My Favorite Thing is Monsters
Emil Ferris
53 €
Coup de coeur
(Graphic Novel), by Vasiliki
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters transports you to 1960s Chicago through the imaginative eyes of Karen Reyes, a quirky young girl who envisions herself as a werewolf detective. As Karen unravels the mystery of her Holocaust-survivor neighbor Anka Silverberg's death, she navigates through intricate, comic-style artwork reminiscent of classic monster comics. Emil Ferris masterfully blends themes of identity, trauma, and transformation with noir suspense, creating a visually stunning and poignant debut. Celebrated for its originality and profound depth, this revolutionary graphic novel will leave you captivated and thankful for the sequel...
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 neighbour, 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.
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 16 Feb 2017
Dimensions: 268 x 206 x 31 mm
ISBN: 9781606999592
