Then this beautifully illustrated work of art reminiscent of Robert Crumb and Otto Dix, becomes so much more. As just a family drama, this novel delivers. It's why Karen wishes she was a monster - to be safe from those she sees in real life. Her neighborhood is a scary place and so is dealing with her mother's late-stage cancer and her older brother's drug-dealing and pimping. Reyes is an aspiring artist and her story is told in her perspective with detailed drawings filled with B-movie horror monsters from her beloved matinees, all sketched by a very talented schoolgirl with a Bic pen in her spiral notebook. This debut novel by Emil Ferris tells the story of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, a girl growing up during the turbulent 1960s in Chicago. But there are a few that transcend this genre. A lot of people put down graphic novels as just comic books and many are little more than that.
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