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Graphic novelist Craig Thompson lined up for London event at the Century Club

By John Freeman on September 13, 2025

Craig Thompson is a cartoonist and the author of the award-winning books Blankets; Good-bye, Chunky Rice; and Habibi.

Hot on the heels of his upcoming appearance at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival, graphic novelist Craig Thompson will be making an appearance at London’s Century Club on Tuesday 30th September 2025.

On offer is an evening with the best-selling, award-winning graphic novelist Craig Thompson, discussing his long-awaited latest work, Ginseng Roots. , proclaimed a “comic-book masterpiece” by The Observer and one of their Graphic Novel of the Month.

Ginseng Roots follows Craig and his siblings, who spent the summers of their youth weeding and harvesting rows of coveted American ginseng on rural Wisconsin farms. Following an injury, Craig rediscovers this herb, central to Chinese medicine, and embarks on an extraordinary journey from his midwestern roots to north-east China.

Suffused in a vibrant earthy palette, Ginseng Roots masterfully blends memoir, travelogue and cultural history to explore and illuminate ideas of creativity, doubt, healing and family.

Craig is also appearing at La Belle Adventure bookshop in Edinburgh, on the 3rd October. Look out for further details on their Facebook and Instagram.

Craig Thompson’s graphic novels include Blankets, Carnet de Voyage, Space Dumplins and Habibi, an Observer Graphic Novel of the Month and a New York Times bestseller, which was described by Neel Mukherjee as “a landmark publication”. His work has received four Harvey Awards, three Eisner Awards, two Ignatz Awards and a Rudolph-Dirks-Award.

Head to the Century Club Box Office here to book your ticket

ILLUSTRATED JOURNEYS: The Art of Craig Thompson
7.00pm Tuesday 30th September 2025
The Century Club, 61-63 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 6LQ
Web: centuryclub.co.uk | Book your tickets
Presented by Comica, in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival and VIP

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.