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Ellen Forney

(1968) Cartoonist

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Ellen Forney is a cartoonist.

Quick Facts About Ellen Forney

Born: March 8, 1968
Profession: Cartoonist

About Ellen Forney

[Wikidata] American cartoonist and illustrator... | [Wikipedia] Ellen Forney 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. She teaches at the Cornish College of the Arts. Her work covers mental illness,

Quotes by Ellen Forney

'Marbles' really took so much and such a thorough effort from me that I was so happy to tie that up and…

Effort

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A sense of electrical current was part of my own experience of being manic. The sensation that my mind was spinning and…

Batteries

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The way I process things, they way I express myself, is in comics, just as poets process things that they are trying…

Poet

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I find that stability is good for my creativity.

Creativity

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I just really respond to comics. I find it a really exciting medium.

Exciting

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For one thing, I don't think art needs to be about suffering; sometimes it really seems like it's only the art about…

Art

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I think that Van Gogh is really the ultimate crazy artist that we all think of.

Art

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I had this sense that I was part of, sort of a lineage of artists and writers through history that have had…

Art

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