Craig Thompson
Craig Thompson
Craig Matthew Thompsonis a graphic novelist best known for his books Good-bye, Chunky Rice, Blankets, Carnet de Voyageand Habibi. Thompson has received four Harvey Awards, three Eisner Awards, and two Ignatz Awards. In 2007, his cover design for the Menomena album Friend and Foe received a Grammy nomination for Best Recording Package...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 September 1975
CountryUnited States of America
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Additional exposure in the state of Texas is certainly welcomed.
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Couple that with our top programs, we feel we can make a great step forward, and a great statement about inclusion in a new BCS. We feel that we have really made a step toward being a BCS league.
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I think you can still look to Jesus' word for guidance in your life. It's just not the guidance that it seems like most Christians are applying to their own lives.
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After 'Blankets,' I was sick of drawing myself and doing this autobiographical, mundane, Midwestern sort of comics. I wanted to create something bigger than myself and outside myself.
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I grew up in a very fundamentalist, evangelical Christian household. Both my parents were born-again - their faith infused every aspect of my childhood. I'll probably spend most of my life working through that.
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His death said to the world that no matter how much privilege you have or how good your doctors are, there is no cure. At that time, many people in the entertainment industry knew people who expected to die, so Hollywood was very personally touched.
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I grew up in a very working-class family and also a very fundamentalist Christian family. So, we didn't have access to the arts in the house in any form other than the Sunday funnies.
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I don't know how I would define a playoff. I prefer something a little different that gives us greater access at a higher level than now. Whether it's a 16- or eight-team playoff, I don't have a feeling on what's the best model. There are hundreds out there that could potentially work.
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I'm still down with Jesus. I like to think of him mostly as a social revolutionary who mixed with bad crowds and hated the rich.
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I think we're going to have tri-champions at 9-2 or 8-3. I think it's that balanced. That's a little unfortunate, and where we need to get with our league is that that 9-2 still gets an automatic, like everyone else's automatic.
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I'm really interested in making a mark on a paper and letting that be cursive shorthand for an idea - that's the origin of cartooning.
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This is an interesting case study. There's 40,000 Colorado State alumni in the Denver area. Wyoming has several thousand alumni living in Denver. Air Force has a lot of fans in the area. But for whatever reason, it didn't translate to sales.
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It's an opportunity to play at times that our fans want us to play, when it's convenient for our fans.
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The state of your psyche is reflected in your body.