The White Donkey: Terminal Lance

Maximilian Uriarte

Apr 2016 · Sold by Little, Brown

About this ebook

A New York Times bestseller: A graphic novel of war and its aftermath.

A powerful, compulsively page-turning, vivid, and moving tribute to the experience of war and PTSD, The White Donkey tells the story of Abe, a young Marine recruit who experiences the ugly, pedestrian, and often meaningless side of military service in rural Iraq. He enlists in hopes of finding that missing something in his life but comes to find out that it's not quite what he expected.

Abe gets more than he bargained for when his journey takes him to the middle east in war-torn Iraq. This is a story about a Marine, written and illustrated by a Marine, and is the first graphic novel about the war in Iraq from a veteran. The White Donkey explores the experience of being a Marine, as well as the challenges that veterans face upon their return home, and its raw power will leave you in awe.

Ratings and reviews

This is exactly what I think everyone needs to read if they want to know what it's like when you come back. To a world that seems to in no way comprehend what we went through. I remember as a kid reading all quite on the western front and thinking wow why doesn't my generation have a book like this and now we do. I have nothing but thanks to give this man and it is an honor to call him my brother though we may not have served together.

Even though I was generally a good Marine and somehow made it to the rank of Sgt. During my first enlistment (0811/ artilleryman) this comic brought back some memories shortly after my second deployment. I had damn near lost my mind and was shaken to the core about my experiences in Afghanistan having done two back to back combat deployments with little turn around time. Fortunately I made it out and saw light at the end of the tunnel.

From cover to cover, Max has captured the laughs, frustration, brotherhood and heartache that the Marines serving in the Iraq war experienced. To the casual reader, the book is a glimpse into the world of the junior Marine on the ground. To a veteran, it has the ability to bring out emotional reactions and a sense of camaraderie with Abe and Garcia that can only be felt by those who did it. To put it simply, I was almost brought to tears reading The White Donkey. Well done, Max. You've done us all proud. SF

About the author

Infantry Marine and Iraq veteran Maximilian Uriarte is the creator of the hit comic strip "Terminal Lance." Uriarte enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 2006 at the age of 19 and served for four years. During his first deployment to Iraq in 2007 he served as an MRAP turret gunner and dismount of India Company's "Jump" platoon in the Zaidon region southeast of Fallujah. He deployed to Iraq again in 2009 as a billeted Combat Photographer and Combat Artist, then enrolling in California College of the Arts. He is the author of The Terminal Lance Ultimate Omnibus, White Donkey, and Battle Born.