Marbles Ellen Forney Npr
Just before her 30th birthday ellen forney received a diagnosis that finally explained her super charged highs and debilitating lows.
Marbles ellen forney npr. Ellen forney explores the relationship between crazy and creative in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder woven with stories of famous bipolar artists and writers. I love led zepellin. In marbles a new graphic memoir forney recalls both the pain and the humor of her path to stability. In marbles a new graphic memoir forney.
Ellen s work has always been hilarious and sharp but marbles has an emotional resonance that shows new depth as an artist and a writer. Npr coverage of marbles. Flagrantly manic and. In rock steady ellen forney combines mental health advice artistry and wit following up on her instant classic marbles about her experiences with bipolar disorder cartoonist forney.
Shortly before her thirtieth birthday cartoonist ellen forney was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Mania depression michelangelo and me she teaches at the cornish college of the arts her work covers mental illness political activism drugs and the riot grrrl movement. Creative smart funny and insightful bipolar magazine. News author interviews critics picks and more.
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. Marbles and rock steady are now being used by counselors psychiatrists patients. Cartoonist ellen forney explores the relationship between crazy and creative in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder woven with stories of famous bipolar artists and writers. Ellen forney npr coverage of ellen forney.
Npr books rock steady is part graphic memoir part bipolar survival manual and 100 percent ellen forney. This is an extremely personal brave and rewarding book dan savage editor of it gets better and author of the kid i have always admired ellen forney s humor and honesty but marbles is a major leap forward. Marbles cartoonist ellen forney s excellent graphic memoir about being bipolar opens with her in the middle of a 5 1 2 hour session in a tattoo parlor every time the needle traces a line forney.