Craig Thompson
Craig Thompson
Craig Matthew Thompsonis a graphic novelist best known for his books Good-bye, Chunky Rice, Blankets, Carnet de Voyageand Habibi. Thompson has received four Harvey Awards, three Eisner Awards, and two Ignatz Awards. In 2007, his cover design for the Menomena album Friend and Foe received a Grammy nomination for Best Recording Package...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 September 1975
CountryUnited States of America
real home space
and yet I feel that the most real home I'll ever have is the space where our roads merged and traveled along together... for a time.
mistake
Even a mistake is better than nothing.
sea boundless
I love the sea because it is boundless.
stories
You're more than a story.
heaven world misery
I wanted a heaven. And I grew up striving for that world-- an eternal world- that would wash away my temporary misery.
lonely fall space
Pressed against her I can hear eternity -- hollow, lonely spaces and currents that churn ceaselessly, and the fallen snow welcomes the falling snow with a whispered "Hush".
stars lying fall
At night, lying on your back and staring at the falling snow, it's easy to imagine oneself soaring through the stars.
shame share easier
Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with.
school church awful
Something about being rejected at Church Camp felt so much more awful than being rejected at school.
matter movement maps
How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary.
temptation lust
Which is scarier-- lust or temptation?
utah games answers
The question is not, could Utah compete week in and week out in the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, whatever, .. The question is, in a one- game setting, can Utah compete, can Utah get the market share, sell the tickets of one of those more familiar institutions. Nobody knows that answer.
song confused spring
Right now the day length is exactly the same as in spring when birds key into it and begin singing. The birds are a little confused by it all and the singing isn't very intense. It only lasts a week or so each fall, but it's still cool to hear spring bird songs at this time of the year.
what-matters soul world
For what matters if I gain the whole world, but lose my soul?