My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (edition 2017)

by Emil Ferris (Author)

Series: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (1)

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"Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late 1960s Chicago, and narrated by 10-year-old Karen Reyes, Monsters is told through a fictional graphic diary employing the iconography of B-movie horror imagery and pulp monster magazines. As the precocious Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her beautiful and enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, we watch the interconnected and fascinating stories of those around her unfold"--Front cover flap.… (more)

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Title:	My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
Authors:	Emil Ferris (Author)
Info:	Fantagraphics (2017), Edition: 1, 386 pages
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Jesus. This is artistically incredible and very original: ever wanted to see classical paintings rendered in five or six shades of ballpoint? It's also extremely dark--- I think someone else said it best: "not what I thought I was signing up for." Major warnings for rape and child sexual abuse, violence and death (esp. Holocaust-related violence), and bigotry of every kind. (

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caedocyon | Feb 21, 2024 |

My favorite thing is crosshatching. Seriously, every page of this book is so gorgeous, I didn't want to finish it.

As lovely as it is, this book also excels as a novel. The 1960s atmosphere reminded me of curling up with Harriet the Spy or a Judy Blume novel, although Ferris's work is definitely for adults. It's a beautiful, sophisticated, surreal coming-of-age story and I can't wait for the sequel. (

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raschneid | Dec 19, 2023 |

Here Be Monsters

This graphic novel was phenomenal. The horror magazine covers alone were worth the price of admission. Probably my favorite graphic novel of the last few years. (

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cdaley | Nov 2, 2023 |

I really wanted to like this. I was so excited for it, but the main character thinks she is a werewolf and it just didn't work for me. Also, there were many scenes that didn't make sense with the story. The important and necessary scenes would have been half this size.

I thought I would like the art more than I did; the words are all over the place and sometimes I found myself reading the wrong lines. (

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CaitlinDaugherty | Aug 28, 2023 |

È stupendo, drammatico, intenso... solo che bisogna aspettare la seconda parte mannaggia!
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Free Comic Book Day (2019)

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NPR: Books We Love (2017)

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1,000 Books to Read Before You Die Page-A-Day Calendar (2021)

Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Adults (Top Ten – 2017)

El País Los mejores 25 libros (2018)

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My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book One

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2017-02-14

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Karen Reyes

Diego Zapata "Deeze" Reyes

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

Berlin, Germany

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I turned up the volume to hide what I was doing because...

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

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Ware, Chris

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English

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"Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late 1960s Chicago, and narrated by 10-year-old Karen Reyes, Monsters is told through a fictional graphic diary employing the iconography of B-movie horror imagery and pulp monster magazines. As the precocious Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her beautiful and enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, we watch the interconnected and fascinating stories of those around her unfold"--Front cover flap.

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