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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 17 quotes by Craig Thompson Craig Matthew Thompson (born September 21, 1975) is a graphic novelist best known for his books Good-bye, Chunky Rice (1999), Blankets (2003), Carnet de Voyage (2004) and Habibi (2011). 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. Read full biography of Craig Thompson → 1 2 Ctrl → Christianity and Islam, they have the same morals, same lifestyle, some of the same stories that shaped them. 0 I'm really interested in making a mark on a paper and letting that be cursive shorthand for an idea - that's the origin of cartooning. 0 My dad was a plumber, and my mom was on and off again, either a stay-at-home mom or working with the disabled as a visiting-nurse assistant. 0 The state of your psyche is reflected in your body. 0 After 'Blankets,' I was sick of drawing myself and doing this autobiographical, mundane, Midwestern sort of comics. I wanted to create... → 0 I grew up in a very working-class family and also a very fundamentalist Christian family. So, we didn't have access to the arts in the house in... → 0 I had this desire to understand Islam better and then focus on the beauty of Arabic and Islamic cultures. And one of the first things to emerge was... → 0 Most of my Muslim friends are politically liberal in a lot of senses. They are far more open-minded than the Christian circles I grew up in, which... → 0 Foreign-language books are sometimes more beautiful when you can't tell what's being said. It's like you ruin it by reading. 0 I don't know Arabic. I can't speak or write it. 0 I think there is some overlap in terms of artistic desires and Christian desires. 0 I think with 'Chunky Rice,' it felt novel to me to give this emo twist on these funny animals. 0 I'm still down with Jesus. I like to think of him mostly as a social revolutionary who mixed with bad crowds and hated the rich. 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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