While at Church Camp during the winter, Craig meets a very pretty girl named Raina and he immediately falls for her. But when he expresses interest in drawing while he's in Heaven, he is asked why would you want to do that for all of eternity? Craig grows up and he doesn't fit in at school but comforts himself in the knowledge that he's only passing through. We meet a young Craig who starts to experience crises of faith while in Sunday School and he's told that what you do on Earth doesn't matter as long as you have God in your heart because when you get to Heaven, you can be whatever you want. Craig and Phil get a bit too noisy and their father punishes Phil (and Craig, who's guilty he let his brother get into trouble) by locking Phil in the cubby hole, a spider-infested hole in the wall next to their bedroom. The novel opens with Craig and his younger brother Phil sharing a bed when they were kids. There isn't a single dot of ink in this book that I can't relate to. Published in 2003 by Top Shelf Productions but started in 1999, Blankets is an autobiographical tale of first love, religion, family and school. From the characters to the art to the heartfelt plot, Blankets weaves a tapestry that can only be told in pictures. Thank God Craig Thompson wrote this graphic novel.
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