My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two [Paperback]

The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most inspiring monster in contemporary fiction. Emil Ferris is one of the most important comics artists of our time. If you read Ferriss original 2017 graphic novel, you cant forget it: a beguiling, haunted hybrid of personal memoir, murder mystery and 20th-century time portal. This surreal and densely referential follow-up, drawn in Ferriss signature cross-hatched style, continues to follow 10-year-old Karen Reyes in circa-1968 Chicago as she wrestles with loss, sexual identity and a host of secrets. A thrilling and surprisingly profound novel ... The book is a fine balance of stunning artwork and terrific writing. One of the most profound, ambitious, and accomplished creative works to appear in any medium this decade. ... Rarely have words and pictures worked together so seamlessly in service of such a complex narrative. The novel tackles race, gender, and what it means to be 'monstrous' in big and small ways. It could not be more relevant to todays climate. No one has ever made a comic like Emil Ferriss assured, superhumanly ambitious two-part debut graphic novel Ferriss virtuosic illustrations, seemingly effortless mastery of plot and tone, and nuanced evocation of character and setting make this volume a uniquely immersive, thoroughly satisfying conclusion to Karens story. Each page of the book is a small masterpiece: detailed, passionate, leaking genius. Ferriss artwork bullies and commands the readers attention, each page bringing her to the brink of exhaustion because the struggle between art and words is so great, and the whole is so sensorially overwhelming. A graphic novel so immersive it feels almost four dimensional... A fantastical, densely cross-hatched world of Nazis and mobsters and neighborhood eccentrics, seen through the curious eyes of a 10-year-old girl. Ferris notebook journaling remains an incredibly effective storytelling device forló+