My favorite thing is monsters

"Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, and narrated by 10-year-old Karen Reyes, Monsters is told 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 mu...

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Main Author: Ferris, Emil (Author, Artist)
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language:English
Published: Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, 2016-
Edition:First Fantagraphics books edition.
Series:My favorite thing is monsters ; 1
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Summary:"Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, and narrated by 10-year-old Karen Reyes, Monsters is told 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"--Publisher.
Physical Description:volumes (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Awards:Ignatz award winner.
ISBN:9781606999592
1606999591
Author Notes:Emil Ferris grew up in Chicago during the turbulent 1960s, where she still lives, and is consequently a devotee of all things monstrous and horrific. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.