My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, (Paperback)

from Daniel.Estes

When I describe a graphic novel, especially one as unconventional as My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, I like to use the phrase "non-linear experience." It's wordy but it gets the point across. Narratives such as these certainly have a beginning and an end, but while movies go frame-by-frame, and mu...

from Juva

A young girl growing up in 1960s Chicago with an obsession with monsters finds herself uniquely positioned to solve a mystery. Her upstairs neighbor, Anka, who she is close with is found murdered in her apartment on Valentine's Day. All the doors and windows are locked from the inside so the poli...

from Sheila1957

Loved it! Had a hard time putting it down. Karen is 12 and her upstairs neighbor has been murdered--suicide according to police but the evidence points to murder. Karen wants to know who killed Anka, the neighbor. To do that she must find out about Anka's past and how it connects with her family....

from raschneid

My favorite thing is crosshatching. Seriously, every page of this book is so gorgeous, I didn't want to finish it. As lovely as it is, this book also excels as a novel. The 1960s atmosphere reminded me of curling up with Harriet the Spy or a Judy Blume novel, although Ferris's work is definitely...

from Crazymamie

This GN is a work of art - both the writing and the artwork are beautifully done. Amazing that it is all in ballpoint pen. This is a BIG book, but it pulls you right in, and so its size is misleading. Definitely adult themes and subject matter here - child prostitution, the Holocaust, murder...bu...