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My favorite thing is monsters. Book 1 Cover Image Book

My favorite thing is monsters. Book 1 / Emil Ferris.

Ferris, Emil, (author,, illustrator.).

Summary:

"Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late 1960s Chicago, and narrated by 10-year-old Karen Reyes, Monsters 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"--Front cover flap.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1606999591
  • ISBN: 9781606999592
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
  • Edition: First Fantagraphics books edition.
  • Publisher: Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reprinted with various editions statements and copyright dates. No obvious change in content.
Awards Note:
Lambda Literary LGBTQ Award for Graphic Novels, Winner 2018.

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Genre:
Comics (Graphic works)
Graphic novels.

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