My Favorite Thing is Monsters

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Emil Ferris

Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge.

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Author

Emil Ferris

Pages

386

Publisher

Fantagraphics Books

Published Date

2017-02-15

ISBN

1606999591 9781606999592

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"There’s nothing quite like this one.The drawing style fits the story extremely well, and the Chicago locations are very evocative, especially if you are familiar with the city."

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Harold Goldfus

"At first glance the style may be off putting, however it fits the story perfectly. This story is so exacting that is difficult to believe it is not an autobiography. Despite its slightly intimidating thickness, this is a quick read, that leaves you desperate for the next volume; tragically unpublished."