Craig Thompson

Craig Thompson was born in 1975 in Traverse City, Michigan and grew up in a small town in Wisconsin.

After debuting in the comics world in 1999 with Good-bye, Chunky Rice, thanks to which he was awarded the Harvey Award, Thompson confirmed his talent in 2003 with Blankets, winning two Eisner Awards and two Ignatz Awards.

2011 is the year of Habibi, globally known as one of the most important graphic literature works of recent years. He lives in Portland.

(Photo by Greg Preston)