Marbles Comic Bipolar

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.

Marbles comic bipolar. Cartoonist ellen forney documents her bipolar disorder in marbles a graphic memoir that sustains its honesty and humor through both manic and depressive phases. Shortly before her thirtieth birthday cartoonist ellen forney was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I always find these types. 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. Mania depression michelangelo and me and rock steady. 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 book summary.

It was still it is still difficult to understand my illness and even harder to express the bipolar experience to others. It has been called a. She tries to reduce stigma and show others that they aren t alone. Brilliant advice from my bipolar life.

It s about her experience being treated for bipolar disorder aka manic depression. 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. Ellen forney wrote graphic novels on her experience with bipolar disorder called marbles. No matter what she s experiencing.

A graphic memoir 2012. Mania depression michelangelo and me.