Ellen Forney
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Ellen Forney (born March 8, 1968, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a cartoonist and teacher based in Seattle, Washington, whose work has been published by Fantagraphics Books and The Stranger (an alternative newspaper), among other publications.[1][2][3] Her most recent collection is called Lust.[4] She teaches at the Cornish College of the Arts.
In 2007, Forney's I Love Led Zeppelin was nominated for a prestigious Eisner Award as Best Reality-Based Comic.[5]
She illustrated Sherman Alexie's novel for young adults entitled The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which won the National Book Award in 2007.[6][7] Forney received her B.A. from Wesleyan University, where she majored in psychology.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ http://public.vwc.edu/news-a-events/recent-news/1045-acclaimed-cartoonist-ellen-forney-speaks-about-words-and-pictures
- ^ Benedetti, Winda (August 7, 2006). "Seattle cartoonist Ellen Forney embraces our oddities". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/books/280352_forney08.html.
- ^ http://lambiek.net/artists/f/forney_ellen.htm
- ^ Graves, Jen (February 13, 2008). "New in Books". The Stranger. http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=511046. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ^ The Comics Reporter
- ^ http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20110203_Philly-linked_artist_adds_life_to_award-winning_book.html
- ^ Hiskes, Jonathan (December 10, 2008). "Northwest Fiction Rooted in the Region". Seattle, WA: Crosscut. http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/18709/. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
- ^ Benedetti, Winda (August 7, 2006). "Seattle cartoonist Ellen Forney embraces our oddities". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/books/280352_forney08.html.
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