Most Popular Books by Ellen Forney

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. Shortly before her thirtieth birthday, Forney was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Flagrantly manic and terrified that medications would cause her to lose creativity, she began a years-long struggle to find mental stability while retaining her passions and creativity. Searching to make sense of the popular concept of the crazy artist, she finds inspiration from the lives and work of other artists and writers who suffered from mood disorders, including Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O’Keeffe, William Styron, and Sylvia Plath. She also researches the clinical aspects of bipolar disorder, including the strengths and limitations of various treatments and medications, and what studies tell us about the conundrum of attempting to “cure” an otherwise brilliant mind. Darkly funny and intensely personal, Forney’s memoir provides a visceral glimpse into the effects of a mood disorder on an artist’s work, as she shares her own story through bold black-and-white images and evocative prose.

The popular primer on the best graphic novels, initially called The 101 Best Graphic Novels, is back in its third updated edition. Expert librarian Stephen Weiner—with the crowdsourcing help of professionals in the field, from artists to critics to leading comic store owners—has sifted through the bewildering thousands of graphic novels now available to come up with an outstanding, not-to-be-missed 101. With an all-encompassing variety of genres, including both fiction and nonfiction, this serves as a great introduction to this increasingly influential world of pop culture and entertainment while also serving as a reference list for fans on what they may have possibly overlooked.

Tegneserie - graphic novel. Shortly before her 30th birthday, Forney was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She then began a long struggle over many years to find mental stability while retaining her creativity. Darkly funny and intensely personal, her memoir provides a humorous but authentic glimpse into the effects of a mood disorder on an artist''s work, as she shares her own story through black-and-white graphic images and prose

Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life is the eagerly awaited sequel/ companion book to Forney’s 2012 best-selling graphic memoir, Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me. Whereas Marbles was a memoir about her bipolar disorder, Rock Steady turns the focus outward, offering a self-help survival guide of tips, tricks and tools by someone who has been through it all and come through stronger for it.

I Love Led Zeppelin is a long-awaited collection of strips by the Harvey and Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist Ellen Forney. This book includes full-page comics published in prestigious weeklies such as the L.A. Weekly and Seattle''s The Stranger, as well as the leading feminist magazine Bust, and the Oxford American. Her strips are characterized by bold, sensual brushstrokes and striking images of powerful, butt-kicking women. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri}

Pouco antes de fazer 30 anos, Ellen Forney ficou sabendo que sofria de transtorno bipolar. Incontestavelmente maníaca, mas receosa de que os medicamentos a fizessem perder sua criatividade e seu ganha-pão, Ellen deu início a uma luta — que durou anos — para encontrar equilíbrio mental sem perder a si mesma ou a sua paixão. Buscando entender o conceito popular do "artista louco", Ellen encontrou inspiração na vida e na obra de outros artistas e escritores que sofriam de transtornos do humor, entre os quais Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O''Keeffe, William Styron e Sylvia Plath.

For storytellers and artists of all levels (no experience necessary!), here is a colorful, interactive how-to book that teaches kids to express themselves through comics. Hey! Are you an artist? Writer? Creator? All of the above? None of the above? Grab a pencil and this book to begin expressing your life in comics! This interactive guide is chockfull of fun exercises, insightful lessons, and plenty of practice space. Draw and write your own characters! Create funky panel shapes! Fill in the speech bubbles! Follow fun prompts to doodle, draw, and design! No writing or drawing experience is necessary-all it takes is YOU (plus a pencil or pen) to turn your ideas into visual stories, starring you! Praise for comic artist, speaker, mental health coach, and New York Times bestselling author Ellen Forney: - "Ellen Forney''s greatest strength as a cartoonist is her gift for explanation-getting information across with vigor, wit, and visual inventiveness." -New York Times - "Forney has a virtuosic understanding of what words and images can do in congress, playing them off one another in ways that allow her pages to be more than the sum of their parts." -NPR - "Brilliant" -Entertainment Weekly

Collection from Seattle cartoonist Ellen Forney.

Forney has for several years been illustrating the Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger''s "Lustlab" classified ads by interpreting the most interesting, outrageous, or idiosyncratic ad in that week''s paper, that is awarded the appellation "Lustlab Ad of the Week." "Lustlab" is the category encompassing the kinkiest personal ads in the paper, and every week the page attracts Seattle''s finest lovers, kinksters, perverts, and the perv-curious, and each week, Forney chooses one ad, edits the text, and creates a comic combining that text and imagery. She uses her brushwork in many different styles―bold and graphic, fine and detailed, cartoony, or elegant, depending on the tone of the ad. She uses a variety of resource materials for inspiration, from early erotic photography to Tom of Finland to Wacky Packages-style send-ups of consumer products to original designs. Exhibitionists, voyeurs, threesomes, moresomes, tops, bottoms, switches, rope-lovers, spankers, spankees, bi-curious men, bi-curious women, lesbians with prison fantasies, masturbation clubs―Forney illustrates them all in her bemused, affectionate, witty, and elegant style. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.9px Arial; color: #424242}

A l''âge de trente ans, Ellen Forney apprend qu''elle est bipolaire. La dessinatrice enchaîne les périodes d''euphorie créatrice et les longs moments de dépression. Au début, Ellen est plutôt contente : elle va enfin pouvoir rejoindre le club des artistes fous, de Van Gogh à Michel-Ange. Las, elle déchante rapidement. Heureusement, Ellen va s''en sortir, grâce notamment à la pratique de son art. Une case en moins est le récit de cette guérison, entre les séances de psychothérapie, l''introspection et l''exercice de la bande dessinée.

Ellen Forney avait 7 ans en 1975. Dans cette BD composée de mini-saynètes humoristiques, elle nous raconte son enfance, ses parents babas cools qui organisaient des soirées pétards, emmenaient leurs enfants dans un camp de vacances naturiste, portaient des pattes d''eph et circulaient en minibus Volkswagen... De petits riens qui évoquent le bon goût de l''enfance et des années 70. Tellement culte !