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My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

by Emil Ferris
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About this book

Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monstersis 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.

Book Details

ISBN13 9781606999592
ISBN10 1606999591
Series/Work OL17929982W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Fantagraphics
Pages 386
Language ENG
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At April 18, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

Chicago (Ill.) -- Comic books, strips, etc Comic books, strips Comics & graphic novels, horror Girls Girls -- Comic books, strips, etc History Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Homicide Investigation Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Award Winner LGBTQ graphic novels Murder Murder -- Investigation -- Comic books, strips, etc Nineteen sixties Nineteen sixties -- Comic books, strips, etc

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