--- product_id: 49727369 title: "My Favorite Thing Is Monsters" price: "1179 kr" currency: NOK in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.no/products/49727369-my-favorite-thing-is-monsters store_origin: NO region: Norway --- # Graphic novel masterpiece Intricate ballpoint pen art Engaging murder mystery My Favorite Thing Is Monsters **Price:** 1179 kr **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🖤 Dive into the darkly beautiful world where childhood innocence meets monster lore. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** My Favorite Thing Is Monsters - **How much does it cost?** 1179 kr with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.no](https://www.desertcart.no/products/49727369-my-favorite-thing-is-monsters) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Sequel Anticipation:** Join the growing community eagerly awaiting the next installment—don’t miss out on the cultural phenomenon. - • **Authentic Vintage Vibes:** Styled as a spiral-bound diary, it evokes nostalgia and raw emotional depth, perfect for millennial collectors. - • **Deeply Layered Narrative:** A gripping story weaving 1960s Chicago politics, Holocaust history, and a child’s perspective into a compelling mystery. - • **Visually Mesmerizing Artwork:** Exquisite biro-pen drawings fused with vibrant pulp horror aesthetics create a unique visual feast. - • **Critically Acclaimed Bestseller:** Ranked top 2,236 in Crime & Mystery Graphic Novels with a stellar 4.7-star rating from over 1,300 readers. ## Overview My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is a critically acclaimed graphic novel set in late 1960s Chicago, blending intricate ballpoint pen artwork with a haunting murder mystery. Told through the eyes of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, it explores themes of history, family, and identity, earning a 4.7-star rating and a strong following among graphic novel enthusiasts. ## Description Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge. Review: Like a fusion of David Lynch, a pre-teen diary and a horror flick. Utterly mesmerising. - Imagine (if you can) someone taking David Lynch's "Blue Velvet", and gene-splicing it with the classic movie monsters of Universal Studios, the seedy underbelly of Chicago, and a pre-teen's gorgeous biro-pen-rendered journal. That's about the best summary I can come up with for "My Favourite Thing is Monsters" by Emil Ferris. Emil has constructed a story world like no other, written from the perspective of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, who is thrown into a deviously twisted mystery involving the murder of her upstairs neighbour. Karen's investigation leads her to the taped journals of Anka (her beautiful neighbour) and her harrowing past. This is one hugely thick and immensely satisfying book to get wrapped up in. Laid out against the backdrop of a foolscap-lined spiral bound journal, Emil's artwork will grab you by the throat and shake you. Exquisite ballpen drawings intermixed with garishly coloured (but again gorgeous) pulp horror comic book covers and scratchier pen drawings, if nothing else it's a visual feast (and I've become completely obsessed with drawing and mimicking this style myself in my own art). Beyond that though it's a gripping read as the story darts between Karen's observations of her dying mother, her louche brother and of course deeper digs into Anka's life. It took a bit of getting hold of this in the UK but you can find copies (I highly recommend Speedy Kitty as a reseller if you want a copy pronto in great condition btw). It's probably one of the best graphic novels I've ever read (and I've read a lot), and I'm overjoyed to hear a sequel is on the way. You need this in your life, simple as. Review: Blew my mind - When the first time I saw it I wasn’t to sure but I thought I’ll give it a try, I was blow away by the art style it reminded me of when I was at school and would draw random pictures in pen, It tells a interesting story, and the bond between Karen and her brother is refreshing would recommend, I’ve already preordered the second book ## Features - New Store Stock ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 179,361 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 2,236 in Crime & Mystery Graphic Novels | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,321 Reviews | ## Images ![My Favorite Thing Is Monsters - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81JJTisR6gL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Like a fusion of David Lynch, a pre-teen diary and a horror flick. Utterly mesmerising. *by P***E on 30 June 2017* Imagine (if you can) someone taking David Lynch's "Blue Velvet", and gene-splicing it with the classic movie monsters of Universal Studios, the seedy underbelly of Chicago, and a pre-teen's gorgeous biro-pen-rendered journal. That's about the best summary I can come up with for "My Favourite Thing is Monsters" by Emil Ferris. Emil has constructed a story world like no other, written from the perspective of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, who is thrown into a deviously twisted mystery involving the murder of her upstairs neighbour. Karen's investigation leads her to the taped journals of Anka (her beautiful neighbour) and her harrowing past. This is one hugely thick and immensely satisfying book to get wrapped up in. Laid out against the backdrop of a foolscap-lined spiral bound journal, Emil's artwork will grab you by the throat and shake you. Exquisite ballpen drawings intermixed with garishly coloured (but again gorgeous) pulp horror comic book covers and scratchier pen drawings, if nothing else it's a visual feast (and I've become completely obsessed with drawing and mimicking this style myself in my own art). Beyond that though it's a gripping read as the story darts between Karen's observations of her dying mother, her louche brother and of course deeper digs into Anka's life. It took a bit of getting hold of this in the UK but you can find copies (I highly recommend Speedy Kitty as a reseller if you want a copy pronto in great condition btw). It's probably one of the best graphic novels I've ever read (and I've read a lot), and I'm overjoyed to hear a sequel is on the way. You need this in your life, simple as. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Blew my mind *by A***H on 12 December 2020* When the first time I saw it I wasn’t to sure but I thought I’ll give it a try, I was blow away by the art style it reminded me of when I was at school and would draw random pictures in pen, It tells a interesting story, and the bond between Karen and her brother is refreshing would recommend, I’ve already preordered the second book ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Oh. My. Goodness. What a book! *by S***L on 2 June 2019* I am so in love with this book. I honestly feel as though the work that has gone into it deserves a higher price-tag. It's rare that I stare at the art work in a graphic novel, literally examining every pen-stroke. It's amazing. So the story is a bit clunky, the characters are a bit extreme, there is a 'Grave of the Fireflies' feel of, 'This can't get any worse, can it? Surely they're not going to make it worse? Can't I have a break for five minutes. Oh God, they're going to go there... Yep, they went there.' It's a bit much. And the book starts with one mystery, introduces at least two others, and only solves one of them. Or maybe solves it, because the solution is revealed in an art-infused vision. If that hasn't put you off, you will probably love this book as much as I did. Spiegelman, Bechdel, you have a new peer. Although appropriately (given the 60s setting), the graphic style made me think of Robert Crumb - ugly-beautiful. I could go on, and on, about the psychological depth, about the most shocking and beautiful image in the whole thing being a drawing of a girl's face in a mirror, about the intrusion of 60s politics in a little girl's tough, tough life, about the encroachment of the bad monsters, who hate the good monsters and how much a memoir about a distant childhood is now about America, TODAY. Just read it. ## Frequently Bought Together - My Favorite Thing Is Monsters - My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two: 2 - The Russian Detective: The exquisitely illustrated story of early crime fiction --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.no/products/49727369-my-favorite-thing-is-monsters](https://www.desertcart.no/products/49727369-my-favorite-thing-is-monsters) --- *Product available on Desertcart Norway* *Store origin: NO* *Last updated: 2026-09-17*