My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1

Posted on 02 April 2018 by 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 Full color illustrations throughout. New Read [ My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 ] Author [ Emil Ferris ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr oooh, goodreads choice awards semifinalist for best graphic novel what will happen chris ware called this book Absolutely astonishing chris ware is not stephen king, strewing his blurbs all over town, and if he says something, you can trust it but if you needconvincing, here are some thoughts from someone who is not an industry superstar and hasn t gotten much sleep lately.this is truly one of the best books i have ever read, and i do...OMG This book is awesome It s freaking huge too I have a picture of it next to my pen but it still doesn t do it justice And it s heavy I love it Karen Reyes is a little girl that is trying to figure out what happened to her neighbor She was a holocaust survivor that was killed The book is written in a notebook style by Karen with drawings and stories The artwork is totally awesome Karen draws herself as a werewolf she could really be The story goes through her neighbor Anka OMG This book is awesome It s freaking huge too I have a picture of it next to my pen but it still doesn t do it justice And it s heavy I love it Karen Reyes is a little girl that is trying to figure out what happened to her neighbor She was a holocaust survivor that was killed The book is written in a notebook style by Karen with drawings and stories The artwork is totally awesom...11 18 17 Read three times in one year Second time taught, this time for Fall 2017 YA class My vote for best graphic novel comics series of the year.7 18 17 I only read this long book the first of a trilogy in May, and now have reread it for a class on YA Graphic Novels with a focus on strong girl characters Karen, the main character here, is from 10 12 in this book, so is a little young for YA, but this is not really a book for younger readers, either It is a coming of age story, a murder 11 18 17 Read three times in one year Second time taught, this time for Fall 2017 YA class My vote for best graphic novel comics series of the year.7 18 17 I only read this long book the first of a trilogy in May, and now have reread it for a class on YA Graphic Novels with a focus on strong girl characters Karen, the main character here, is from 10 12 in this book, so is a little young fo...the art incredible Ferris is able to do so much with her crosshatched ballpoint pen drawings so many ranges of tone conveyed through color and detail these dense and intricate illustrations were beautiful, horrible, realistic, fantastical, sweetly childlike, mournfully adult, hallucinatory, vivid, vibrant, and completely emotional the art is so impressive it was such a pleasure to swim in these waters A the story Dickensian and therefore quite moving, but I had issues with it lite the art incredible Ferris is able to do so much with her crosshatched ballpoint pen drawings so many ranges of tone conveyed through color and detail these dense and intricate illustrations were beautiful, horrible, realistic, fantastical, sweetly childlike, mournfully adult, hallucinatory, vivid, vibrant, and...First of all, that is the murder victim on the cover, not the protagonist.I was slightly confused because her voice read so much younger than the woman depicted.This was pretty amazing The only criticism I have is that it was almost too much I felt like subtracting one issue or one character for my choice I d lose the view spoiler kind of stereotyped gay guy who swoons over dresses hide spoiler would have made it feel less crowded Although I guess on some levels it was certainly inte First of all, that is the murder victim on the cover, not the protagonist.I was slightly confused because her voice read so much younger than the woman depicted.This was pretty amazing The only criticism I have is that it was almost too much I felt like subtracting one issue or one character for my choice I d lose the view spoiler kind of stereotyped gay gu... My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is a debut graphic novel by Chicago based illustrator Emil Ferris and it was a book I leapt into on the basis of three imaginative ingredients present in its plot description a 10 year old named Karen Reyes who loves horror magazines, whose upstairs neighbor is mysteriously shot, in 1968 Chicago The presentation of the novel, which is as thick as some municipal phone books and works as a coffeetable conversation starter, is dazzling, but I was hugely disappointed My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is a debut graphic novel by Chicago based illustrator Emil Ferris and it was a book I leapt into on the basis of three imaginative ingredients present in its plot description a 10 year old named Karen Reyes who loves horror magazines, whose upstairs neighbor is mysteriously shot, in 1968 Chicago The presentation of the novel, which is as thick as some municipal phone books and works as a coffeetable conversation starter, is dazzling, but I was hugely disappointed by it as a whole It s a graphic novel I think would ve been better without the graphics and also needed significant editing when it came to its focus and main character.The story tries to focus on an ostracized 5th grader named Karen who lives in Uptown Chicago with her older brother Diego Deeze Reyes, a ladykille...The word aftermath came to mind I guess it means the time after something terrible happens when you do the math to figure out what has been added and what s been subtracted.Believe the hype this is an absol...Here s my spoiler free video review Oh My God This book THIS BOOK I was completely blow away by this, and honestly I have a difficult time expressing in words just how much I love it.First, the art It s GORGEOUS And messy And sometimes difficult to look at But that difficulty heightens the reading experience you really fe...Tell me, do I look different to you That s weird, because I definitely feel different I feel like yesterday morning I got invited to a party, and when I arrived I was shackled in a dark windowless basement where all I could hear was a scritchy noise that was probably mice or possibly rats or maybe the ghost of an Appalachian child asking for candy in a high pitched tone that only faintly penetrated the walls of my prison I was let out this morning It was sunny when I went in but now it s ove Tell me, do I look different to you That s weird, because I definitely feel different I feel like yesterday morning I got invited to a party, and when I arrived I was shackled in a dark windowless basement where all I could hear was a scritchy noise that was probably mice or possibly rats or ...The art in this graphic novel is spectacular, but the story, I m afraid, I found disjointed and at times downright incomprehensible It s about a young girl, Karen who s obsessed with monsters, thus depicts herself as one investigating the mysterious death of her neighbour But it s also about the history of that neighbour, Anka, as told by the character herself in a series of recorded interviews she s a Holocaust survivor, but her saviour forced her to become a prostitute at the age of 12 The art in this graphic novel is spectacular, but the story, I m afraid, I found disjointed and at times downright incomprehensible It s about a young girl, Karen who s obsessed with monsters, thus depicts herself as one investigating the mysterious death of her neighbour But it s also about the history of that neighbour, Anka, as told by the character herself in a series of recorded interviews she s a Holocaust survivor, but her saviour forced her to become a prostitute at the age of 12 It s about Karen s family her mom, and her brother Deeze and her mother s illness and her brother s possible relationship with Anka It s about Karen s friends, who appear ...

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02 April 2018

Emil Ferris