doctor, Mindfulness, Exercise, Routine, Tools, Support System.[2]
Other work
Ellen Forney is also the artist responsible for "Crossed Pinkies" and "Walking Fingers", two murals in the Sound Transit Capitol Hill light rail station at Seattle.[21] She also is open for commissions such as portraits, wedding invitations, and tattoo designs.[22] More recently, Forney started offering wellness coaching for those who suffer from bipolar disorder.[23] She also connects with audiences about graphic medicine, health, and comics in frequent speaking engagements.[24]
Personal life
Forney is bisexual.[25] She was diagnosed with Bipolar 1 Disorder in 1998.[26]
Bibliography
- Monkey Food: The Complete "I Was Seven in '75" Collection, Fantagraphic Books (1999).
- I Love Led Zeppelin: Panty-Dropping Comics, Fantagraphics Books (2006).
- Lust: Kinky Online Personal Ads from Seattle's The Stranger, Fantagraphics Books (2008).
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, Art by Ellen Forney, Little Brown (2007).
- Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic Memoir, Gotham/Penguin Books (2012).
- Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life, Fantagraphics (2018).
Awards
- 2013: Inkpot Award[27]
- 2013: National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis "Gradiva" winner in Art for Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic Memoir[28]
- 2012: Stranger Genius Award winner for Literature[29]
- 2007: National Book Award winner and New York Times Book of the Year for her art in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
See also
References
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- ↑ Klein, Sarah. "What Bipolar Disorder Really Feels Like," Huffpost (September 18, 2014).
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- ↑ The Bipolar Cartoonist: Ellen Forney’s ‘Marbles’, Publishers Weekly. By Grace Bello. November 05, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ↑ David Low, Forney ’89 Writes Graphic Novel on Bipolar Disorder, The Wesleyan Connection (Wesleyan University), 2012-11-15. Accessed 2012-11-17.
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- ↑ The Stranger Genius Awards: The Event, thestranger.com. Accessed online 2012-11-21.