After a chance encounter, two formerly close friends try to salvage whatever is left of their decaying relationship. They are in for an awkward, painful night that leaves them feeling lonelier, more uncertain, and more estranged than ever before. Parrish's first graphic novel for Fantagraphics is a visual tour-de-force, always in the service of the author's ever-prevalent themes: navigating queer desire, masculinity, fear and the ever-in-flux state of friendships.

Parrish makes emotionally loaded painted comics about everyday relationships, doubts and anxieties. The psychological acuity in the work pairs perfectly to the graphic style. The Lie and How We Told It is a remarkably resonant work from an exciting new voice in contemporary graphic novels. (From Fantagraphics)

The Lie and How We Told It won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ graphic novels.