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Blankets

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2003

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Overview

Blankets is a 2003 autobiographical graphic novel by Craig Thompson, who created both the text and the illustrations. It tells the story of Craig’s coming-of-age and first love in the context of his strict religious upbringing, and later, a departure from his childhood faith. Time magazine ranked Blankets first on its Best Comics list for 2003 and eighth on its list of Best Comics of the Decade. In 2004 it won Harvey awards for Best Cartoonist, Best Artist, and Best Graphic Album of Original Work; Ignatz awards for Outstanding Artist and Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection; Eisner awards for Best Graphic Album and Best Writer; and in 2005, it won the Prix de la Critique. It is one of the most decorated American graphic novels. To date, it has been translated into more than a dozen languages.

Plot Summary

Blankets takes place in Wisconsin, USA and in Michigan, USA. The first part of the novel concentrates on the relationship between Craig and his younger brother, Phil. As it begins, Craig and Phil are crowded uncomfortably into a single bed; they’re unhappy about it aside from the times that they use their imagination to construct fantastical scenarios in their bed together.

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