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Reddit mentions of Blankets
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| Height | 9.5 Inches |
| Length | 6.5 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | August 2003 |
| Weight | 2.7998707274 Pounds |
| Width | 2.1 Inches |
Blankets by Craig Thompson
The following are some of my favorite books that I could think of off the top of my head. Hopefully you dig the list.
I like well-drawn comics, but that doesn't mean they have to be intricate and detailed - just that they match the content very well. For example, I think John Campbell (Pictures for Sad Children) is great because he can get the emotion of scenes across really well with his simple drawings. (Though I equally love artists like David Hellman.)
I like funny comics as well as serious comics. I dislike comics that aren't even remotely funny (but are trying to be). I dislike comics that could have been funny, but they ruined themselves by either going on too long (Ctrl Alt Delete) or by explaining their punchline ((Ctrl Alt Delete) again).
I love comics that are consistently good, or at least only foul occasionally.
I dislike comics that are nothing but essays with pictures added. (I'm looking at you, 50% of Subnormality.) I think the comic form is a unique medium in itself and should not be treated in such a manner.
I like comics that are self-contained to a certain extent, in that either each comic is a unique situation (SMBC) or they only have particular story arcs (Dr. McNinja) and don't just go on forever with no resolution (Megatokyo). This is why, when I go to comics stores, I buy comic books (like Blankets) rather than serials (like X-Men). (There are exceptions to this rule, when a comic book is finished and the entire collection is sold as one, like Watchmen or Marvel 1602.)
I'm sure there's more, these are just my thoughts for now.
Do you like comic books? A lot of those have really beautiful physical editions. I will point to Blankets and to the Hellboy library editions. Those are two of my favorite possessions.
Blankets or Habibi
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Safe Area Gorazde By Joe Sacco
The Photographer by Emmanuel Guibert
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Not non-fiction but
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware is about as non-pop, non-pulp as it gets.
Here's a few off the top of my head!
Sooo many others, but this is good starter list. Fair warning: I have not read these with an eye as to what would be appropriate in a Christian environment. I am fairly certain that Stitches, Maus, and Locke and Key are all "safe."
Edit: Eff it here are some more.
You have already mentioned all of my other would be suggestions. :)
I liked Blankets
Just finished this and immediately ordered her strip collection Dykes to Watch Out For. This is a really odd and heart-wrenching tale regarding a father/daughter relationship all told through the lens of different pieces of literature.
I think of it as a cross between Blankets and Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth.
Bit more deep and emotional and a true story (autobiography) but Blankets by Craig Thompson is really good.
Edit - sorry, couldn't get site to link properly...
Mother, Come Home by Paul Hornschemeier is amazing. I teared up for hours.
I'll add another recommendation for Blankets by Craig Thompson. It was life-changing for me. Also Good-bye, Chunky Rice and Carnet De Voyage by him as well.
Much of Neil Gaiman's stuff is really amazing. Once it gets going the Sandman series gets really good.
Alan Moore also has a ton of... 'interesting' stuff. I adore him but some people think he gets far to weird. From Hell is an interesting look at Jack the Ripper. The Promethea series by him literally (and yes, I do mean that in the correct way) knocked me out of my chair at one point. The 'shell' story is proto-typical superheroics, but that's just some trappings to walk you through a long (2 years of monthly issues or so) mixed media rumination on magic, life, sex, gender, imagination, creation, and how they all feed interrelate. Filled to the brim with very interesting ideas and frequently presented in amazingly innovative ways. Nobody else pushes both the form and the content of comics at the same time the way Moore does.
That's a start.. if you gives me/us an idea of what you didn't like as well there might be some more suggestions that pop to mind.
I'm just returning to comics after several years' absence. Also, my tastes are...suspect.
Are they into history at all? Berlin is a classy addition to any bookshelf.
Ooh, also! Blankets!
Blankets!
First of, go ahead and buy this. This is not to encourage of you to stop believing in God, but rather, to develop a different view about Christian beliefs and sexuality. Also, it should easily become on of your favorite books, and a good guide to your next few years.
Next, let me tell you, not only is it possible to believe in Jesus Christs' teaching and having healthy, sexual thoughts (and yes, even masturbating to them), but actually, keep in mind that you are not harming anyone. Sexual abuse is wrong, very much so. But just having sexual fantasies? Who, exactly, are you doing wrong to?
So worry not. It is alright. You have not sinned.
I WANNA ROCK
Also this graphic novel. I love graphic novels and this one just looked really good.
On the not-superhero side, here are some of my faves:
One of my favorite graphic novels is Blankets by Craig Thompson. It's a coming-of-age story. It's just really beautiful in a way that I can't describe; it resonated with me strongly. Habibi is excellent as well--same author, different [darker] story. That one's super interesting because he ties in a lot of Islamic art and references. Please check out the reviews; I'm not good at writing my own :-.
Well, for my last relationship, I kept the stuff in a duffel bag and put it in the closet. After a few years I forgot it was there and after redoing my closet I found it, opened it, laughed (nervously) and threw them away. I found no reason to hold on to them.
Anyways, in staying close to the subject, I would recommend you read a graphic novel called Blankets. I won't give away too much of the plot but I think you'll like it as it tells a story about a guy's first serious relationship.
This.
xkcd.com is fantastic, and one of the first comics I ever started reading.
Scott Pilgrim is a great series. Fables is fun. The Sandman series is incredible (I love both Neil Gaiman and the gorgeous artwork), Blankets is good, French Milk is one of my favorites, anything by Liz Prince is hilarious/very true-to-life, but my all-time, end-all be-all favorite is Local
PS: I told my husband, who initially got me interested in comics, about this /r/askreddit/ post and he said, "well, is it a boy or a girl asking?" I don't know the answer to that, but just FYI - I'm a lady and some of these choices may be too girly for you if you're a dude.
Wow I have a ton of awesome recommendations, but first and foremost is the Sandman saga by Neil Gaiman or really anything distributed under Vertigo, they publish all DC comic's darker novels...
Also Watchmen, a classic by Alan Moore...
Johnny The Homicidal Maniac (JTHM) by Johnen Vasquez
Blankets by Craig Thompson...
Scott Pilgrim series...
Fahrenheit 451 graphic novel adaptation...
Well, in that case!
This is my favorite book of all time. It draws you in and makes you feel like the characters are family. I also really enjoy the underlying themes of ethics in TV and new technology contrasted against small-town America. Sad and funny and heartwarming.
The autobiographical comic of a teenage boy and his overbearing parents, his relationship with his little brother and his first love. It perfectly captures the confusion of growing up and dealing with the lot life gives you.
Wickedly funny, but also a melancholy look at racial tension and prejudice. The audiobook is fantastic!
Dark, very wtf, confusing at times, but overall a really cool take on the Wizard of Oz universe. Dark City meets Heat meets Wizard of Oz.
A fun, whimsical story about spoiled children being terrible. Ibbotson's books are all really great in that bad people aren't just misunderstood or lonely. They are also assholes. And everyone calls them on it. It is really refreshing in children's/YA books.
This book changed my teenage existence. It's very simple, yet beautifully crafted. It's everything Alice in Wonderland fans have built that mythos into, without any of the pretentiousness/needing to be zany for zaniness' sake.
This is my favorite dark fairy tale. The beginning gets into some heavy stuff, but it has everything that I love: a strong lady protagonist, excellent character growth, and dogs. SO MANY DOGS. Dogs are the real love story.
I stole this from my high school library because I didn't know where to get my own copy. It's a really excellent look at disability in the middle ages, couched in a very sweet romance.
This is the ultimate vicarious experience book. The protagonist goes from mousy and trod-upon to "I don't care what you think, I'm gonna run away with misfits and unemployables and have a grand time, thankyouverymuch". It's everything you want to happen in a non-contrived, excellently paced way.
The first of a classic series! They're short, which is nice, and very dated but still so much fun. Tarzan is the ultimate early 20th century Mary-Sue but it works for him.
I really enjoyed the world built in this book. It's silly at times without trying to be, but it's a cool horse-flavored dystopian coming-of-age story.
The first quartet focuses on a young girl who pretends to be a boy so she can become a knight. The second is about an orphaned country girl who discovers she can communicate with animals just in time to help with a war between humans and immortal monsters. The third is about the first girl allowed to train as a knight and a non-magical war.
The duo is about a spymaster's daughter stuck in a civil war based on the British occupation of India.
The trilogy is set in the past and is a series of intense mysteries/police dramas. Pidgeons are carriers of the dead in this mythos and the main character can hear their voices.
Blankets by Craig Thompson. Beautiful, heartbreaking, helped me learn a lot about growing and maturing.
Blankets by Craig Thompson
http://www.amazon.ca/Blankets-Craig-Thompson/dp/1891830430/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323905693&sr=8-1
The Plain Janes perhaps?
http://www.amazon.ca/Plain-Janes-Cecil-Castellucci/dp/1401211151/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323905834&sr=8-1
Multiple titles by Brian Wood: Local, Demo (1 or 2), New York Four
http://www.amazon.ca/Local-Brian-Wood/dp/193496400X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323905857&sr=8-1r
http://www.amazon.ca/Demo-2-Brian-Wood/dp/1401229956/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323905877&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.ca/York-Four-Minx-Brian-Wood/dp/1845767101/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323905895&sr=8-1