Lo que me gustan son los monstruos

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ISBN:
978-84-17125-63-9
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Esta es la historia de Karen Reyes, una peculiar niña de diez años que vive en la oscura Chicago de finales de los sesenta. Lleva un diario gráfico que refleja su pasión por las películas de terror de serie B y la iconografía de las revistas pulp de monstruos. Se retrata a sí misma como una niña-lobo vestida de detective y, como tal, se propone un día resolver el misterio que rodea el asesinato de su bella y enigmática vecina del piso de arriba, Anka Silverberg, una superviviente del Holocausto.

Mientras Karen investiga el crimen, veremos pasar las vidas fascinantes e interconectadas de todos quienes la rodean: su hermano Deeze, cuyo alistamiento a Vietnam es inminente y a quien tortura un secreto del pasado; su madre Marvela, una mujer impredecible que ha sacado adelante a una familia parcialmente disfuncional; Sam Silverberg, el Rápido, baterista de jazz recién enviudado; el …

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Review of 'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters' on 'Goodreads'

This is very good. None of the reviews mention Eric Powell, but this reader found many parallels - both graphic and thematic - between this and Powell's 'The Goon' saga.

Review of 'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters' on 'Goodreads'

This is some heavy stuff. The artistry is unquestionable, though, and the storytelling devastating. I look forward to reading more of Ferris's work.

Review of 'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters' on 'Storygraph'

OMG, so wonderful! Difficult to read, sometimes, but oh, so worth it. Beautiful and heartbreaking...can't wait to read the next volume.

Review of 'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters' on 'Goodreads'

My Favorite Thing is Monsters is a beautiful brick of a graphic novel. It's in the format of 10 year old Karen Reyes's journal, drawn on ruled paper. She loves horror B-movies and wishes she was a monster rather than a girl. She draws herself as a little (kinda adorable) werewolf, rarely acknowledging the reality.

Set in 1960's Chicago, against the backdrop of political turmoil, real-life events creep in around the edges but are not pivotal to the plot. When Karen's neighbour, Anka, is found dead in a kind of locked room mystery scenario, she sets out to find answers.

Anka's history takes the reader back to 1940's Germany, where she lives with prostitutes and becomes the focus of a creepy Nazi who likes children. It bounces between historical and surreal, with Karen grappling with her sexuality in her present day.

I loved the fake horror magazine covers that separate …

Review of 'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters' on 'Storygraph'

An astounding achievement about a young girl investigating a murder in her Uptown Chicago apartment building in 1968. The level of artistry (meant to be a facsimile of the main character's sketchbook) has to be seen to be believed. As a reading experience? It's denser than concrete and the narrative ties itself in maddening knots. I'll definitely read the next volume but I walked away respecting it more than I enjoyed it.

Review of 'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters' on 'Goodreads'

After even just a cursory flip through this great big book, you’ll understand why writer and artist Emil Ferris spent over six years working on it. Each page is a cross-hatched labor of love. It’s written as the heavily illustrated diary of a 10-year-old girl named Karen Reyes who’s obsessed with monsters (depicting herself as a wolfgirl), especially the undead sort, and longs for the day one finally pops out of the shadows to make her one of them. This singular story grabs you from page one with hairy, clawed hands and carries you along at a brisk pace as Karen investigates the suspicious death and mysterious life of her upstairs neighbor (drawing herself as a wolfgirl detective in a trenchcoat and fedora), navigates awkward friendships and gut-wrenching family issues, and discovers her own queerness. A Chicago native, Ferris set her tale in Chicago in late 60s. Having grown up …

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Subjects

  • Nineteen sixties
  • Murder
  • Girls
  • Investigation
  • Comic books, strips
  • Comics & graphic novels, horror

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