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Craig Thompson

January 27, 2023

For other people named Craig Thompson, see Craig Thompson (disambiguation).

Craig Matthew Thompson (born September 21, 1975) is an American graphic novelist best known for his books Good-bye, Chunky Rice (1999), Blankets (2003), Carnet de Voyage (2004), Habibi (2011), and Space Dumplins (2015). 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.

Craig Thompson
Thompson at the 2011 Brooklyn Book Festival
Born (1975-09-21) September 21, 1975 (age 47)
Traverse City, Michigan, US
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Inker
Notable works
http://craigthompsonbooks.com

Early life

Craig Thompson was born in Traverse City, Michigan in 1975.[1] He, his younger brother Phil and his sister grew up in rural Marathon, Wisconsin, in a fundamentalist Christian family. His father was a plumber, and his mother alternated between working as a stay-at-home mom and a visiting-nurse assistant for the disabled. Media such as films and televisions shows were screened or altogether censored by their parents, and the only music allowed was Christian music. Thompson's only access to the arts were the Sunday funnies and comics, since they were assumed to be for children, to which Thompson attributes his early affinity for the medium. Thompson and his brother were particularly enamored of black and white independent comics in the 1980s, such as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the do-it-yourself ethic that they embodied.[2]

In high school Thompson entertained dreams of becoming either a small-town artist or a film animator. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Marathon County for three semesters, during which he began writing a comic strip for the college newspaper and "just kind of fell in love with [comics], suddenly. It filled all my needs -- I was able to draw cartoons, to tell a story; but I also had total control, and I wasn't just a cog in some machine somewhere."[3] After spending a semester at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Thompson left his hometown in 1997 and settled in Portland, Oregon.[4][5]

Career

 
Craig Thompson sketches Raina in a copy of Blankets at a September 20, 2011, book signing at Midtown Comics in Manhattan.

Thompson worked briefly at Dark Horse Comics, drawing ads, logos, and toy packaging for the company while working on personal projects at night. After developing tendinitis, Thompson left Dark Horse and devoted his time to his own work.[4]

His debut graphic novel was the semi-autobiographical Good-bye, Chunky Rice (1999), which was inspired by his move to Portland and "cute cartoony stuff" from his childhood such as the work of Jim Henson, Dr. Seuss, and Tim Burton.[3] As a result of Chunky Rice, Thompson won a 2000 Harvey Award for Best New Talent and received a 2000 Ignatz Award nomination for Outstanding Artist. Thompson followed Chunky Rice with the mini-comics Bible Doodles (2000) and Doot Doot Garden (2001).

In late 1999, Thompson began work on a 600-page autobiographical graphic novel Blankets, which was published three and a half years later in 2003 to critical acclaim.[6] Time magazine named Blankets its #1 graphic novel for 2003,[3] and Thompson won two 2004 Eisner Awards, for Best Graphic Album-New and Best Writer/Artist,[7] three Harvey Awards, for Best Artist, Best Cartoonist, and Best Graphic Album of Original Work,[8] and two Ignatz Awards, for Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection and Outstanding Artist.

Thompson said that he believes Blankets was a success because he was "reacting against all of the over-the-top, explosive action genre [in alternative comics, and] I also didn't want to do anything cynical and nihilistic, which is the standard for a lot of alternative comics."[6] As a result of Blankets, he rose quickly to the top ranks of American cartoonists in both popularity and critical esteem. Pulitzer Prize-winning comic artist Art Spiegelman sent him a long letter of praise for Blankets,[2][4] and in mock-jealousy, Eddie Campbell expressed a temptation to break Thompson's fingers.[9] Despite the praise, the book, which was Thompson's way of coming out to his parents about no longer being a Christian, resulted in tension between him and his parents for a couple of years after they read it.[2]

Thompson followed Blankets with 2004's travelogue Carnet de Voyage, which received Ignatz Award nominations for Outstanding Graphic Novel and Outstanding Artist. He also contributed numerous short works to Nickelodeon Magazine, as "Craigory Thompson".

In 2007, Thompson created the artwork for the Menomena album Friend and Foe, which was released on January 23 from Barsuk Records. Thompson's design received a Grammy nomination for Best Recording Package, to which he responded, "I wanna get it! I think it would be very funny to be a cartoonist with a Grammy ... if nothing else it helps bring attention to the band."[10]

In late 2004, Thompson began working on Habibi, a graphic novel published by Pantheon Books, in September 2011.[6][11] The book is influenced by Arabic calligraphy and Islamic mythology: "I'm playing with Islam in the same way I was playing with Christianity in Blankets", as he said in a 2005 interview.[12] The book was praised by Time magazine,[13] Elle magazine,[14] Financial Times,[15] Salon,[16] The Independent,[17] NPR,[18] The Millions,[19] Graphic Novel Reporter,[20] and The Harvard Crimson.[21] Other reviewers, such as Michael Faber of The Guardian, and a six-person roundtable discussion of the book conducted by Charles Hatfield of The Comics Journal, while lauding the quality of Thompson's visuals and his use of various Eastern motifs, narrative parallels and intertwining plots and subplots, had negative reactions to the book's length, or the degree of sexual cruelty inflicted upon the main characters.[22][23]

Style and influences

 
Thompson at his drawing table in 2009

Thompson has acknowledged the influence of graphic artists Taro Yashima, Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware, and Joe Sacco.[4] Thompson has said that, in his composition process, pages are initially composed "in a very illegible form, a shorthand where words and pictures blur into alien scribbles ... I'm working with words and pictures right from the beginning, but the picture might not look any different from a letter, because they're just a bunch of scribbles on a page." Then he rewrites those sketches into "a detailed thumbnail with clear handwriting, and that way I can go back and edit." Even on his long works, Thompson drafts the entire book in ballpoint pen before beginning the final brush-inked version.[12]

Personal life

Thompson has explained that he is no longer a Christian, a status that evolved gradually beginning with his high school years, during which he became disenchanted with the church and its dogma, though he still agrees with Jesus' teachings.[2]

Awards

  • 2000 Harvey Award for Best New Talent for Good-bye, Chunky Rice[2][24]
  • 2004 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album for Blankets[25]
  • 2004 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist for Blankets[25]
  • 2004 Harvey Award for Best Artist for Blankets[8]
  • 2004 Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist for Blankets[8]
  • 2004 Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album of Original Work for Blankets[8]
  • 2004 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Artist for Blankets[26]
  • 2004 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection for Blankets[26]
  • 2005 Prix de la critique for the French edition of Blankets[27]
  • 2012 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist for Habibi[28]
  • 2016 Rudolph-Dirks-Award for Best SciFi / Alternate History for Space Dumplins[29]

Nominations

  • 1999 Harvey Award for Best New Talent for Top Shelf, Doot Doot Garden, et al.[30]
  • 2000 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Artist for Good-bye, Chunky Rice[2][31]
  • 2000 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Artist for Carnet de Voyage[32]
  • 2000 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel for Carnet de Voyage[32]
  • 2007 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package for Friend and Foe[10]
  • 2021 Eisner Award Nomination for Best Graphic Memoir for 'Ginseng Roots'[33]
  • 2021 Eisner Award Nomination for Best Writer/Artist for 'Ginseng Roots'[33]

Bibliography

Graphic novels

Mini-comics

  • Bible Doodles (2000)
  • Doot Doot Garden (2001)

Ongoing series

  • Ginseng Roots (2019–present)

References

  1. ^ Thompson, Craig. Habibi. Pantheon Books. 2011. Page 672.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Mechanic, Michael. "Craig Thompson—The Devil Made Me Draw It". Mother Jones. September/October 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Kross, Karen L. "An Interview with Craig Thompson". Bookslut. February 2004. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
  4. ^ a b c d Gallivan, Joseph. "Blankets' statement: Craig Thompson's new graphic novel is the epic story of his younger self losing his religion" 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine. Portland Tribune. August 15, 2003. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
  5. ^ Heater, Brian. "Interview: Craig Thompson Pt. 1 (of 2)" 2017-10-15 at the Wayback Machine. The Daily Cross Hatch. May 7, 2007.
  6. ^ a b c Heater, Brian. "Interview: Craig Thompson Pt. 1 (of 2)" 2017-10-15 at the Wayback Machine. The Daily Cross Hatch. 2007-05-07. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
  7. ^ "It's DC's Night at the 2004 Eisner Awards" September 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
  8. ^ a b c d "2004 Harvey Award Winners" 2011-09-07 at the Wayback Machine. The Harvey Awards. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  9. ^ Eddie Campbell. The Comics Journal. Issue 266.
  10. ^ a b Lopez, Luciana. "Craig Thompson talks about Grammy nomination". The Oregonian. December 12, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
  11. ^ Habibi by Craig Thompson Pantheon Graphic Novels. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  12. ^ a b Hatfield, Charles. "The Craig Thompson interview". The Comics Journal #268 (June/July 2005). Seattle: Fantagraphics. 78-119. Unprinted excerpts of the interview appear on The Comics Journal website.
  13. ^ Wolk, Douglas. . Time. October 3, 2011.
  14. ^ Shea, Lisa. "A Magic Carpet Ride" 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. Elle. September 19, 2011.
  15. ^ Mukherjee, Neel. "Habibi". Financial Times. September 23, 2011.
  16. ^ Miller, Laura. "The Best New Graphic Novels". Salon. September 26, 2011.
  17. ^ Iserles, Inbali. "Habibi, By Craig Thompson: An enchanting epic of love and survival emerges from the desert sands". The Independent. September 25, 2011.
  18. ^ Weldon, Glen. "Mysterious 'Habibi' Cuts To The Core Of Humanity". NPR. September 18, 2011.
  19. ^ Lambert, Jacob. "The Greatest Story Ever Drawn". The Millions. September 22, 2011.
  20. ^ Hogan, John. "Game Changers" 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine. Graphic Novel Reporter. August 25, 2011.
  21. ^ du P.C. Panno, Natalie. "'Habibi' Gracefully Subverts Orientalist Tropes". The Harvard Crimson. September 20, 2011.
  22. ^ Faber, Michel. "Habibi by Craig Thompson – review". The Guardian. September 16, 2011.
  23. ^ Hatfield, Charles. "A Habibi Roundtable". The Comics Journal. October 27, 2011.
  24. ^ "2000 Harvey Award Winners" 2010-11-09 at the Wayback Machine. The Harvey Awards. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  25. ^ a b "2004 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  26. ^ a b "2004 Ignatz Award Recipients". Small Press Expo. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  27. ^ Brown, Tyler. "Blankets". Kansas State Collegian. December 7, 2010.
  28. ^ "Archaia’s ‘Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand’ Takes Home Three Eisner Awards". Publishers Weekly. July 14, 2012.
  29. ^ "Die Gewinner des Rudolph-Dirks-Award 2016". December 3, 2016.
  30. ^ "1999 Harvey Award Nominees" 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. The Harvey Awards. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  31. ^ "2000 Ignatz Award Recipients". Small Press Expo. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  32. ^ a b "2005 Ignatz Award Recipients". Small Press Expo. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  33. ^ a b "2021 Eisner Award Nominations". ComicCon Eisner Awards. Retrieved June 12, 2021.

External links

 
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January 27, 2023
craig, thompson, other, people, named, disambiguation, craig, matthew, thompson, born, september, 1975, american, graphic, novelist, best, known, books, good, chunky, rice, 1999, blankets, 2003, carnet, voyage, 2004, habibi, 2011, space, dumplins, 2015, thomps. For other people named Craig Thompson see Craig Thompson disambiguation Craig Matthew Thompson born September 21 1975 is an American graphic novelist best known for his books Good bye Chunky Rice 1999 Blankets 2003 Carnet de Voyage 2004 Habibi 2011 and Space Dumplins 2015 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 Craig ThompsonThompson at the 2011 Brooklyn Book FestivalBorn 1975 09 21 September 21 1975 age 47 Traverse City Michigan USArea s Writer Penciller InkerNotable worksGood bye Chunky Rice Blankets Carnet de Voyage Habibihttp craigthompsonbooks com Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Style and influences 4 Personal life 5 Awards 5 1 Nominations 6 Bibliography 6 1 Graphic novels 6 2 Mini comics 6 3 Ongoing series 7 References 8 External linksEarly life EditCraig Thompson was born in Traverse City Michigan in 1975 1 He his younger brother Phil and his sister grew up in rural Marathon Wisconsin in a fundamentalist Christian family His father was a plumber and his mother alternated between working as a stay at home mom and a visiting nurse assistant for the disabled Media such as films and televisions shows were screened or altogether censored by their parents and the only music allowed was Christian music Thompson s only access to the arts were the Sunday funnies and comics since they were assumed to be for children to which Thompson attributes his early affinity for the medium Thompson and his brother were particularly enamored of black and white independent comics in the 1980s such as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the do it yourself ethic that they embodied 2 In high school Thompson entertained dreams of becoming either a small town artist or a film animator He attended the University of Wisconsin Marathon County for three semesters during which he began writing a comic strip for the college newspaper and just kind of fell in love with comics suddenly It filled all my needs I was able to draw cartoons to tell a story but I also had total control and I wasn t just a cog in some machine somewhere 3 After spending a semester at the Milwaukee Institute of Art amp Design Thompson left his hometown in 1997 and settled in Portland Oregon 4 5 Career Edit Craig Thompson sketches Raina in a copy of Blankets at a September 20 2011 book signing at Midtown Comics in Manhattan Thompson worked briefly at Dark Horse Comics drawing ads logos and toy packaging for the company while working on personal projects at night After developing tendinitis Thompson left Dark Horse and devoted his time to his own work 4 His debut graphic novel was the semi autobiographical Good bye Chunky Rice 1999 which was inspired by his move to Portland and cute cartoony stuff from his childhood such as the work of Jim Henson Dr Seuss and Tim Burton 3 As a result of Chunky Rice Thompson won a 2000 Harvey Award for Best New Talent and received a 2000 Ignatz Award nomination for Outstanding Artist Thompson followed Chunky Rice with the mini comics Bible Doodles 2000 and Doot Doot Garden 2001 In late 1999 Thompson began work on a 600 page autobiographical graphic novel Blankets which was published three and a half years later in 2003 to critical acclaim 6 Time magazine named Blankets its 1 graphic novel for 2003 3 and Thompson won two 2004 Eisner Awards for Best Graphic Album New and Best Writer Artist 7 three Harvey Awards for Best Artist Best Cartoonist and Best Graphic Album of Original Work 8 and two Ignatz Awards for Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection and Outstanding Artist Thompson said that he believes Blankets was a success because he was reacting against all of the over the top explosive action genre in alternative comics and I also didn t want to do anything cynical and nihilistic which is the standard for a lot of alternative comics 6 As a result of Blankets he rose quickly to the top ranks of American cartoonists in both popularity and critical esteem Pulitzer Prize winning comic artist Art Spiegelman sent him a long letter of praise for Blankets 2 4 and in mock jealousy Eddie Campbell expressed a temptation to break Thompson s fingers 9 Despite the praise the book which was Thompson s way of coming out to his parents about no longer being a Christian resulted in tension between him and his parents for a couple of years after they read it 2 Thompson followed Blankets with 2004 s travelogue Carnet de Voyage which received Ignatz Award nominations for Outstanding Graphic Novel and Outstanding Artist He also contributed numerous short works to Nickelodeon Magazine as Craigory Thompson In 2007 Thompson created the artwork for the Menomena album Friend and Foe which was released on January 23 from Barsuk Records Thompson s design received a Grammy nomination for Best Recording Package to which he responded I wanna get it I think it would be very funny to be a cartoonist with a Grammy if nothing else it helps bring attention to the band 10 In late 2004 Thompson began working on Habibi a graphic novel published by Pantheon Books in September 2011 6 11 The book is influenced by Arabic calligraphy and Islamic mythology I m playing with Islam in the same way I was playing with Christianity in Blankets as he said in a 2005 interview 12 The book was praised by Time magazine 13 Elle magazine 14 Financial Times 15 Salon 16 The Independent 17 NPR 18 The Millions 19 Graphic Novel Reporter 20 and The Harvard Crimson 21 Other reviewers such as Michael Faber of The Guardian and a six person roundtable discussion of the book conducted by Charles Hatfield of The Comics Journal while lauding the quality of Thompson s visuals and his use of various Eastern motifs narrative parallels and intertwining plots and subplots had negative reactions to the book s length or the degree of sexual cruelty inflicted upon the main characters 22 23 Style and influences Edit Thompson at his drawing table in 2009Thompson has acknowledged the influence of graphic artists Taro Yashima Daniel Clowes Chris Ware and Joe Sacco 4 Thompson has said that in his composition process pages are initially composed in a very illegible form a shorthand where words and pictures blur into alien scribbles I m working with words and pictures right from the beginning but the picture might not look any different from a letter because they re just a bunch of scribbles on a page Then he rewrites those sketches into a detailed thumbnail with clear handwriting and that way I can go back and edit Even on his long works Thompson drafts the entire book in ballpoint pen before beginning the final brush inked version 12 Personal life EditThompson has explained that he is no longer a Christian a status that evolved gradually beginning with his high school years during which he became disenchanted with the church and its dogma though he still agrees with Jesus teachings 2 Awards Edit2000 Harvey Award for Best New Talent for Good bye Chunky Rice 2 24 2004 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album for Blankets 25 2004 Eisner Award for Best Writer Artist for Blankets 25 2004 Harvey Award for Best Artist for Blankets 8 2004 Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist for Blankets 8 2004 Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album of Original Work for Blankets 8 2004 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Artist for Blankets 26 2004 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection for Blankets 26 2005 Prix de la critique for the French edition of Blankets 27 2012 Eisner Award for Best Writer Artist for Habibi 28 2016 Rudolph Dirks Award for Best SciFi Alternate History for Space Dumplins 29 Nominations Edit 1999 Harvey Award for Best New Talent for Top Shelf Doot Doot Garden et al 30 2000 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Artist for Good bye Chunky Rice 2 31 2000 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Artist for Carnet de Voyage 32 2000 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel for Carnet de Voyage 32 2007 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package for Friend and Foe 10 2021 Eisner Award Nomination for Best Graphic Memoir for Ginseng Roots 33 2021 Eisner Award Nomination for Best Writer Artist for Ginseng Roots 33 Bibliography EditGraphic novels Edit Good bye Chunky Rice 1999 Blankets 2003 Carnet de Voyage 2004 Habibi 2011 Space Dumplins 2015 Mini comics Edit Bible Doodles 2000 Doot Doot Garden 2001 Ongoing series Edit Ginseng Roots 2019 present References Edit Thompson Craig Habibi Pantheon Books 2011 Page 672 a b c d e f Mechanic Michael Craig Thompson The Devil Made Me Draw It Mother Jones September October 2011 a b c Kross Karen L An Interview with Craig Thompson Bookslut February 2004 Retrieved 2007 12 10 a b c d Gallivan Joseph Blankets statement Craig Thompson s new graphic novel is the epic story of his younger self losing his religion Archived 2012 04 15 at the Wayback Machine Portland Tribune August 15 2003 Retrieved 2007 12 10 Heater Brian Interview Craig Thompson Pt 1 of 2 Archived 2017 10 15 at the Wayback Machine The Daily Cross Hatch May 7 2007 a b c Heater Brian Interview Craig Thompson Pt 1 of 2 Archived 2017 10 15 at the Wayback Machine The Daily Cross Hatch 2007 05 07 Retrieved 2007 12 10 It s DC s Night at the 2004 Eisner Awards Archived September 29 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2007 12 10 a b c d 2004 Harvey Award Winners Archived 2011 09 07 at the Wayback Machine The Harvey Awards Retrieved November 14 2011 Eddie Campbell The Comics Journal Issue 266 a b Lopez Luciana Craig Thompson talks about Grammy nomination The Oregonian December 12 2007 Retrieved on 2007 12 10 Habibi by Craig Thompson Pantheon Graphic Novels Retrieved 2011 09 21 a b Hatfield Charles The Craig Thompson interview The Comics Journal 268 June July 2005 Seattle Fantagraphics 78 119 Unprinted excerpts of the interview appear on The Comics Journal website Wolk Douglas The Line of Beauty Habibi a graphic novel worthy of Scheherazade Time October 3 2011 Shea Lisa A Magic Carpet Ride Archived 2011 09 24 at the Wayback Machine Elle September 19 2011 Mukherjee Neel Habibi Financial Times September 23 2011 Miller Laura The Best New Graphic Novels Salon September 26 2011 Iserles Inbali Habibi By Craig Thompson An enchanting epic of love and survival emerges from the desert sands The Independent September 25 2011 Weldon Glen Mysterious Habibi Cuts To The Core Of Humanity NPR September 18 2011 Lambert Jacob The Greatest Story Ever Drawn The Millions September 22 2011 Hogan John Game Changers Archived 2011 10 08 at the Wayback Machine Graphic Novel Reporter August 25 2011 du P C Panno Natalie Habibi Gracefully Subverts Orientalist Tropes The Harvard Crimson September 20 2011 Faber Michel Habibi by Craig Thompson review The Guardian September 16 2011 Hatfield Charles A Habibi Roundtable The Comics Journal October 27 2011 2000 Harvey Award Winners Archived 2010 11 09 at the Wayback Machine The Harvey Awards Retrieved November 14 2011 a b 2004 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Hahn Library Retrieved November 14 2011 a b 2004 Ignatz Award Recipients Small Press Expo Retrieved November 14 2011 Brown Tyler Blankets Kansas State Collegian December 7 2010 Archaia s Jim Henson s Tale of Sand Takes Home Three Eisner Awards Publishers Weekly July 14 2012 Die Gewinner des Rudolph Dirks Award 2016 December 3 2016 1999 Harvey Award Nominees Archived 2011 09 28 at the Wayback Machine The Harvey Awards Retrieved November 14 2011 2000 Ignatz Award Recipients Small Press Expo Retrieved November 14 2011 a b 2005 Ignatz Award Recipients Small Press Expo Retrieved November 14 2011 a b 2021 Eisner Award Nominations ComicCon Eisner Awards Retrieved June 12 2021 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Craig Thompson Official website blog Meakin Armstrong interviews Craig Thompson in Guernica A Magazine of Art and Politics September 15 2011 Excerpt from Habibi at Guernica Craig Thompson at Top Shelf Catalog Craig Thompson at Uncivilized Books Craig Thompson at Library of Congress Authorities with 6 catalog records Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Craig Thompson amp oldid 1128720881, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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