My favourite thing is monsters

Ferris crafts a compelling tale that combines a comingof. Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late 60s chicago, my favorite thing is monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10yearold karen reyes, filled with bmovie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Oct 25, 2016 thats about the best summary i can come up with for my favourite thing is monsters by emil ferris. Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late 60s chicago, my favorite thing is monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10yearold karen reyes, filled with b. It follows a young girl named karen reyes who has a deep love of all thing related to horror and monsters. An ambitious, emotional, beautifully illustrated exploration of a 10yearold girls experience growing up late 60s chicago, my favorite thing is monsters is an astounding debut, weaving an intricate web of plot threads that keeps the reader compelled from beginning to end. Nov 07, 2017 chicago artist emil ferris grabbed the attention of literary and art circles with her debut graphic novel my favorite thing is monsters. 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. Written as the illustrated journal of 10year old karen reyes in 1960s chicago, my favorite thing is monsters is a beautifully illustrated mystery story with horror flair as karen imagines herself as a werewolf and sees everything around her as a sort of a horror flick as she investigate the death of her mysterious upstairs neighbor anka.

Andrea crow may 9, 2018 sometimes you dont let yourself know what you know, writes karen reyes, the 10yearold narrator of emil ferriss debut graphic novel, my favorite thing is monsters, volume 1. Emil ferris artwork bullies and commands the readers attention, each page bringing her to the brink of exhaustion because the struggle between art and words is so great, and the whole is so. My favorite thing is monsters is a graphic novel by emil ferris. My favorite thing is monsters book king county library. My favorite thing is monsters follows karen reyes, a tenyearold living in an apartment in uptown chicago with her mother and brother diego. The 55yearold artists first published work, which came out last week, is a sweeping 60s. My husband gave me emil ferris my favorite thing is monsters for my birthday last month with a note. My favorite thing is monsters is a visual marvel, and it is tempting to forsake its narrative in favour of the exquisite illustrations. My favorite thing is monsters, monstress lead 2018 eisner.

Set in the same 1960s chicago where ferris spent her youth, the books main character is karen reyes, a 10yearold obsessed with movie. My favorite thing is monsters is a dazzling, graphic novel tourdeforce set amid the political swirl of late 60s chicago, emil ferris graphic novel debut reflects on race, class, gender and. Presented in july at comiccon international in san diego, the awards celebrate comics and graphic novels published between jan. A modern classic begins in this my favorite thing is monsters. Emil ferris artwork bullies and commands the readers attention, each page bringing her to the brink of exhaustion because the struggle between art and words is. Emil ferris my favorite thing is monsters confession. My favorite thing is monsters is a dark and unusual. My favorite thing is monsters emil ferris sketches out an ambitious graphic novel on the pages of a ringbound notebook, creating a fascinating account of a young woman discovering her true identity this extraordinary book is designed to look like the journal of an artisticallytalented girl who is leaving her childhood behind. My favorite thing is monsters is a dazzling, graphic novel tourdeforce fresh air.

My favorite thing is monsters is a dazzling, graphic. Aug 10, 2017 my husband gave me emil ferris my favorite thing is monsters for my birthday last month with a note. To raise funds needed to complete book two, emil ferris is running a crowdfunding campaign. Chicago artist emil ferris grabbed the attention of literary and art circles with her debut graphic novel my favorite thing is monsters. May 03, 2017 page from my favorite thing is monsters by emil ferris. Based to some extent on ferris experience growing up in chicagos uptown, mftim features 10yearold, monsterobsessed karen reyes as, in her trenchcoat, she investigates a woman friends death in her apartment building. Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late 1960s chicago, and narrated by 10yearold karen reyes, monsters is told through a fictional graphic diary employing the iconography of b. I read hundreds of books every year, but i have not been able to get emil ferris my favorite thing is monsters out of my mind. My favorite thing is monsters is an incredibly complex book, and will doubtlessly be considered a groundbreaking classic right alongside fun home and persepolis. Emil has constructed a story world like no other, written from the perspective of 10yearold karen reyes, who is thrown into a deviously twisted mystery involving the murder of her upstairs neighbour. Yes, this is my favorite graphic novel besides watchmen. Published by fantagraphics books, it is a beautifully drawn and intricately designed story of growing up in chicago in the late 1960s, confronting the adult world, coming face to face with prejudice and injustice. Ferris started working on the graphic novel after contracting west nile virus and becoming paralyzed at age 40. It portrays a young girl named karen reyes investigating the death of her neighbor in 1960s chicago.

Karen is a very talented artist and her drawings of the events around her are quite detailed. My favorite thing is monsters by emil ferris, paperback. Emil has constructed a story world like no other, written from the perspective of 10yearold karen reyes, who is thrown into a deviously twisted mystery. My favourite thing is monsters can anyone convince me its. Dec 31, 2017 i read hundreds of books every year, but i have not been able to get emil ferris my favorite thing is monsters out of my mind. The 55yearold artists first published work, which came out last week, is a sweeping 60sera. Alan watts how to see through the game the secret to life happiness duration.

My favorite thing is monsters feels to me like a onceinageneration debut a vision so clear and original that it will change the course of cartooning. The stand by stephen king, harry potter reread sixth time, the way of kings by the illustrious brandon sanderson, 1984, and the very hungry caterpillar will probably read it to my son. Emil ferris my favorite thing is monsters is a masterpiece. My favorite thing is monsters, by emil ferris, published by fantagraphics. Feb 20, 2017 there has never been a debut graphic novel quite like emil ferriss my favorite thing is monsters. Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late 60s chicago, and narrated by 10yearold karen reyes, monsters is told is told through a fictional graphic diary employing the iconography of bmovie horror imagery and pulp monster magazines. My favorite thing is monsters is a graphic novel set in chicago in 1968. February 22, 2017 set amid the political swirl of late 60s chicago, emil ferris graphic novel debut. There has never been a debut graphic novel quite like emil ferriss my favorite thing is monsters. A young girl investigates the murder of a holocaust survivor who lived upstairs from her.

Jun 20, 2017 emil ferriss graphic novel debut my favorite thing is monsters may just be the best graphic novel of 2017, and is certainly the best debut ive read in the genre, and it virtually defies. Pov of the protagonist a young monster girl is hilarious and tender, really gripping plotlines that go dark as hell, complex and fascinating charactersand, on top, is a love and belief of monsters. Set in the same 1960s chicago where ferris spent her youth, the books main character is. My favorite thing is monsters and the queerness of horror. I think theres that big mystery part of the story and the idea that the investigation is something benign, to begin with, but its holding back a darker truth that eventually will draw you to some point of insanity. A graphic novel in the form of a monsterobsessed childs. Karen loves monsters, comic books, and her tattooed, artloving big. My favorite thing is monsters graphic novel the seattle. My favorite thing is monsters reminded me of lovecraftian horror, at least with the idea of an investigation. Page from my favorite thing is monsters by emil ferris. My favorite thing is monsters queer comics database.

My favorite thing is monsters is a brilliant, eyeopening. Currently, my favorite thing is my favorite thing is monsters. Drawn entirely on bluelined notebook paper, my favorite thing is monsters is a startling demonstration of ferriss range, power and ambition. Narrated by 10year old karen reyes in the form of a hyperarticulate graphic diary employing the iconography of b movie horror imagery and pulp monster magazines, my favorite thing is monsters is. The entirety of the novel is presented in the form of the illustrated journal of the protagonist, karen. The nominations of have been announced for the 2018 will eisner comic industry awards, led by my favorite thing is monsters and monstress. In this debut, which takes the form of a fictional graphic diary, a 10yearold girl tries to solve a murder.

It is valentines day, 1968, and the reyess upstairs neighbour anka silverberg is dead, shot in the heart but tucked neatly into her bed. My favorite thing is monsters has all of the complexity of the finest literary fiction and breathtaking art. My favorite thing is monsters is the debut graphic novel of emil ferris. My favorite thing is monsters comic read my favorite thing. May 09, 2018 my favorite thing is monsters by emil ferris. Karen reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, anka silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while. Oct 28, 2016 currently, my favorite thing is my favorite thing is monsters. Apr 05, 2018 my favourite thing is monsters emil ferris. However, as 2017 made its exit to a chorus of dont let the door bang your arse on the way out, there was an unusual sense of consensus among panelologists including the inmates and readers of broken frontier about the original graphic novel of the year. Graphic novel my favorite thing is monsters sells to sony.

Thats about the best summary i can come up with for my favourite thing is monsters by emil ferris. Originally set for release in october of last year, the entire 10,000copy print run of the book was stuck on a cargo ship seized at the panama canal after. Emil ferris debut graphic novel, my favorite thing is monsters, has had quite the turbulent journey on its way to publication. My favorite thing is monsters was released back in february by fantagraphics, and is written and illustrated by emil farris, a chicago born cartoonist and admitted trashy monster movie fan. My favorite thing is monsters book one graphic novel. There has never been a debut graphic novel quite like emil ferris s my favorite thing is monsters. She has a portraitists skill with tiny subtleties of expression and lighting and a new objectivists eye for the raw grotesquerie of bodies and their surroundings, and her illustrative technique extends from impossibly delicate. Emil ferriss graphic novel debut my favorite thing is monsters may just be the best graphic novel of 2017, and is certainly the best debut ive read in the genre, and it virtually defies. And its this love of the old creature features and ec horror comic books of the 50s that shines the brightest in my favorite thing is monsters, ferris. Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late 60s chicago, my favorite thing is monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10yearold karen reyes. My favorite thing is monsters roundtable discussion.

As soon as i heard about it, i knew it would be something youre into. A 3,500word interview with my favorite thing is monsters mastermind emil ferris all i wanted to be as a child and still want to be is a monster. My favorite thing is monsters is a graphic novel for everyone. Its hard to think of a debut graphic novel in recent memory that has the visual splendor, narrative ingenuity, and emotional impact of this 4page tome, and with this book, ferris immediately establishes herself as one of the most exciting, provocative talents in the comics industry. Whats the story set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late 1960s chicago, tenyearold karen reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, anka silverberg, a holocaust survivor.