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Blankets (2003)
Craig Thompson
comics / autobiographical - ISBN 1891830430 
Massive and I really mean massive autobiographical graphic novel put out on Top Shelf by young talent Craig Thompson
The book received many accolades but the art left me lukewarm. The first couple of chapters were pretty hard to get into as Craig traced his unhappy childhood.. things pick up quickly though and I finished the rest in one sitting (shy of 600 pages).. Craig's journey is a very touching one in which he questions his faith and finds a first love. The art that seems so banal starts to get to you and the strokes become quite beautiful The concept of what "blankets" mean to the author keeps coming up and we also catcha glimpse into what the author wanted to accomplish with this work in the final pages. Nicely done. Buy from Amazon Wikipedia Google Books Related in comics - 1986 Maus - 2000 Monkeys vs. Robots - 1998 Quit Your Job - 2001 Catch as Catch Can |
