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Mannie Murphy, from “Like a Lighthouse”
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Mannie Murphy, from “Like a Lighthouse”
Mannie Murphy. 2024. Panels from “Queer Friend Love.” Courtesy the artist
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New Releases: March 2021
New Releases: March 2021
Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad (1st) One of nineteen children in a blended family, Hari Ziyad was raised by a Hindu Hare Kṛṣṇa mother and a Muslim father. Through reframing their own coming-of-age story, Ziyad takes readers on a powerful journey of growing up queer and Black in Cleveland, Ohio, and of navigating the equally complex path toward finding their true self in New York City.…
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Mannie Murphy, excerpts from I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Fantagraphics Books, 2021) [descriptions in Alt]
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden - Mannie Murphy
Summary: Murphy explores both the queer and hate-filled cultures and histories of Portland, Oregon in this work of graphic non-fiction.
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My rating: 4.0/5.0 Goodreads: 3.57/5.0
Review: Powerful and disturbing, the blue-wash art pairs perfectly with the drifting, melancholy story. Murphy uses the short life and death of River Phoenix as an unexpected jumping off point to explore cruising culture, drugs, and white supremacy, but the main character is the city of Portland itself. The picture painted is a bleak one, and the tragedies of the city are clearly personal to Murphy.