Both she and her husband leave Raina to take care of her adopted siblings, as well as her niece. Raina's mother: Raina's mother has no interest in repairing her relationship with her husband, and is trying to move on.Raina's father: Raina's father is a man who is loyal to his own beliefs and is hoping to salvage his relationship with his wife.Craig's parents: Craig's parents are strict, devoutly religious Christians who are not very tolerant of liberal Christianity.Although she believes in God, she does not believe as strongly as Craig does. She also takes care of her mentally disabled sister and brother. Like Craig, her family is not well-off financially, and her parents' divorce causes her stress. Raina: Craig's first love, a fellow Christian whom Craig first meets at a church camp.Their adventures are also recalled at least once in each chapter throughout the book.

Like Craig, he likes to draw, and the first portion of the story details their childhood together, though they later drift apart. At a Baptist Christian winter camp he meets a girl from a similar background named Raina who becomes his first love. Craig is a talented artist and devout Christian. Craig Thompson: Craig is the main character, who is depicted from childhood to young adulthood.

Thompson produced the book as a way of coming out to his parents about no longer being a Christian. In late 1999, Thompson began work on the graphic novel, which was published three and a half years later in 2003. The book was widely acclaimed, with Time magazine ranking it #1 in its 2003 Best Comics list, and #8 in its Best Comics of the Decade. As a coming-of-age autobiography, the book tells the story of Thompson's childhood in an Evangelical Christian family, his first love, and his early adulthood. Blankets is an autobiographical graphic novel by Craig Thompson, published in 2003 by Top Shelf Productions.

Blankets graphic novel