Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Craig Thompson (American Artist)

Craig Matthew Thompson (b.1975) is an American graphic novelist. He is the author of such lauded graphic novels Blankets and Habibi—richly illustrated propulsive stories about love, set against a religious background.

Born in Traverse City, Michigan, Thompson grew up in rural Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County for three semesters and spent a semester at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design before settling in Portland, Oregon.

Thompson is best known for his books Good-bye, Chunky Rice (1999,) Blankets (2003; 600-page autobiographical graphic novel,) Carnet de Voyage (2004, a travelogue,) Habibi (2011,) and Space Dumplins (2015.) Habibi, his epic exploration of child slavery and sexual awakening in an imaginary Middle-Eastern kingdom, was influenced by Arabic calligraphy and Islamic mythology.

Thompson also wrote the mini-comics Bible Doodles (2000) and Doot Doot Garden (2001.)

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How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement—no matter how temporary.
Craig Thompson

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