Blankets

Craig Thompson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1891830430 ISBN 13: 9781891830433

Publisher: Top Shelf Productions, 2003

Named one of Time's top 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time!

"...A rarity: a first-love story so well remembered and honest that it reminds you what falling in love feels like. ...achingly beautiful." - Time magazine

Wrapped in the landscape of a blustery Wisconsin winter, Blankets explores the sibling rivalry of two brothers growing up in the isolated country, and the budding romance of two coming-of-age lovers. A tale of security and discovery, of playfulness and tragedy, of a fall from grace and the origins of faith. A profound and utterly beautiful work from Craig Thompson.

At 592 pages, Blankets may well be the single largest graphic novel ever published without being serialized first.

Product Description:

At 592 pages, Blankets may well be the single largest graphic novel ever published without being serialized first. Wrapped in the landscape of a blustery Wisconsin winter, Blankets explores the sibling rivalry of two brothers growing up in the isolated country, and the budding romance of two coming-of-age lovers. A tale of security and discovery, of playfulness and tragedy, of a fall from grace and the origins of faith. A profound and utterly beautiful work from Craig Thompson. The New Printing corrects 3 small typos, widening the spine graphics, but otherwise is identical to the first printing.

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)