Emil Ferris' Graphic Novel Masterpiece: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

Darkman: Clever drawings in a spiral spined lined notebook. It draws the reader in as it tells the episodic tales of tragedy and nightmarish woe. One can see why book banners want it gone. Not gonna happen. It’s well written, and this reader is definitely looking forward to reading the sequel coming soon. Can’t wait to see what happens next. Recommended.

United States on Jan 07, 2024

Lynn Thompson: I bought this book for Drawing class at my college. I love it! We have to do 50 sketches in our sketch book. Many of mine are from here, imitation what the author has drawn. It is amazing!

United States on Oct 11, 2023

Lizzy: Every creative person out there must read this book! Be prepared for a fantastic gore ride, one that’s truly gut churning, bc it depicts, so faithfully and beautifully, the dark realities of humanity, their history and deeds.

Germany on Feb 07, 2023

Simone: Non ci sono parole per descrivere la bellezza di questo libro.
Ogni pagina è meritevole di attenzione sin nei minimi dettagli.
Imperdibile.

Italy on Jul 06, 2021

Ed Gostyn: Tem tudo para dar errado: desenhos estranhos, uma história meio desconexa... uma certa sensualidade meio perversa... e poxa, essa mulher aí da capa, o que é isso? Desenho à caneta esferográfica?
Bom, é isso mesmo. A ilustradora teve um problema gravíssimo de saúde o que lhe custou toda a mobilidade nas mãos. Quando retornou, é isso o que ela conseguiu... antes que tenha pena, é uma verdadeira obra de arte!
Um ambiente meio mafioso, tipo década de 1940... e uma menina monstra, literalmente no cio... hesitei em baixar a amostra, quando cheguei ao final... bom, eu realmente queria mais!

Brazil on Apr 16, 2021

Guillermo Camacho: Lo primero que llama la atención es que el arte es sublime y fue hecho con plumas bic en hojas de cuaderno, debido a que la autora atravesaba una etapa complicada en su vida.
La historia es muy buena, al nivel del apartado artístico.
Una de las mejores novelas gráficas que se hayan escrito jamás.
La edición está a la altura, con unas hojas espectaculares y una encuadernación excelente.

Mexico on Sep 25, 2020

M. 9 Fingers: I was very pleased with the incredible artwork in this graphic novel. The ballpoint pen drawings with limited use of color (for the most part) is done in such detail that it just blew me away. There are just page after page of awesome artwork and interesting pictures. The story is not the typical graphic novel or comic book subject matter. I wasn't sure what to expect, and the description doesn't really capture the feel of the entire book. If you want a "hard-boiled" detective story, this is not one. However, if you like interesting stories with the exploration of a place and time and the slow reveal of info about a diverse cast of many characters. . . this may be for you.

Though the book is clearly not intended for young kids, the content adds up to the same mix of occasional nudity or sex, adult themes, troubled characters and similar content you would expect out of a PG-13 coming-of-age movie. The main character explores her initial feelings of romantic/sexual attraction, and her newfound understanding of more adult undertones in her everyday life that may have been missed previously. The story does seem to jump around without smooth transition to some extent, but as a...

United States on Aug 13, 2018

Julia Monson: This book is so big, I am having trouble reading it. It is not comfortable to hold while reading. And it is so thick, it makes it awkward. I know this is a strange thing to complain about, but it really bothered me.

I finally finished reading this. It took me over a month, which is very unusual for me. I saw a lot of people posting about this book on Litsy, and that made me want to read it. I was hoping for more of a horror story feel to it. That was not at all what this book was about.

I love reading about Anka's childhood. Her life story is so interesting. She goes through so much. I found it all so enthralling. For me, this is the best part of the book.

Karen's life was interesting. So different from my own upbringing. The drawings were very good. I really liked the recreation of the horror magazine covers. All of the people seem rather ugly.

So this book was pretty good, but I don't know if I will read the next in the series.

United States on Aug 13, 2018

Irene: Fantastic artwork. I also love the story, but there're too many loose ends that are not accounted for in the first book. Judging by the pace set here in the first one, I doubt that Emil Ferris will finish telling the murder story in the second book. When a murder story is stretched that long, I'll probably lose interest...

Canada on Apr 12, 2018

Alison Armstrong: As a monster-loving kid who grew up during the ‘60s and ‘70s, I identified with the scorned, mysterious phantoms of my favorite horror films. My fascination with these immortal creatures never died, lying buried from time to time and then resurging when the darkness within summoned that icily familiar grip. Reading Emil Ferris’ My Favorite Thing is Monsters, I feel again that freezing familiarity, the clench of a kindred spirit.
The narrator in Ferris’ stunningly illustrated graphic novel, like myself as an adolescent, seeks escape from her feelings of loneliness and alienation by immersing herself in fantasies of thrillingly compelling supernatural beasts. Ferris, writing from the perspective of the narrator, Karen, creates an equally enticing world of fantasy by blending stories and imagery from Karen’s experience as an urban Chicago preteen in the 1960s with depictions of the horror magazines and paintings Karen adores. The book , formatted to resemble a lined notebook sketch pad, brilliantly perpetuates the illusion that the reader is stepping into the imaginary realm of a creative and extremely perceptive young girl. Detailed interpretations of monster magazine...

United States on May 04, 2017