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Join us at the library for a talk with award-winning graphic novelist and cartoonist Craig Thompson. He will discuss his art, works, and the 20th anniversary of his groundbreaking novel Blankets.
Blankets has been described as a poignant graphic memoir, eloquent, and a superb example of the art. His other works include Carnet de Voyage, Good-bye Chunky Rice, and Habibi. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Thompson was born in Michigan in 1975, and grew up in a rural farming community in central Wisconsin. His works have won numerous industry awards and have been published in nearly twenty languages around the world. Thompson lives in Portland, Oregon.
Ranked by TIME Magazine as #1 in its 2003 Best Comics list, and #8 in its Best Comics of the Decade.
“Quaint, meditative and sometimes dreamy, blankets will take you straight back to your first kiss.”
-The Guardian
“A superb example of the art of cartooning: the blending of word and picture to achieve an effect that neither is capable of without the other.”
-The Bloomsbury Review
“Thompson’s work has set new bars for the medium not just in length, but breadth.”
-Time Magazine
“A magnum opus” – (Cult)ure Magazine
“Thompson manages to explore adolescent social yearnings, the power of young love and the complexities of sexual attraction with a rare combination of sincerity, pictorial lyricism and taste.”
-Publishers Weekly
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