Blankets

by Craig Thompson

Blankets is the story of a young man coming of age and finding the confidence to express his creative voice. Craig Thompson’s poignant graphic memoir plays out against the backdrop of a Midwestern winterscape: finely-hewn linework draws together a portrait of small town life, a rigorously fundamentalist Christian childhood, and a lonely, emotionally mixed-up adolescence.

Under an engulfing blanket of snow, Craig and Raina fall in love at winter church camp, revealing to one another their struggles with faith and their dreams of escape. Over time though, their personal demons resurface and their relationship falls apart. It’s a universal story, and Thompson’s vibrant brushstrokes and unique page designs make the familiar heartbreaking all over again.

This groundbreaking graphic novel, winner of two Eisner and three Harvey Awards, is an eloquent portrait of adolescent yearning; first love (and first heartache); faith in crisis; and the process of moving beyond all of that. Beautifully rendered in pen and ink, Thompson has created a love story that lasts.

POPULAR PAPERBACK FOR YOUNG ADULTS
ALA / YALSA for Blankets (2005)
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM
Eisner Award for Blankets (2004)
BEST CARTOONIST (WRITER/ARTIST)
Eisner Award for Blankets (2004)
BEST CARTOONIST
Harvey Award for Blankets (2004)
BEST ARTIST
Harvey Award for Blankets (2004)
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM OF ORIGINAL WORK
Harvey Award for Blankets (2004)
OUTSTANDING ARTIST
Ignatz Award for Blankets (2004)
OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL
Ignatz Award for Blankets (2004)
Hardcover/Paperback
592 pages
7″ x 9″
B&W
ISBN: 9781770462205
Published by Drawn & Quarterly
Hardcover: $39.95
Paperback: $29.95

“…a superb example of the art of cartooning: the blending of word and picture to achieve an effect that neither is capable of without the other.”

The Bloomsbury Review

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