![]() ![]() Beautifully rendered in pen and ink, Thompson has created a love story that lasts. 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. Blankets by Craig Thompson Photograph: Technically this isnt a childrens book, but I recommend it to any person who loves a good story. It’s a universal story, and Thompson’s vibrant brushstrokes and unique page designs make the familiar heartbreaking all over again. ![]() Over time though, their personal demons resurface and their relationship falls apart. 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. 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 is the story of a young man coming of age and finding the confidence to express his creative voice. ![]()
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