Cover of the first volume of the graphic novel, featuring Karen's neighbor Anka
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is a two-volume debut graphic novel by American writer Emil Ferris. It portrays a young girl named Karen Reyes investigating the death of her neighbor in 1960s Chicago. Ferris started working on the graphic novel after contracting West Nile virus and becoming paralyzed at age forty. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for writing and began the graphic novel to help her recover in 2010, taking six years to create 700 pages. The work draws on Ferris's childhood growing up in Chicago, and her love of monsters and horror media. The process of creating the book was difficult, with Ferris working long hours, living frugally, and encountering publishing setbacks, such as a cancelation by one publisher and the temporary seizure of the first volume's printing at the Panama Canal.
The first volume was published by Fantagraphics on February 14, 2017. The graphic novel won the 2017 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel and two 2018 Eisner Awards, and was nominated for a 2018 Hugo Award. The French edition won the ACBD's Prix de la critique and the Fauve D'Or at the 2019 Angoulême International Comics Festival. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters has received critical acclaim and is considered by many critics to be one of the best graphic novels of 2017.
A related freebie that Ferris created for Free Comic Book Day won the 2020 Eisner Award for "Best Single Issue/One-Shot".
After being reiteratedly delayed for years, the second volume of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters was published in May 2024 by Fantagraphics.[1] In April 2023, Pantheon Books acquired an upcoming prequel titled Records of the Damned.[2]
^Grunenwald, Joe (June 19, 2023). "My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two coming next year from Fantagraphics". Comics Beat. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
^Chiu-Tabet, Christopher (April 20, 2023). "The Rundown: April 20, 2023". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
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