Ellen Forney also works as a wellness coach to help those who suffer from bipolar disorder. She also does speaking engagements and speaks about mental health, comics, and graphic medicine, and have curated "Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived & Well-Drawn", a traveling exhibition about comics and health for the National Library of Medicine.

Personal life:

Forney is bisexual, and her mother is homosexual. Forney was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1998.

Other work

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Ellen Forney is also the artist responsible for "Crossed Pinkies" and "Walking Fingers", two murals in the South Transit Capitol Hill light rail station at Seattle. She also is open for commissions such as portraits, wedding invitations, and tattoo designs.[1]

Bibliography

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  • 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).[2]


  1. ^ "Ellen Forney - Graphic Artist". ellenforney.com. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  2. ^ "Ellen Forney - Graphic Artist". ellenforney.com. Retrieved 2019-11-07.