My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris

Ferris.-VultureĮach page of the book is a small masterpiece: detailed, passionate, leaking genius. It could not be more relevant to today's climate.-Mother JonesĪn extraordinary literary experience that tackles questions of racial, sexual, cultural, professional, and class identity with aplomb and aesthetic glory. The novel tackles race, gender, and what it means to be 'monstrous' in big and small ways. Rarely have words and pictures worked together so seamlessly in service of such a complex narrative.-Forbes

One of the most profound, ambitious and accomplished creative works to appear in any medium this decade. The book is a fine balance of stunning artwork and terrific writing.-Chicago Tribune You see, she's produced something rare, a page-turning story whose pages are so brilliantly drawn you don't want to turn them.-Terry Gross - NPR: Fresh AirĪ thrilling and surprisingly profound novel. This extraordinary book has instantly rocketed Ferris into the graphic novel elite alongside Art Spiegelman, Alison Bechdel and Chris Ware. An eerie masterpiece of the monsters around and within us.-The New York Times - Critics' Pick Growing up in Chicago in the 1960s, 10-year-old Karen Reyes investigates the suspicious death of her glamorous neighbor and finds troubling clues lurking close to her own home. Emil Ferris is one of the most important comics artists of our time.-Art Spiegelmanĭrawn with Bic pen on lined notebook paper, this moody and ravishing graphic novel takes the form of a sketchbook diary.

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris