Ellen Forney and Caitlin Cass have each written nonfiction comic works. They will discuss the process of researching them.

Ellen Forney is an author, artist, speaker, and mental health coach. Her work includes the New York Times bestselling graphic memoir Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me, the story of her diagnosis and struggle with bipolar disorder, and its companion book, Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life, a mental health guide and the basis for her coaching.

Caitlin Cass makes comics, cartoons and art installations about failing systems and irrational hope. Her first full length graphic history is Suffrage Song, which came out from Fantagraphics Books in June.