The other day I read Goodbye
Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson. This semester I read Habibi and Blankets for
the first time. Craig Thompson created both of those Graphic Novels, too.
It’s hard to believe that the guy who created Blankets and Habibi also wrote Goodbye
Chunky Rice because how different they are stylistically. Instead of keeping it on the borderline
of realism, he uses anthromophic personifications to create his main character
and some supporting characters. (Namely a turtle and mouse mixed in with a
largely human citizenry.)
The narrative feels very Thompsonesque, you can tell he was
a pretty moody dude. And that’s okay. As long as he’s not like, forcing himself
into emotionally heart wrenching situations so he has something to write
about—which I doubt he is—than it’s all “good in the hood” so to speak.
All his work in cinematic, and I believe each of his books
deserve to be read in one sitting. I feel like that was kind of the point of
them.
What Thompson does well, that you see other astute authors
and graphic novelists doing, is he is taking very old and simple ideas or story
archetypes and he’s updating the plot for the modern reader.
What I’m trying to say is that his works can be summed up in
one sentence. Which is good, because he goes much deeper than one sentence in
his works.
Here: Blankets—A
coming of age story.
Habibi—A story
about love
Goodbye Chunky Rice—Saying
farewell to those you’ll never see again.
Check out his Craig Thompson’s work if you haven’t already.
It’s a great place to start.
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