I Never Promised You a Rose Garden #1

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden — Fantagraphics

Issue: #1

In this graphic novel, what begins as an affectionate reminiscence of the author's 1990s teenage infatuation with the late actor River Phoenix morphs into a remarkable, sprawling account of the city of Portland and state of Oregon's dark history of white nationalism.Mannie Murphy is a gender queer Portland native. This work of graphic nonfiction, told in the style of an illustrated diary, begins a...

Creators: Eric Reynolds, Mannie Murphy, Paul Baresh, Gary Groth