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... analysis running. It made me want to run out and read more Victorian science fiction--always a good thing!
35. Blankets by Craig Thompson
An illustrated novel. I loved the art--beautiful ink work, lots of patterns and intricate designs in otherwise simple spaces. The story was ... Maybe Blankets. I've not read it myself but others I know speak highly of it. 298. The Next 100 Years - George Friedman (272)
299. Blankets - Craig Thompson (592)
300. Why We Hate Us - Dick Meyer (288)
301. How to Paint a Dead Man - Sarah Hall (320)
302. The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Thornton Wilder (160) ... stories, and thus can be included here.
So.
10) V for Vendetta
11) Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
12) Blankets
and we were supposed to read Maus, but I minced my time on the Quad with friends instead, and feel my time much better spent.
I have many things to say ... ... TBR Too Long
Bonus Tracks:
1. Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry
2. David Boring by Daniel Clowes
3. Blankets by Craig Thompson
4. The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 15 by Robert Crumb
In the challenge, my favorite book was On Writing by Stephen King. As I ... 59. Blankets, Craig Thompson
I turned to page 310 and started weeping while working the reference desk this morning. Very cool, Simmons. ... so the "it's due!" pile doesn't look so bad. I have two graphic novels I can get through pretty quick - David Boring and Blankets. Well, Blankets is a bit on the epic side, but it will help me out. I've also pulled The Complete Crumb, Vol. 15 just in case I still have "the feeling" when ... 2 - finished 6/1/2009
Title: Blankets
Author: Craig Thompson ... personally moving. However, because I'd enjoyed reading it, I decided to give another, second graphic novel a try and read Blankets by Craig Thompson. So I just wanted to mention that, if you're willing to give that style of writing another try, either Maus or Blankets might appeal to you. Bl ... ... by Jeff Smith
Sandman (series), by Neil Gaiman
Fables (series), by Bill Willingham
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
Blankets, by Craig Thompson
Promethea, by Alan Moore ... graphic novels.
The term graphic novel can mean a book-bound original comics story, such as A Contract With God or Blankets. It can mean a book-bound collection of previously published, serialized comics like X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga. It could also mean a single volume of a ... ... that the original does not. But I've been really impressed and intrigued by some original graphic novels (like Maus and Blankets). I also think comic books have their place--just as I think Ok Go and Bach both have their place. I would never choose one over the other forever, but one day I ... Part of this is half cheating, since I've got a side-goal of reading Stephen Weiner's The 101 Best Graphic Novels, but I've also been setting aside more time to read everyday instead of just thinking about it this year (important distinction).
60 TO GO: 21
teelgee in 100 Books Challenge for 2009 : 100 Books Coffeehouse (Jan 3, 2009, 5:41pm) The ones I read this year and loved were:
Blankets
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Arrival or anything by Shaun Tan
Ethel and Ernest or almost anything by Raymond Briggs
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Persepolis
... Secret River = Kate Grenville
Graphic novels/memoirs:
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Persepolis
Blankets
The Arrival
Ethel and Ernest
The Lost Thing
Short Stories:
Interpreter of Maladies
Olive Kitteridge
Come to Me - (Amy Bloo ... ... of graphic novels that need to be in a class by themselves:
Persepolis and Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi
Blankets by Craig Thompson
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74. Blankets by Craig Thompson. Graphic memoir, coming of age, beautifully told and illustrated. (4/5)
Thanks so far for the suggestions. Blankets looks really good and I'll look into the Cartoon History books.
5> True, but all the books graphically illustrated as in comic book art are always filed under "graphic novels" at both my library and bookstores whether they are fiction or not. So ... I found Blankets by Craig Thompson one of the best graphic novels I've read in years. 21. Blankets by Craig Thompson. It was okay.
22. In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman. Quite good, I thought. ... Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
Non-superhero recommendations:
Bone by Jeff Smith
Clumsy by Jeffrey Brown
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware
Scott Pilgrim, Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley ... 14) Craig Thompson - Blankets (574 pages)
Thompson has successfully crafted something that appears to be very large and epic, but is not. You can power through over 100 pages of this whiny, sentimental poo-poo in half an hour. It gives the reader the false impression that s/he can't put Blank ... ... be buy Fables and Y: The Last Man, but you're asking for single, standalone volumes of stuff, so how about... um... Blankets (I see that's been mentioned before, it's very good), it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I quite liked Neil Gaiman's Marvel 1602, though the sequels (written ... ... written and worth reading. I enjoyed them both and recommend them highly.
In a non super hero groove, I second Blankets as worth an investigation. The last graphic novel I read that impressed me.
On a more abstract and arty note, you might take a look at Dave McKean's Cages.
I'm ... Here are some non-superhero hits not yet mentioned in this thread:
* Blankets by Craig Thompson - a (semi?) biographical story about first love and family - a wonderfully hefty volume
* Maus by Art Spiegelman - available in either one or two volumes - the story of how Spiegelman' ... ... by Shannon Hale
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
Being There by Jerzy Kosinski
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by ... ... ages)
Ok, this was awesome. Got to love a graphic novel that sends you scurrying toward your OED.
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I may get to Blankets next. Or Watership Down. We'll see what strikes my motherfuggin' fancy. 2.) Blankets, Craig Thompson ****
A graphic novel which reminds me formally and (sometimes) thematically of Art Spiegelman. Very enjoyable and rather touching, though perhaps ended a bit abruptly.
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Which graphic novels did you like the best?
Three I liked in 2007 were La Perdida by Jessica Abel, Blankets by Craig Thompson, and Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi.
The very first graphic novel I ever read was A Contract With God by Will Eisner. My all-time ... ... g)
After by Francine Prose
In the Presence of Mine Enemies by Harry Turtledove
the Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Mind Fuck by Manna Frances
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Erotism by Georges Bataille
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
... ... so far:
Maus
American Born Chinese
Ghost World
Persepolis
Burying Sandwiches
Grickle
Epileptic
Blankets
Goodbye, Chunky Rice
Jimmy Corrigan
Fun Home
Mother, Come Home
Dogs and Water so here's the good stuff that i've read so far:
Maus
Palestine
Pyongyang
Shenzhen
Exit Wounds
Dogs and Water 61. Blankets - Craig Thompson ... getting into comics and graphic novels. She's looking for some that focus on romance and love stories.
I came up with Blankets by Craig Thompson and the Project: Romantic anthology off the top of my head. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
She particularly likes what she ... ... Zevin
3. Griffin and Sabine trilogy by Nick Bantock (they're short art books so I'll count them as one)
4. Blankets by Craig Thompson
5. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
The next quarter's Top 5 will be more difficult since ... ... way of making a novel come alive. They often tell poignant stories and have amazing artwork.
Best of luck with getting Blankets into your library system. I'm glad my library had it available for me to read. ... for quality. For example, on LT 794 users own Jimmy Corrigan, 791 own Ghost World, over a thousand own Maus, 757 own Blankets, over two thousand total copies of Persepolis and its sequel are owned. Because Yoshihiro Tatsumi is now associated with these "prestige" publishers, and his ... I've been looking at Blankets by Craig Thomson. His drawing skills are to die for. But my personal preferences are for the more naif, folk-artish somewhat "awkward" styles that Satrapi and David B. employ. Thomson is so absolutely perfect as a draftsman that he becomes less interesting to ... Re: #21 & 22 - Blankets was great! I really really enjoyed it and thought it was thoughtfully done.
#19 - I'm also loving Invention of Hugo Cabret so far, and I'm about halfway through so hopefully that bodes well. I've already ordered it for the elementary library where I work, so now I'm ... Oh, I loved Blankets too, and I'm not much for graphic novels ususally. (Except for Maus.)
I've just started The Castle Corona, by Sharon Creech. That one's an ARC, too -- I'm evil that way! :D
Do re-read Stargirl d_rolambda. The sequel was quite good, IMO, but it had been a *lon ... Loved Blankets! My book club read it in December and I think we all pretty much loved it. It was my first graphic novel. I'm reading Blankets by Craig Thompson now (on ILL from the library so it gets bumped to #1 on the "to read" list, lol) and am really looking forward to Invention of Hugo Cabret.
>16 ShannonMDE: I remember finding Deenie on a bookshelf in the basement when I was about 11 years old and it ... ... and female, write autobiography if they don't relate to superheroes. Consider Maus (and In The Shadow of No Towers), Blankets, American Splendor, and anything by Joe Sacco (which is really journalism more than autobiography, but he puts himself in the story in ways that journalists ... ... library has some very interesting graphic novels. A few I would recommend are:
A Contract with God - Will Eisner
Blankets - Craig Thompson
La Perdida - Jessica Abel
The Rabbi's Cat - Joann Sfar
Palestine - Joe Sacco
See if your library has any of them. Do ... ... out of graphic novels that appeal to me? I liked Maus, Pedro and Me, The Graphic Adaptation of the 9/11 Report, and Blankets. And in general had been on a graphic novel kick, but these last few I've picked up have been a struggle. Any suggestions? ...
2. A Pale View of Hills (fiction) - Kazuo Ishiguro
3. The Virgin Suicides (fiction) - Jeffrey Eugenides
4. Blankets (graphic novel) - Craig Thompson
5. La Perdida (graphic novel) - Jessica Abel Three more...
12. Blankets by Craig Thompson
I've really become a fan of graphic novels over the past two years. This coming-of-age story was certainly worthy of my time. What struck me most about this book was how the illustrations very exactly evoked the emotions/moods of the story. F ... #76: Blankets by Craig Thompson
Another graphic novel, which usually isn't my style at all. But I loved this one. It showed the emotional tone of this time in the main character's life so well. And it had another subject which interests me - fundamentalism, particularly being raised by ... ...
For the more literary type, I HIGHLY recommend Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. (It got me to reread Ulysses!
Blankets is a touching memoir of growing pains.
And I liked Black Hole by Charles Burns. If you want something different than many of the above (plenty of good reading there, though! I loved both Blankets and Bone), I'd like to mention Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore. Maybe judged as a "girl-series", but if you ask me it's a great tale of love of all kinds and with lots ... I'd agree with all of the above recommendations, but add one that's not in the superhero genre: Blankets by Craig Thompson.
I was also quite shocked that I liked Battle Royale as much as I did -- it was very (VERY VERY) bloody (even in black and white) and graphic. If you take the ... ... high road" and say that a graphic novel is really just a prose novel told in graphical form (see, for example, Maus or Blankets). Sometimes it can be based on superhero fiction (Kingdom Come or Marvels), and thus it could qualify as a "big fat comic book."
When I read a graphic novel, ... ... the house!) and The Black Tatoo.
Oh and I hope to read Craig Thompson's Carnet De Voyage this week as well. Blankets was one of the best graphic novels and coming of age stories I had read in a long time and I'm looking forward to this travelogue he created while preparing for ... ... find something new or something deeper lurking in those shadows....Lost Girls is on my ever growing 'must read' list.
Blankets: an illustrated novel by Craig Thompson is another great one to look out for too!
(edited for a typo!!) Had the Blankets discussion yesterday and it was great! I think nearly everyone really enjoyed Blankets, which was unusual for our group. We usually have quite a wide range of opinions on books. I think the group member who chose it has converted a lot of us to the dark side of graphic novels!
... ... alright. I didn't hate it, I didn't love it.
Next up for December is a new genre for us, graphic novels! We're reading Blankets which is a graphic novel as well as a memoir. I'm past the first sectionn, and I'm just engrossed. I've never read a graphic novel before, but this one is so ...
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