Blankets is a huge, whopping piece of literature. At 582 pages long it’s not mucking about. Honestly though, I think you could plough through this book in about three hours. Which is exactly what I did the first time. Craig Thomson’s second graphic novel is an astounding, blisteringly honest piece of autobiographical work that I fell in love with from the first moment I opened it.
Although despite being five seasons in, The Walking Dead could still learn some lessons from its comic book counterpart.
My true love of comics developed when I started to branch out into the non-Marvel, non-costumed branch of the comic book world. From the fascinating mouse themed exploration of a time spent in a concentration camp to the delicate, heart-achingly lovely coming of age story that is Blankets. I loved it all. Soon I found that artists and writers were doing things with comics that they couldn't get away with anywhere else, and boy can they go dark!
