Good-bye, Chunky Rice

Good-Bye Chunky Rice, it's hard to explain this sort of a graphic novel. The characters are adorable but also very real, the story is absolutely captivating, and the characters, for the very little time they appear, have intensely developed personalities. Don't let the cartoonish style fool you, either: Thompson brilliantly fills each page with great detail, and the style is very easy to grasp and very easy to appreciate.I don't feel saying too much, as I worry I'll give too much away, but what you must essentially know is that the story deals with home, companionship, loss, and moving on. It follows several intertwined stories that dance elegantly around the theme of leaving someone behind, and each reading provides newfound appreciation and thought. I almost gave this book 3 stars, having read it once, but upon trying again today I was swept away by everything that I managed to miss. It's a tragedy this book isn't as esteemed as "Blankets," for it is at least on equal footing. I find it better.I'm afraid there's not much more to say without giving away too much. Just go ahead and read it.

Goodbye Chucky Rice is the debut graphic novel of Craig Thompson best known for Blankets.This work is marked by the sweetness of Chucky Rice a turtleboy and hus mouse friend Dardel. For some reason never explained Chucky must leave to go to another vcity and Dardel cannot follow.This lack of explanation creates a sense of mystery which is powerful but also feels contrived Chuckys adventures on the boat and his emotions and Dardels as well as the emotions of a man who also is dealing with loss are handled in a thoughtful manner but the book is too slim to merit five stars but it points towards Blankets which is a masterpiece of graphic novel literature

Short and sweet, this was fun to read. It was thoughtfully crafted and the characters lovable, though I'll have to read it again because I felt like perhaps I was missing bits here and there. I can't compare it on the same level as Blankets and Habibi, but then I think it has quite a different style and purpose than those books so maybe I shouldn't anyway :)

I have become a big fan of Craig Thompson, but I think I read his books in the wrong order. I started with his  Carnet De Voyage (Travel Journal) , which is his most recent work. That got me interested in the book for which he was on tour,  Blankets . As a newbie to graphic novels, I was completely blown away by Blankets which is more of a memoir than novel. So I felt compelled to get Good-bye, Chunky Rice, Mr. Thompson's first book. The characters, the writing, and the visual style are good, but not nearly as interesting to me as the other two books.

Good Bye Chunky rice is a wonderfully illustrated quirky weird and sweetly sad story of Writer and Illustrator Craig Thompson's departure from Wisconsin the place which he grew up. If you have read Blankets by Craig you know that he is good at telling stories about himself although in this one he is a turtle. I had the pleasure of meeting Craig at a book signing he is a really down to earth genuine guy and very willing and eager to talk about his work.This item was shipped to me through Amazon Prime it arrived promptly and in tact. The book is the paperback issue.

I love love love this book. I mean the title is just adorable, but the book is so heartfelt and sweet. I've bought a couple of other books by this author - he specializes in graphic novels and he's just so brilliant.

A tale of whimsy and sadness, I really enjoyed it. Craig Thompson is a formidable talent in the world of graphic novels and this early work displays the elegant brushwork and intricate patterns that will suffuse his later work. The story which appears somewhat twee at first is actually surprisingly touching and nostalgic.

I have read Craig Thompson's other book "Blankets" and I adored it. Chunky Rice is a work prior to Blankets and I think it's not the epic that Blankets is. This is a tale of a turtle who goes into the world to find himself. I gave it as a graduation gift and it was perfect.

Goodbye Chunky Rice is absolutely amazing. If you had to pick an example of a book to show someone where comics are now and why they should start hunting out the best examples of the art form, your best bet is to start here.The book is absolutely beautiful, black panel borders leading to immaculate artwork that has so much energy and uses simple cartoon figures to drive funny and hideously tragic richly emotional scenes home and, if you stand back, is obsessive in it's minute details with thousands of tiny brush strokes creating and recreating the sea and shadows like the most intricate woodcut.The interlocking stories of loneliness abandonment and loss both chosen and the result of fate take simple pictures and characters and make you feel heartbroken at their stories but you wouldn't make that investment in them if they weren't full and rich characters with the capacity for happiness and joy.It's hard to say anymore, look at the sample pages and buy it!

I dont have GBCR in front of me and I don't have a great deal of knowledge regarding publications of this kind so forgive my ignorance and please resist the urge to part the veil but to me this seems like the blueprint for the current affection for all things a bit 'Man-imation' and 'Man-apausal'. The current adult flecked humour in children's shows and heavy sentiment referenced in a sound bite during childrens hour programming hints at a cloying for the simpler times of childhood by their no doubt nearing pre-middle aged designers. The supposed innocence of this nostalgia is cast aside in GBCR and it peels the onion regarding friendship and the end of relationships, the fear of the new and the wisdom of strangers. It also employs a plain speaking narrator and if he were to cast an eye over the blah I've just pecked into the keyboard he might- in his (pre?) Gumpian dialect spout the blunt but true dictum "Fine words butter no parsnips".Me likes it it good.

My son (8) really enjoyed space dumplings so got him this believing it would be appropriate kids book, as described. He was really upset and disturbed after reading the first 20-30 pages as there was a scene where the young boy was forced to put puppies in a sack and drown them in the river, he did not even want to look at the cover or have the book in the house

Very nice short story

I like this , its a very sweet and sad well told story that makes good use of the medium . Its one that an adult can enjoy but which makes a nice bedtime story for the kids also .