Description
| Product ID: | 9781683969273 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two |
| Authors: | Author: Emil Ferris |
| Page Count: | 412 |
| Subjects: | Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions, Graphic novels |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ''60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two is the eagerly awaited conclusion to one of the most acclaimed graphic novels of the past decade. Presented as the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes as she tries to solve the murder of her beloved and enigmatic upstairs neighbour, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. In Book Two, dark mysteries past and present continue to abound in the tumultuous and violent Chicago summer of 1968. Young Karen attends the Yippie-organized Festival of Life in Grant Park and finds herself swept up in a police stomping. Privately, she continues to investigate Anka''s recent death and discovers one last cassette tape that sheds light upon Anka''s heroic activities in Nazi Germany. She wrestles with her own sexual identity, the death of her mother, and the secrets she suspects her brother Deez of hiding. Ferris''s exhilarating cast of characters experience revelations and epiphanies that both resolve and deepen the mysteries visited upon them earlier. Visually, the story is told in Ferris''s inimitable style that breathtakingly and seamlessly combines panel-to-panel storytelling and cartoon montages filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster mag iconography. |
| Imprint Name: | Fantagraphics |
| Publisher Name: | Fantagraphics |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-05-28 |