Ellen forney wrote graphic novels on her experience with bipolar disorder called marbles.
Marbles comic bipolar.
Marbles book summary.
Mania depression michelangelo me is a brave funny and self revealing work exploring how an artist can make peace with bipolar disorder without losing the creative spark.
Marbles is a look at bipolar disorder from the inside capturing the seductive qualities of mania and the ambivalence some people feel about treatment and medication.
Forney s exhilarating and enlightening autobiographical portrait of her bipolar disorder otherwise known as manic depression takes the reader on an emotional rollercoaster an authentic evocation of the author s journey.
No matter what she s experiencing.
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.
A graphic memoir 2012.
Mania depression michelangelo and me and rock steady.
I always find these types.
Forney has plenty of alt comics bona fides from her delightful tomato comic in the 90s her hilarious childhood memoir monkey food the amusing short story collection i love led zeppelin to lust her collection of clever illustrations for the stranger.
She tries to reduce stigma and show others that they aren t alone.
Marbles is a graphic novel memoir by cartoonist ellen forney that depicts 4 monumental years of her life during which time she is diagnosed with bipolar i disorder and the treatment course that follows.
Cartoonist ellen forney documents her bipolar disorder in marbles a graphic memoir that sustains its honesty and humor through both manic and depressive phases.
It has been called a.
It s about her experience being treated for bipolar disorder aka manic depression.
Flagrantly manic and terrified that medications would cause her to lose creativity and her livelihood she began a years long struggle to find mental stability while retaining her passion and creativity.
I was seven years into my bipolar disorder diagnosis when i first read ellen forney s graphic memoir marbles.
It was still it is still difficult to understand my illness and even harder to express the bipolar experience to others.
