I’ve never realized just how great graphic novels are at telling stories.
I’ve read graphic novels before, but until I read Craig Thompson’s autobiographical Blankets -- a powerful personal story about how we find and make unexpected places of comfort in our lives -- I never really realized how the art of a graphic novel helps to add understanding and meaning to the story of the text. Even when the setting of the piece is rural Wisconsin, the visuals of a graphic novel support the story immensely, and sometimes carry it in a way words never could.