Week 5: Body Talk: Eisner and Thompson

After reading Eisner's A Contract with God and Craig Thompson's Blankets, I see a similarity between the way the two write comics. They are emotionally packed images with mainly word bubbles from supporting characters. The pictures are the most important part of both of these comics.

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