Hence, the story of the graphic novel’s production is nearly as interesting as the book itself. Ferris sites art-making as being critically important to her survival of childhood disability as well as subsequent physical challenges. Not only are EC-inspired horror comic covers recreated in ballpoint pen by Emil’s protagonist, but so are many significant paintings that hang in the Art Institute of Chicago.Įmil was profoundly shaped by the world-renowned collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Journalists have noted how the book parallels themes of monstrosity and ‘otherness.’ The main character’s obsession with B-movies of the Hammer and Universal varieties and EC horror magazines is evident. The book is autobiographically infused as Emil - like her protagonist Karen Reyes - was witness to the highly charged political and social climate of that time. Her book - which presents itself as the lined notebook diary of a pre-teen self-avowed werewolf who questions her sexual identity - is set in Chicago in the 1960’s. Emil Ferris is a graphic novelist whose first book ‘My Favorite Thing Is Monsters’ has been praised by critics since its publication in 2017.
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