Blankets: A Graphic Novel - Softcover

Thompson, Craig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 177046218X ISBN 13: 9781770462182

Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly, 2019

Synopsis

"Quaint, meditative and sometimes dreamy, blankets will take you straight back to your first kiss." --The Guardian

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.

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Review:

One of the greatest love stories ever written, and surely the best ever drawn. (Joss Whedon)

Moving, tender, beautifully drawn, painfully honest, and probably the most important graphic novel since Jimmy Corrigan. (Neil Gaiman)

'It's beautifully written and drawn, it's very poetic and it's very romantic. I highly recommend it' (Elena Favilli)

Book Description:

A modern classic, published for the first time in the UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 177046218X
• ISBN 13: 9781770462182
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592