Craig Thompson
One of the most critically-acclaimed cartoonists of his generation, Craig Thompson was born in Traverse City, Michigan in 1975 and raised outside a small town in central Wisconsin. His award-winning graphic novels include Good-Bye, Chunky Rice, Blankets, and Carnet de Voyage.
Reviews & Interviews

Blankets -- HARDCOVER
A BRAND NEW HARDCOVER EDITION OF BLANKETS -- RESIZED & WITH A NEW COVER!
Wrapped in the landscape of a blustery Wisconsin winter, Blankets explores the sibling rivalry of two brothers growing up in the isolated country, and the budding romance of two coming-of-age lovers. A tale of security …

Blankets
A BRAND NEW SOFTCOVER EDITION OF BLANKETS -- RESIZED & WITH A NEW COVER!
Winner of the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Awards for Best Graphic Novel and Best Cartoonist.
"Thompson describes the ecastasy and ache of obsession (with a lover and with God)." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A …

Blankets (Original Softcover)
Winner of the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Awards for Best Graphic Novel and Best Cartoonist.
"A rarity: a first-love story so well remembered and honest that it reminds you what falling in love feels like … achingly beautiful." -- Time Magazine
"Blankets is a great American novel." -- Andrew …

Carnet de Voyage
"Thought provoking and touching." -- Publishers Weekly
"With all of its pages drawn from life, here at last we have one continuous journey, rich with detail of place and characters, told with humor, pathos and insight." -- Andrew Arnold, Time
"Thompson goes far beyond 'objective reporting', …

Doot Doot
Slated for the 2012 timeframe, DOOT DOOT will be a 200(+)-page collection of Craig Thompson’s short stories and “comics poems.”
Combining out-of-print minicomics and stories published in obscure anthologies, along with never-before published pieces, sketchbook excerpts, and a full-color …
ISBN 978-1-891830-82-2

Blankets Soundtrack
TRACKER: RECORDINGS FOR THE ILLUSTRATED NOVEL BLANKETS
Top Shelf presents (a co-release with FILMguerrero) something we've never produced before: an official soundtrack to one of our graphic novels! Produced by John Askew and featuring the instrumental recordings of the Portland, Oregon group …

Conversation #1
by James Kochalka and Craig Thompson
James Kochalka and Craig Thompson -- two of our best cartoonists -- go head-to-head in this free-wheeling collaboration/argument, discussing art and religion, confronting each other and playfully confronting God in one of the best comics "jams" ever set to paper. Kochalka and Thompson draw …







