Books Details
Author : Emil Ferris Pages : 416 pages Publisher :
Fantagraphics Language : eng ISBN-10 : 1606999591 ISBN-13 :
9781606999592
Books Descriptions
Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ?60s
Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is 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.
