false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168878841m/37261.jpg 37261 4 Craig Thompson spent three months traveling through Barcelona, the Alps, and France, as well as Morocco, researching his next graphic novel, Habibi. Spontaneous sketches and a travelogue diary document his adventures and quiet moments, creating a raw and intimate portrait of countries, culture and the wandering artist. 2079714 4 8 2004 Carnet De Voyage (Travel Journal) total:710|5:154|4:302|3:198|2:50|1:6| 710 2678 929 122 5 1 false false Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 15:17:08 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 15:27:30 -0700 2008 Blankets, Thompson doesn't shy away from calling out his own self-pity or his American perspective of foreign cultures.

I've always dreamed of travel...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 12:40:27 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 12:45:45 -0700 2008 Blankets, partially because of lowered expectations, due to the form, a loose travel journal/sketchbook. Also, it helps that Thompson seems to have become a little less uptight, and the whining tends to be undercut with self-conscious acknowledgment and mocking of it. Th...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 04:05:59 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 06:12:11 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 09 18:30:15 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 18:49:35 -0800 2009
This would be the second book I'd read by Craig Thompson; the first was Blankets, which astounded me wit...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 27 11:37:37 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 11:53:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 17 09:18:07 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 10:59:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 13:10:44 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 13:30:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 10:54:22 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 11:03:33 -0700 2009
I was a little nervous about this one as I had heard that it was very scattered with little narrative. Either I didn't notice that or else It was a beautiful enough collection that it just didn't bot...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 09:28:21 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 19:35:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 20:01:21 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 07:54:28 -0700 2009
Thompson's self-awareness (esp. when sketching "exotic" locales), combined with his dynamic illustrations, help...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 22:54:12 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 22:54:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 11:11:46 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 07:03:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 20:44:57 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 13:44:55 -0700 2009 I think Craig Thompson is becoming my favorite author. Certainly his style and choices of subject are in tune with my disposition.

This book is especially interesting because it's an autobiographical journal of Thompson's trip through Europe and Morocco in 2004. He was on a book...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 11:15:26 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 13:10:30 -0800 2008
Thompson keeps a running graphic journal of his tour of Europe and the Middle East as he researches his current proejct, "Habibbi." While I loved the densite art and subtly powe...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 15:09:49 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 15:10:49 -0700 2008
I’m tired, and while I hoped that a graphic novel would be an easier read so late in the game, I expect that a standard novel might have been a better idea. I’m a word-based person, so drawings take me longer to parse...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 11:32:20 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 11:35:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 07 15:01:09 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 05:49:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 29 12:04:32 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 13:20:43 -0700 2008
I can take comfort in its quality as...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 14:43:07 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 14:45:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 04 06:18:33 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 14 09:22:45 -0700 2009
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