Snuggle into your couch or bed with these cozy. This groundbreaking graphic novel, is an eloquent portrait of adolescent yearning: first love (and first heartache), faith in crisis, and the process of moving beyond all of that.īeautifully rendered in pen and ink, Thompson has created a love story that lasts. Blankets : a graphic novel by Thompson, Craig, 1975- author, artist. Shop ultra-soft sherpa fleece graphic-design throw blankets featuring unique designs by independent artists. Format: Book Edition: First Drawn & Quarterly hardcover & paperback editions. 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. Blankets : a graphic novel / by Craig Thompson. It’s a universal story, and Thompson’s vibrant brushstrokes and unique page designs make the familiar heartbreaking all over again.īlankets is the story of a young man coming of age and finding the confidence to express his creative voice. It’s a lovely blanket for your baby crib. The finished size is 28 inches wide x 42 inches long (42 inches wide x 56 inches long). I absolutely love this design and the pops of color in each square. Over time though, their personal demons resurface and their relationship falls apart. Geometric, bold blankets are truly unique and very modern looking, just like this one by Purl Soho.

Blankets – 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. Blankets may be my favourite graphic novel ever because it’s gorgeous in each and every one of these elements.

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