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Set in late 1960s Chicago, "My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, vol 1" follows 10‑year‑old Karen Reyes as she chronicles her life in a colourful graphic diary, laced with B‑movie horror and pulp monster motifs. Karen becomes obsessed with the death of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a Holocaust survivor. As she digs into Anka’s past in Nazi Germany, the story opens a dark window onto the confluence of personal grief, political upheaval, and the lingering shadows of the Holocaust. The graphic novel interweaves the stories of those around Karen, revealing how past trauma and present realities collide through vivid illustrations and a young investigator’s relentless curiosity.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Fiction
Authors: Emil Ferris
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