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Marbles : mania, depression, Michelangelo, & me : a graphic memoir / by Ellen Forney.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781592407323 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1592407323 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 248 p. : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Gotham Books, c2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-248). |
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| Subject: | Forney, Ellen > Comic books, strips, etc. Artists > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc. Manic-depressive illness > Comic books, strips, etc. |
| Genre: | Graphic non-fiction. Biography. |
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- Baker & Taylor
An artist describes her bipolar disorder diagnosis and her struggles with mental stability while discussing other artists and creative people throughout history who were also labeled as âcrazyâ including Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O'Keeffe and Sylvia Plath. Original. 40,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
An artist describes her bipolar disorder diagnosis and her struggles with mental stability while discussing other creative people throughout history who were also labeled as "crazy," including van Gogh, O'Keeffe, and Plath. - Penguin Putnam
Cartoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between âcrazyâ and âcreativeâ in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder, woven with stories of famous bipolar artists and writers.Â
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 OâKeeffe, 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 âcureâ an otherwise brilliant mind.
Darkly funny and intensely personal, Forneyâs memoir provides a visceral glimpse into the effects of a mood disorder on an artistâs work, as she shares her own story through bold black-and-white images and evocative prose.
- Random House, Inc.
Cartoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between âcrazyâ and âcreativeâ 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 OâKeeffe, 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 âcureâ an otherwise brilliant mind.
Darkly funny and intensely personal, Forneyâs memoir provides a visceral glimpse into the effects of a mood disorder on an artistâs work, as she shares her own story through bold black-and-white images and evocative prose.
