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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (2021) Cover & pg.85

Artist: Mannie Murphy (All)

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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (2021) Cover & pg.85 Comic Art

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Title:	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (2021) Cover & pg.85
Artist:	Mannie Murphy (All)
Media Type:	Ink Wash
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	119
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	1/6/2023
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Cover and page of the amazing I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Mannie Murphy, which starts as an almost personal journal/diary/fanzine about River Phoenix but slowly and incredibly expands out to an investigation into the history of racism and white supremacy in Portland. A year after reading it and I am still in awe of how Mannie manages to pull this off all while never loosing sight of the personal connection the book starts with.

I really love this book and was extremely excited to be able to get the cover. Even before I knew what this book was about I saw it pop up for pre order on the Fantagraphics website and this image was arresting.

Mannie painted pages with blue ink and ink washes directly on vintage newspaper handwriting paper from reference images right to ink so no sketching or prep which adds to the over diary/journal feeling of the book. This page does not have the text from the page as it was added later.

The page first appeared in 2016 in the zine "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Part 2: Ken Death is Dead" and was later collected by Fantagraphics in 2021.

This book was on many critics best of 2021 lists.

Ink, ink wash, white acrylic ink and marker on vintage newsprint handwriting paper.

8 1/2 x 11"

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Joined:	May 2022
Last Login:	September 2025
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Evan Kingston
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 2/10/2023

Just wanted to say I picked this book up on your rec and loved it. I immediately joined Mannie's Patreon and am jazzed to be getting a page for my collection sooner or later!

Griffen E
Member Since 2022

1 - Posted on 2/12/2023

Evan Kingston wrote:

Just wanted to say I picked this book up on your rec and loved it. I immediately�joined Mannie's�Patreon and am jazzed to be getting a page for my collection sooner or later!

Wonderful! So glad to hear you loved it. A very special book.

Looking forward to see the page you pick up, so many beautiful ones to choose from.

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