Craig Thompson

American graphic novelist and cartoonist, best known for the autobiographical graphic novel Blankets (2003) and later works such as Habibi (2011) and Guts (2019).

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  1. 1. Ginseng Roots

    Cover of 'Ginseng Roots' by Craig Thompson

    Ginseng Roots is a graphic memoir in which Craig Thompson recalls summers spent with his siblings weeding and harvesting American ginseng in rural Wisconsin. Through detailed pen-and-ink scenes he weaves family memories with the centuries-long history of the global ginseng trade, exploring childhood labor, class and migration, and the changing landscape of farming and home.

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