The Lie And How We Told It [Hardcover]

Parrishs emotionally loaded, painted graphic novel is is a visual tour deforce, always in the service of the authors themes: navigatingqueer desire, masculinity, fear, and the ever-in-flux state of friendships.?A haunting little graphic novella... Parrishs tactile paintwork conjures humans with hulking bodies and baseball heads, all of them wondering whether the messes theyre in are the result of mistakes theyve made or some kind of perverse destiny they were always bound for.Tommi Parrishs excellent new graphic novel relentlessly interrogates issues of gender and sexuality, pointing out that strict binaries are mostly jerry-built and easily broken.With each hand-painted panel, author Tommi Parrish communicates an intense atmosphere and delves thoughtfully into the themes of queer desire, masculinity, fear, and the fading of past relationships.Tommi Parrish managed to work some kind of magic in this book. ... Its genuinely been a while since characters felt so real to me.A friendshipfumbles and falls apart after an uncertain encounter in this graphic novel froma remarkable new voice.