My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

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And yet, monster or not, Karen Reyes is still a child ruled by child-logic. She is full of invention, and creativity ushers in a sanguine hope. Confronted with death and alienation, Karen Reyes reasons that the only way to survive is to become a monster and the only way to become a true monster — as opposed to the imagined version that she already embodies — is to sacrifice one’s human life. Her logic may have a tenuous grounding, but she relies on it as the serum of life, treating monstrosity as her saving grace. But on another level, Karen Reyes’ quest for immortality is purely unselfish, a form of sacrifice engendered by her mother’s struggle with cancer. Karen Reyes wants a monster to bite her, thereby turning her into a monster, so that she can bite and transform her family into monsters as well. In this way, she seeks to forgo her own humanity to save her mother. Emil Ferris’ story is thus one in which hope only comes in the form of imagining oneself as a monster, and optimism can only be approached through magic. And yet, ‘My Favorite Thing Is Monsters’ can hardly be described as a magical story. Although there are non-realistic elements and moments, such as Karen Reyes entering a painting at the Art Institute in search of a demon, everything about this novel is purged in the brutality and pain of honesty. From this perspective, the existence of monsters is a coping mechanism, a way for a child to understand the world that is otherwise incomprehensible. The detailed texture and realness of Emil Ferris’ Chicago provide the detached correlative of the tragic dimensions of Karen Reyes life. Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". Publishers Weekly. June 5, 2018 . Retrieved April 7, 2019. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters takes place in Chicago in the late 1960s. MLK is shot and killed during the course of the story and the city and Ferris’ characters react to the loss with pain, numbness and self-destructive decisions. Ferris weaves in history the way Mad Men shows us the 1960s, from the inside out.

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La verdad es que esta novela gráfica me ha desbordado; a nivel de arte y a nivel de contenido está tan llena de significado y ofrece tantas ideas que no sé por donde empezar este comentario.https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-new-objectivity-artists-exposed-decadence-hypocrisy-german-society Still, these films often stood as allegory for real world horror of the time. Consider 1941’s “The Wolf Man,” written by Curt Siodmak.

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Identity is a central theme in “My Favorite Thing Is Monsters.” Karen’s self-identification as a monster serves as a metaphor for the challenges of identity and belonging that many individuals face. As she grapples with her own identity, Karen’s quest to uncover the truth behind Anka’s death becomes an exploration of her own past and family history. Exploring Social IssuesHowever, there is only one Monster I care about. Too bad she isn't a monster, not even close, not even a little bit. Not even monstrous. But she is still my favorite thing.

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It's definitely not a simple tale. I mean, sure, I could break it down by saying it's about a ten-year-old girl in late 60's Chicago who identifies deeply with b-movie horror monsters but also identifies with being a private eye, who knows something fishy is going on when her neighbor, a survivor of the Holocaust is found dead after having been shot in the heart, moved from the living room to the bedroom, and being ruled as a suicide.but if you need more convincing, here are some thoughts from someone who is not an industry superstar and hasn’t gotten much sleep lately. The book is written in a notebook style by Karen with drawings and stories. The artwork is totally awesome! Karen draws herself as a werewolf <-- she could really be! Kade, Leigh (May 5, 2019). "BC FCBD Roundup: Our Favorite Thing Is My Favorite Things Is Monsters". Bleeding Cool . Retrieved July 2, 2020. I make a distinction between good monsters―those that can’t help being different―and rotten monsters, those people whose behavior is designed around objectives of control and subjugation,” said Ferris. “I don’t really think they deserve the title of monster. In my mind that’s an honorable title. It represents struggle and wisdom bought at a high, painful price. It opens with something I ordinarily loath: an elaborate dream sequence. But Emil Ferris provides a refreshing turn on an overused trope. In Karen Reyes’ dream, an angry mob scours the streets in search of a monster, her. They fill their guns with silver bullets, and although Karen Reyes is hiding, they find her and shoot her. When she wakes up, alive but shivering, she has an important insight. MOB, she realises, is an acronym for, as she puts it, “Mad. Ordinary. Boring.” To be a monster is to defy these terms, to move beyond outrage, cliché, and bourgeois ennui and to become truly human. The MOB is Aristotle’s normal, whereas the monster exceeds. The MOB is a sign of human complacency, and the monster is the extension of Michel Eyquem de Montaigne’s hope for imagination. The MOB is the same, and the monster is Michel Foucault’s path to the crowning of difference. As in the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ stories, the MOB fights for the status quo and is angry at anyone who insists on their right to be any other way.