PositiveBookslutAs a travelogue, Carnet is most detailed during Thompson\'s time in Morocco ... His observations of Morocco, its culture and the people he meets are fascinating. Should Craig Thompson ever be tempted to draw a second Carnet, devoted solely to traveling alone in strange countries, it would be a welcome addition to my shelf. A close examination of Thompson\'s drawings merits its own pass through the book ... It\'s easy to read Carnet de Voyage as a mini-sequel to Blankets even though it\'s not. There seems to be a progression the \'character\' of Craig has gone through, despite that the book stops somewhat abruptly before his promotional tour has ended. The various details of his personal life that he chooses to include occasionally veer into the same \'melancholy introvert pining for beautiful girls\' territory of Blankets, and these stories lend themselves to a sort of story arc. I suppose any good travel journal would do that—it is hard to imagine how any person with an attentive mind could travel through foreign countries for three months and go home unchanged—but while the arc in Carnet de Voyage is hardly epic drama, it still adds up to an engrossing story for fans of Thompson\'s other books.
