Blankets Graphic Novel Review

by The Wanderer   

Authors: Craig Thompson  

Illustrators: Craig Thompson

Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly

Genre: Autobiographical Graphic Novel

Series: Standalone

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Heaven is a hope, and Eden is a memory

Blankets is the autobiographical account of author Craig Thompson’s formative years in rural Wisconsin brought to us via graphic novel.  Craig reminisces about his relationship with his younger brother Phil, his fundamentalist Christian parents, and his first love Raina all while growing up and discovering his calling as an artist.

Blankets received the Harvey Award, Eisner Award, and Ignatz Award for best graphic novel, and was rated the best comic of 2003 by Time Magazine. It frequently is featured on, or even tops many greatest comic of all time lists. It deserves the acclaim. Where comics frequently feature explosive action and vigilantes battling for justice, Blankets finds itself occupying a niche that was rarely explored in comics at the time.