Peppered in between all that are Karen's notebook drawings of all kinds of things-her neighborhood, her brother and mom, and the covers of pulp magazines. She also likes to draw her version of popular paintings which her brother takes her to see at the local museums. All of her drawings are on lined notebook paper and all I can say about them is that they are stunning. All in pen, but not all in color-each and every drawing is so detailed you can stare at them for a long while and continue to find new things.

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

La historia tiene lugar en los años 60 en un barrio de Chicago y seguimos las aventuras de Karen, una niña inteligente y simpática que sufre la triple marginación de ser diferente: por ser de una minoría étnica, por su familia disfuncional y por su inclinación sexual. Su manera de afrontarlo es creer en los monstruos y considerarse uno ella misma, ya que es lo que la sociedad le está diciendo. Pero su actitud no es para nada victimista, me encanta su sentido del humor y su valentía. One senses the author lovingly embraced this work so closely, and for so long, it might have been bittersweet for the author to bring it to an end and release into the world. With the release of My Favorite Thing is Monsters, from Fantagraphics and just in time for Halloween in 2016 (Update: the book's release is now scheduled for Feb. 14, 2017), comes a fresh, original voice in comics. Meet Emil Ferris. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2023-01-12 04:59:45 Autocrop_version 0.0.13_books-20220331-0.2 Boxid IA40529605 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

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El mal y lo monstruoso está presente en todo el álbum, en muy diversas formas, pero también el amor y la ternura que representa Karen y su núcleo familiar. También sus amigos, todos inolvidables y una gama variada de personajes, ninguno de los cuales deja indiferente. Las mil formas de ser humano... Ferris, Emil (November 3, 2016). "You Can Be in My Graphic Novel!". GoFundMe . Retrieved January 4, 2018. 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 =) This has been a hard year for a lot of reasons, and with few exceptions, everyone I know or have talked to says that they have read less. I understand why. My Favorite Thing is Monsters is not a book that can be read lightly. Those seeking escapist fare won’t find it here. This is a book about monsters, but in the book Karen makes an important distinction: “A good monster sometimes gives somebody a fright because they’re weird looking and fangy -- a fact that is beyond their control -- but bad monsters are all about control -- they want the whole world to be scared so that bad monsters can call the shots.”

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Es una historia de misterio a primera vista. Parece que no se trata más que de la inocente investigación de una niña peculiar sobre el asesinato de su enigmática vecina. Pero pronto se convierte también un retrato de infancias complicadas y un vistazo a dos épocas históricas oscuras como la Chicago de los 60 y la alemania nazi. Y tampoco diría que se queda ahí. Es tal la avalancha de temas que va tocando durante estas 416 páginas que es harto imposible hablar de todos ellos. So as my good friend Jo recently stated, it's hard to review graphic novels. My normal, go-to criteria is overshadowed by the sheer fact that *most* of the reading experience is visual.Karen's monster-ness is SUCH an amazing metaphor that Ferris plays with in multiple ways, without it ever feeling like she's lost control. At times it is a representative of Karen's coming of age, of her burgeoning sexuality, of her perception of herself as "other"--non-white, queer, poor, etc. I guess that's the difference... A good monster sometimes gives somebody a fright because they are weird and looking fangy... A fact that is beyond their control... But bad monsters are all about control... They want the whole world to be scared so that bad monsters can call the shots..." Fantoni, Lorenzo (April 18, 2018). "La mia cosa preferita sono i mostri, un fumetto tra cultura pop e dramma storico". Wired (in Italian) . Retrieved May 7, 2018.