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The Body Beautiful: A Forum for Young Fags of all Shapes, Sizes & Colors on Body Image, at Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle, WA, August 20, 1997
Artist
Ellen Forney
Printer
Girlie Press
Date1997
Mediumpaper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HWD): 32 7/8 × 18 1/2 in. (83.503 × 46.99 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1998.828.8
Text EntriesThis poster was designed by Ellen Forney (b. 1968). who is a cartoonist based in Seattle. In the 1990s, her autobiographical comic strip I Was Seven in ‘75 ran in The Stranger, and her work has appeared in various newspapers and magazines, in collaboration with comedian Margaret Cho, writer Kristin Gore, professor Camille Paglia, and Stranger sex columnist Dan Savage, among others. She has published work related to mental health and political activism, curated a travelling exhibition on comics and health for the National Library of Medicine, and painted two murals in Seattle’s Capitol Hill light rail station.
Rectangular poster with white border and blue background. The top left and right corners have people in the air with green and pink fabric draped over them. The title "The Body Beautiful" is in pink bubble lettering at the center. Below the title are nude men standing in pink seashells. There are word bubbles above their heads with event details.
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