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
situation somebody suited three top
I think our situation is we would probably be better suited to have somebody go 11-0 again. But two to three years from now, we'd be better suited to have two or three 9-2, Top 25 people. But right now we just have to keep pushing.
five stretch teams
I would say right now it would be a stretch to say we could have five teams in bowls.
exception game gets high level maybe national noticed people played university week won year
It gets so frustrating, week after week, year after year. I don't know what people have not noticed or don't know about the University of Utah. I think they have, with the exception of a two-point conversion, won every game they've played and competed at a very high level and been on national television. Maybe people went to bed, I don't know.
arabic beauty desire emerge instantly islamic understand
I had this desire to understand Islam better and then focus on the beauty of Arabic and Islamic cultures. And one of the first things to emerge was Arabic calligraphy, which was instantly inspiring.
shaped stories
Christianity and Islam, they have the same morals, same lifestyle, some of the same stories that shaped them.
carving easier fit
It's actually easier to do autobiographical stories. The story is already there. It's a matter of carving away what doesn't fit rather than building up from nothing.
overlap terms
I think there is some overlap in terms of artistic desires and Christian desires.
ruin
Foreign-language books are sometimes more beautiful when you can't tell what's being said. It's like you ruin it by reading.
circles far grew identify liberal relate resemble teachings
Most of my Muslim friends are politically liberal in a lot of senses. They are far more open-minded than the Christian circles I grew up in, which are, you know, actually scarier. That said, too, I still identify with the teachings of Jesus. I don't think they resemble or relate to modern-day Christianity.
excited fan fans future obviously prefer tournament vegas
This is a fan event. Obviously the fans would prefer to go to Las Vegas than come here and that's fine. We're excited about the future of the tournament in Las Vegas.
move results timeline wait
We'll try to move the timeline along, but we just have to kind of wait and see what the results are,
wanting-someone wanting-you im-sad
Maybe I'm sad about wanting you. I'm not too comfortable with wanting someone.
utah games answers
The question is not, could Utah compete week in and week out in the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, whatever, .. The question is, in a one- game setting, can Utah compete, can Utah get the market share, sell the tickets of one of those more familiar institutions. Nobody knows that answer.
temptation lust
Which is scarier-- lust or temptation?