Podcasts about My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

Episode #548! Our Top Five of '24! This week your hosts Scott Sackett and DLNelson are back with their annual Best Of episode. Books, comics, magazines, music, an interactive experience and even a musical is discussed. Also some honorable mentions are mentioned. Check it out!   

Les livres tiennent du cadeau de Noël idéal. Pas trop coûteux et absolument personnalisable, il y en a pour tous les goûts. Mais le choix est vaste et pour que le cadeau soit réussi, il faut trouver celui qui conviendra le mieux à la personne à qui il est offert.Dans cet épisode du podcast « L'Heure du Monde », notre productrice Garance Muñoz est allée voir les journalistes Raphaëlle Leyris et Lanwenn Huon, du « Monde des livres », et Pauline Croquet et Alexis Duval, respectivement spécialistes mangas et BD, afin d'obtenir leurs meilleures recommandations et coups de cœur littéraires de 2024.Un épisode écrit et présenté par Garance Muñoz. Réalisation : Florentin Baume. Rédaction en chef : Adèle Ponticelli.Sélection de livres à offrir à Noël :Amours manquées (Loved and Missed), de Susie Boyt, traduit de l'anglais par Stéphane Vanderhaeghe, La Croisée, 240 p., 22 €Bien-être (Wellness), de Nathan Hill, traduit de l'anglais (Etats-Unis) par Nathalie Bru, Gallimard, 688 p., 26 €Tokyo, ces jours-ci, de Taiyo Matsumoto, traduit du japonais par Thibaud Desbief, Kana, 220 p., 12,95 €Land, de Kazumi Yamashita, traduit du japonais par Miyako Slocombe, Mangetsu, 368 p., 9,95 €Moi, ce que j'aime, c'est les monstres, livre deuxième (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters), d'Emil Ferris, Monsieur Toussaint Louverture, traduit de l'anglais (Etats-Unis) par Jean-Charles Khalifa, 416 p., 34,90 €Pour Britney, de Louise Chennevière, P.O.L., 15 €Journal d'Arizona et du Mexique (janvier-juin 1982), de Chantal Thomas, Seuil, 192 p., 21 €Vous pouvez également offrir un abonnement au Monde, grâce à une offre spécialement conçue pour les auditeurs et auditrices de l'Heure du Monde, à retrouver sur abopodcast.lemonde.fr Hébergé par Audion. Visitez https://www.audion.fm/fr/privacy-policy pour plus d'informations.

Episode 530! This week we are back with more cool stuff. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters vol.2 finally dropped on the graphic novel buying public. DL has reread vol.1 and devoured vol.2 in a week. Now he brings both volumes to the podcast. Also this week Scott dives into many books covering the history of comics including Crawford's Encyclopedia of Comic Books, The Great Comic Book Heroes and Golden Age Treasury. Check it out!

New Comic Book Bears audio episode! HeroesCon 2024 a few weeks ago marked the very first time that the current roster of CBB Boys - Bill Z, Steve and Caleb - were all under the same roof IRL! And to recount what went down in Charlotte we are once again joined by special guest Brian Newberry of the Comics Discourse 114 podcast! Apart from the con wrap-up we also dive into some recent books we have been enjoying which include Ain't No Grave (Image), Bloodshot Unleashed (Valiant), the long awaited My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book 2 (Fantagraphics) and the pure throwback joy of Bloodscar Megazine by Jason Horn! So hit play and enjoy two hours of 3/4 bearded and bombastic book banter!!

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Ninetails: Nine Tales, Dreadful, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18! Head to mytbr.co to subscribe. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 2 by Emil Ferris Ninetails: Nine Tales by Sally Wen Mao Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis Pretty: A Memoir by KB Brookins Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg Someplace Generous: An Inclusive Romance Anthology edited by Elaina Ellis & Amber Flame The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives by Adam Smyth  The Conscious Style Guide : A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers by Karen Yin For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Analyzing the way that recent works of graphic narrative use the comics form to engage with the “problem” of reproduction, Shiamin Kwa's Perfect Copies: Reproduction and the Contemporary Comic (Rutgers UP, 2023) reminds us that the mode of production and the manner in which we perceive comics are often quite similar to the stories they tell. Perfect Copies considers the dual notions of reproduction, mechanical as well as biological, and explores how comics are works of reproduction that embed questions about the nature of reproduction itself. Through close readings of the comics My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris, The Black Project by Gareth Brookes, The Generous Bosom series by Conor Stechschulte, Sabrina by Nick Drnaso, and Panther by Brecht Evens, Perfect Copies shows how these comics makers push the limits of different ideas of “reproduction” in strikingly different ways. Kwa suggests that reading and thinking about books like these, that push us to engage with these complicated questions, teaches us how to become better readers. Dr. Shiamin Kwa is Chair of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature at Bryn Mawr College. Her written work explores relationships between form and content, text and image, self and self-presentation, surface and depth, and the conflicts between what we say and what we mean. Her research interests include theater and fiction, food studies, graphic narratives, literary studies, cultural studies, comparative and world literature, and literary and narrative theory. Her published articles analyze a broad variety of topics, including Italian opera, contemporary Chinese literature, and North American and European graphic narratives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Analyzing the way that recent works of graphic narrative use the comics form to engage with the “problem” of reproduction, Shiamin Kwa's Perfect Copies: Reproduction and the Contemporary Comic (Rutgers UP, 2023) reminds us that the mode of production and the manner in which we perceive comics are often quite similar to the stories they tell. Perfect Copies considers the dual notions of reproduction, mechanical as well as biological, and explores how comics are works of reproduction that embed questions about the nature of reproduction itself. Through close readings of the comics My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris, The Black Project by Gareth Brookes, The Generous Bosom series by Conor Stechschulte, Sabrina by Nick Drnaso, and Panther by Brecht Evens, Perfect Copies shows how these comics makers push the limits of different ideas of “reproduction” in strikingly different ways. Kwa suggests that reading and thinking about books like these, that push us to engage with these complicated questions, teaches us how to become better readers. Dr. Shiamin Kwa is Chair of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature at Bryn Mawr College. Her written work explores relationships between form and content, text and image, self and self-presentation, surface and depth, and the conflicts between what we say and what we mean. Her research interests include theater and fiction, food studies, graphic narratives, literary studies, cultural studies, comparative and world literature, and literary and narrative theory. Her published articles analyze a broad variety of topics, including Italian opera, contemporary Chinese literature, and North American and European graphic narratives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

Analyzing the way that recent works of graphic narrative use the comics form to engage with the “problem” of reproduction, Shiamin Kwa's Perfect Copies: Reproduction and the Contemporary Comic (Rutgers UP, 2023) reminds us that the mode of production and the manner in which we perceive comics are often quite similar to the stories they tell. Perfect Copies considers the dual notions of reproduction, mechanical as well as biological, and explores how comics are works of reproduction that embed questions about the nature of reproduction itself. Through close readings of the comics My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris, The Black Project by Gareth Brookes, The Generous Bosom series by Conor Stechschulte, Sabrina by Nick Drnaso, and Panther by Brecht Evens, Perfect Copies shows how these comics makers push the limits of different ideas of “reproduction” in strikingly different ways. Kwa suggests that reading and thinking about books like these, that push us to engage with these complicated questions, teaches us how to become better readers. Dr. Shiamin Kwa is Chair of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature at Bryn Mawr College. Her written work explores relationships between form and content, text and image, self and self-presentation, surface and depth, and the conflicts between what we say and what we mean. Her research interests include theater and fiction, food studies, graphic narratives, literary studies, cultural studies, comparative and world literature, and literary and narrative theory. Her published articles analyze a broad variety of topics, including Italian opera, contemporary Chinese literature, and North American and European graphic narratives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

In this episode we discuss My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris. We do discuss all aspects of the plot so read it before listening if you're concerned about spoilers.Next month's read is Annabel Scheme, by Robin Sloan, head on over to his website to grab it if you haven't read it yet. Have feedback for us? Want to tell us we're a couple of idiots? Email us at rereaders@gmail.com and let us have it. Head over to rereaders.substack.com and sign up for our newsletter! Our Lord of the Rings reread chat transcripts are going out weekly and who knows what else will end up there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS by Emil Farris / HAMNET by Maggie O'Farrell This week, Andrew finally reads MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS, a graphic novel that Bailey and Toby have been bugging him about for years. Will it become Andrew's favorite thing? Then, Bailey reviews HAMNET, a thoughtful exploration of Shakespeare's personal life, and asks herself, how many references to HAMLET are enough? Finally, we go on a magical culinary tour of Chicago!

Andy and Alyssa conclude their three-part series on Tales to Give You Goosebumps #1 with a discussion of "Click," "Broken Dolls," and "A Vampire in the Neighborhood." In their discussion of "Click," they talk about laser discs, capitalist boredom, ironic wish fulfillment, time-controlling devices, the "Time Out" episode of Creepshow, Charmed, the "A Kind of Stopwatch" and "Time Enough at Last" episodes of The Twilight Zone, Troll 2, limbo, "Black Mirror, White Christmas," warping the fabric of reality, Timecrimes, alternate endings to The Butterfly Effect, magic/evil technology, and Countdown. In "Broken Dolls," they discuss fashion sense, craft fairs, Curse of Chucky, carnies, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, being transformed into a doll, Coraline, Child's Play, healing a sick family member, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, AI, The Dark Tower, the fear of child trafficking, the Pied Piper, changeling stories, the Satanic Panic, milk carton kids, The Deep End of the Ocean, I Know My First Name is Steven, sinister artisanal goods, Annabelle: Creation, and Goop. And with "A Vampire in the Neighborhood," they discuss the first person plural, butter burgers, vampire packs, Carmilla, stalkers, The Strangers, monster protagonists, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, bullies, The Hole, Dead Girl, strange new kids at school, shunning outsiders, Let the Right One In, frame tales, folk horror, emancipated children, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. // Music by Haunted Corpse // Follow @saypodanddie on Twitter and Instagram, and get in touch at saypodanddie@gmail.com

Directamente de la "Ensoñacion" llegan los Cbrones del Comic!!! Esta semana reforzados por Gibran "Coraline" Gutierrez llegan "Joe El que no queria venir hoy", "Charly 1602" y "La Calaca con sus Dos Peces Dorados", los temas fueron: - #SaludosBelgas y los comics de la semana en #CochinoEspañol - El origen del "BatManhattan" y "the Darkest Knight" en Batman Death Metal. - Nuestra reseña del segundo episodio de "Falcon & The Winter Soldier". - El origen de Isaiah Bradley, el "Black Captain America" y el comic "Truth: Red, White & Black", asi como los "Capitanes America Negros" apocrifos. - La seccion de #ComentemosManga con nuestro amigo Carlos Roldan - La novela grafica "My Favorite Thing Is Monsters" de Emil Ferris - #ReseñasnoatrasadasconLaCalaca: El estreno de la serie animada de "Invincible" en Amazon Prime Video. - La controversia que hubo en la semana con el tema de las peliculas subtituladas y con doblaje en Mexico. - Improvisamos sobre comics con "Creadores Famosos que solo pusieron el nombre" - TEMA PRINCIPAL: Esta semana hablamos de uno de los escritores britanicos mas prolificos tanto en prosa como en comic (e idolo de los posers de las "novelas graficas"), nada menos que Neil Gaiman. Revisamos sus obras mas conocidas, asi como los aspectos mas interesantes de sus comics y novelas graficas, asi como algunos de sus libros y cuentos (y sus adaptaciones). Les recordamos que este episodio ya se encuentra disponible en todas nuestras plataformas: YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/RylIKgZKKtU DESCARGA DIRECTA: https://www.mediafire.com/file/4kvuvp2cci5xygx/CC078.mp3/file IVOOX: https://go.ivoox.com/rf/67501408 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2FtBRhHdDYpCfLMw8yJIFA?si=r0iAOL93Tn6qXNECnwCkCQ ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cc-podcast-ep-78-neil-gaiman/id1491120703?i=1000514766044 DEEZER: https://deezer.page.link/4ANY7ZVGicmJPRDC6 AMAZON MUSIC: https://music.amazon.com.mx/podcasts/4034adbb-ebd7-4e94-b30b-25d526706c1f/episodes/d7537b8c-afa9-42cd-8779-c8e09521056f/CC-PODCAST-LOS-CBRONES-DEL-COMICCC-PODCAST-EP-78-NEIL-GAIMAN TUNE IN: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Media--Entertainment-Podcasts/CC-PODCAST-Los-Cabrones-del-Comic-p1403534/?topicId=161873154 PODIMO: https://podimo.com/latam/shows/3b2d6a67-a0ed-492a-b821-3b1c6123cf28/episode/c1ab01a0-e6f0-4c80-9c2e-bb087895111b CASTBOX: https://castbox.fm/episode/CC-PODCAST-Ep-78--Neil-Gaiman-id3402827-id368387845?country=es BREAKER: https://www.breaker.audio/cc-podcast-los-c-star-brones-del-comic/e/84038868 ANCHOR: https://anchor.fm/cc-podcast/episodes/CC-PODCAST-Ep-78--Neil-Gaiman-etnj1n GOOGLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMThiZWRmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/ZWEzZDk3NjMtYzZlNi00OWRjLWFlOGUtMWMwY2RkOTQzNGJm?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjYgvKPrdTvAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAg No dejen de seguirnos en todas nuestras redes sociales: FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/CC-Podcast-116418736410117 INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ccpodcast20/ TWITTER https://twitter.com/ccpodcast3 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVjg-mMwicbhE6coe5LKew CARPETA MEDIAFIRE CON TODOS LOS EPISODIOS: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/y75tj32egk9re/CC+PODCAST

Directamente de la "Ensoñacion" llegan los Cbrones del Comic!!! Esta semana reforzados por Gibran "Coraline" Gutierrez llegan "Joe El que no queria venir hoy", "Charly 1602" y "La Calaca con sus Dos Peces Dorados", los temas fueron: - #SaludosBelgas y los comics de la semana en #CochinoEspañol - El origen del "BatManhattan" y "the Darkest Knight" en Batman Death Metal. - Nuestra reseña del segundo episodio de "Falcon & The Winter Soldier". - El origen de Isaiah Bradley, el "Black Captain America" y el comic "Truth: Red, White & Black", asi como los "Capitanes America Negros" apocrifos. - La seccion de #ComentemosManga con nuestro amigo Carlos Roldan - La novela grafica "My Favorite Thing Is Monsters" de Emil Ferris - #ReseñasnoatrasadasconLaCalaca: El estreno de la serie animada de "Invincible" en Amazon Prime Video. - La controversia que hubo en la semana con el tema de las peliculas subtituladas y con doblaje en Mexico. - Improvisamos sobre comics con "Creadores Famosos que solo pusieron el nombre" - TEMA PRINCIPAL: Esta semana hablamos de uno de los escritores britanicos mas prolificos tanto en prosa como en comic (e idolo de los posers de las "novelas graficas"), nada menos que Neil Gaiman. Revisamos sus obras mas conocidas, asi como los aspectos mas interesantes de sus comics y novelas graficas, asi como algunos de sus libros y cuentos (y sus adaptaciones). Les recordamos que este episodio ya se encuentra disponible en todas nuestras plataformas: YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/RylIKgZKKtU DESCARGA DIRECTA: https://www.mediafire.com/file/4kvuvp2cci5xygx/CC078.mp3/file IVOOX: https://go.ivoox.com/rf/67501408 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2FtBRhHdDYpCfLMw8yJIFA?si=r0iAOL93Tn6qXNECnwCkCQ ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cc-podcast-ep-78-neil-gaiman/id1491120703?i=1000514766044 DEEZER: EN PROCESO AMAZON MUSIC: https://music.amazon.com.mx/podcasts/4034adbb-ebd7-4e94-b30b-25d526706c1f/episodes/d7537b8c-afa9-42cd-8779-c8e09521056f/CC-PODCAST-LOS-CBRONES-DEL-COMICCC-PODCAST-EP-78-NEIL-GAIMAN TUNE IN: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Media--Entertainment-Podcasts/CC-PODCAST-Los-Cabrones-del-Comic-p1403534/?topicId=161873154 PODIMO: https://podimo.com/latam/shows/3b2d6a67-a0ed-492a-b821-3b1c6123cf28/episode/c1ab01a0-e6f0-4c80-9c2e-bb087895111b CASTBOX: https://castbox.fm/episode/CC-PODCAST-Ep-78--Neil-Gaiman-id3402827-id368387845?country=es BREAKER: https://www.breaker.audio/cc-podcast-los-c-star-brones-del-comic/e/84038868 ANCHOR: https://anchor.fm/cc-podcast/episodes/CC-PODCAST-Ep-78--Neil-Gaiman-etnj1n GOOGLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMThiZWRmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/ZWEzZDk3NjMtYzZlNi00OWRjLWFlOGUtMWMwY2RkOTQzNGJm?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjYgvKPrdTvAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAg No dejen de seguirnos en todas nuestras redes sociales: FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/CC-Podcast-116418736410117 INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ccpodcast20/ TWITTER https://twitter.com/ccpodcast3 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVjg-mMwicbhE6coe5LKew CARPETA MEDIAFIRE CON TODOS LOS EPISODIOS: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/y75tj32egk9re/CC+PODCAST

Emil Ferris' debut graphic novel My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is at once whimsical and horrific, dreamlike and grounded in harsh realities. It's like nothing you've ever read before.

EPISODE 63Greetings, Explorers! Lend me your ear for our season 4 finale and we'll review you a graphic novel called Fab4 Mania. The story was written and illustrated by Carol Tyler. Fantagraphics Books published the story in 2018. The story is a recreation of Tyler's childhood diary and her love, -nay, obsession- with The Beatles as a 13-year-old girl in 1965. Her dream throughout the book is to see The Beatles live.Frankie, Dennis, and Johnny start by discussing the similarities (and differences) between My Favorite Thing Is Monsters to Fab4 Mania. For instance, both stories were published by Fantagraphics Books and share perspectives of being told by children. Secondly, Frankie tells tales about the legendary Chef-Boyardee Pizza Pie Kit from the 1960s. Finally, they discuss how Splendor in the Grass did for pizza what 9 1/2 Weeks did for ice cubes.Further topics include the difference between parenting in the 60s versus the 21st Century; the parallels between The Wonder Years, Stand By Me, and Fab4 Mania; if Frankie and Johnny's love of Paula Abdul compares to Tyler's love of The Beatles; and last, but not least, the storytelling and art of Fab4 Mania.Audio Book Club, Book Club, Carol Tyler, Comic Book, comic book podcast, Comic Books, Dennis Supachana, Fantagraphics Books, Frances Preziosi, Frankie, George Harrison, GNEC, Graphic Novel, Graphic Novel Book Club, Graphic Novel Explorers Club, Graphic Novel Explorers Club Podcast, Graphic Novel Podcast, Graphic Novels, Illustration, John Lennon, Johnny Flores, Paul McCartney, podcast, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Fab Four--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graphicnovelexplorersclub/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which Cass and Alex discuss The Tatami Galaxy, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Madhouse. Next month, we will be discussing The Animatrix, directed by Koji Morimoto, Shinichiro Watanabe, Mahiro Maeda, Peter Chung, Andy JOnes, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, and Takeshi Koike, and produced by The Wachowskis with Madhouse and Studio 4°C. Discussed: how many tatami our rooms are, manic pixie dream girls, yōkai, aka manto, kuchisake-onna, betobeto-san, the black thread of fate, birdman, the art of lewd jokes and avoiding the library police, proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy war, a cube of cockroaches, kuudere, a mystical cleaning weapon created from the fibers of a palm that grows in taiwan, purging all of your thetans by eating honey, baseball, bee missionary, the time of judgment is coming: 2012, anime characters speaking english, twenty-thousand leagues under the sea, "like this", reverse sapiosexual, raven-haired madens, a silly little young adult novel, castella, an insane callback, live-action spam, buddhism follow-up, Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me" Cass's book recommendation: The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon Alex's book recommendation: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris Social: Show Twitter: @animeisforjerks Show Mastodon: @animeisforjerks@skeleton.cool Show Email: animeisforjerks@gmail.com Cass's Twitter: @prophet_goddess Cass's Mastodon: @prophet_goddess@skeleton.cool Alex's Twitter: @dunndunndunn Alex's Mastodon: @catalina@selfy.army

Our favorite thing is Gobbledyween, so to close out this year’s frightening festivities, Paul and Arlo are breaking from the norm to discuss Emil Ferris’ 2017 graphic novel My Favorite Thing Is Monsters. Joining them for this first Gobbledyween/Four-Color Flashback crossover is their The Deli Counter of Justice collaborator Eric Sipple. The gang marvels at Ferris’ stunning art (all done in ballpoint pen!), attempts to process the numerous threads in this first of two planned volumes (sexuality, duality, and reality, oh my!), draws unexpected parallels to Art Spiegelman’s Maus (a FCF entry just this past August!), and so much more (no parenthetical necessary!). We promise there are monsters.   Next: and I’m freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, free Gooooobbliiiiiiin’. THE BREAKDOWN Total Run Time: 01:42:55 00:00:44  - Intro 00:03:20  - My Favorite Thing is Monsters 01:36:51  - Outro / Next THE MUSIC “Wild Thing” by The Troggs, From Nowhere (1966) “Good Monsters” by Jars of Clay, Good Monsters (2006) THE LINKS “The Holocaust, Art, Chicago & Sickness: A 3,500-Word Interview with My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Mastermind Emil Ferris” by Hillary Brown, Paste “'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters' Is A Dazzling, Graphic Novel Tour-De-Force” by John Powers, NPR “My Favorite Thing Is Monsters - Review” by Andrea Crow, Lambda Literary “Emil Ferris: ‘I didn’t want to be a woman - being a monster was the best solution’” by Sam Thielman, The Guardian “My Favorite Thing Is Monsters - Review” by Paul Tumey, The Comics Journal “When Everyone’s a Monster, No One Is: The Ugly Everyday in My Favorite Thing is Monsters” by Em Nordling, Tor.com “My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is a brilliant, eye-opening graphic novel debut” by Oliver Sava, AV Club “The Bite That Changed My Life” by Elly Fishman, Chicagomag.com

Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme: the rich have always sucked off the poor, and podcasting icon Greg Sahadachny has always joined Gobbledyween for the most ridiculous and outrageous pick of the season. This time, Paul and Arlo have chosen to torment Greg with Brian Yuzna’s 1989 satire Society, which is a dumb teen sex comedy until--well, until it isn’t. The gang discusses the film’s subtext and/or screaming neon text; Screaming Mad George’s “surrealistic makeup effects”; how the movie surprisingly rewards repeat viewings; and the film’s unlikely parallels to Lynch, Friedkin, Polanski, and a whole buncha other pretentious arthouse weirdos.   Next: Gobbledyween comes to a close as Broken Magic author Eric Sipple joins us to discuss Emil Ferris’ graphic novel My Favorite Thing Is Monsters. THE BREAKDOWN Total Run Time: 01:14:44 00:00:45  - Intro 00:03:42  - Society 01:09:00  - Outro / Next THE MUSIC “The Eton Boating Song (feat. Helen Moore)” by A.D.E.W., Mark Ryder & Phil Davies, Society (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1989) “Society Is My Friend” by Kurt Vile, Smoke Ring for My Halo (2011)

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. Next week we start our pride month with On A Sunbeam. A ragtag crew travels to the deepest reaches of space, rebuilding beautiful, broken structures to piece the past together. Two girls meet in boarding school and fall deeply in love―only to learn the pain of loss. With interwoven timelines and stunning art, award-winning graphic novelist Tillie Walden creates an inventive world, breathtaking romance, and an epic quest for love.

This week: Kelly Sue DeConnick (Avengers Assemble, Captain Marvel) and Emma Rios (Dr. Strange, Osborn) present the collected opening arc of their surprise-hit series that marries the magical realism of Sandman with the western brutality of Preacher. Death's daughter rides the wind on a horse made of smoke and her face bears the skull marks of her father. Her origin story is a tale of retribution as beautifully lush as it is unflinchingly savage.  Next Week: 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.

The first Saturday of May has passed, and as is traditional the 4-Panel gang take a break from their usual shenanigans to pan for gold in the river of free comic books.  So what nuggets (golden or otherwise), did Andrew and the back-from-overseas Rob find? Well, there's The Avengers (also featuring The Savage Avengers), Spider-Man, Dear Justice League, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris, Lady Mechanika by Joe Benitez, H1 Ingition, Animosity Tales (featuring Mary Shelley: Monster Hunter), Spawn #1, Bloodshot (featuring Fallen World Prelude), Stranger Things (featurung Black Hammer), Interceptor #1, Grumble Vs. The Goon (featuring Hillbilly by Eric Powell), Dragongfly & Dragonfly Man (featuring Captain Ginger and Poe & The Black Cat by Hunt Emerson), Captain Canuck: Equilibrium Shift #1, Welcome To The Whedonverse (featuring Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Firefly), and the comic anthology Starburns Presents. Would it be fair to say we have a lot of issues?  If you've enjoyed this podcast then please share us with your friends or leave us a rating on your podcast app of choice. You can also follow us on Twitter @TGS_TheGeekShow, or on other social media by searching for The Geek Show (http://thegeekshow.co.uk) . If you want to show your support then head over to Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thegeekshow) and give whatever you can, or you can head over to The Geek Shop (http://thegeekshow.co.uk/thegeekshop/) and partake in some of our lovely wares. Thanks, and until next time, don't read anything we wouldn't!  #4Panel #TheGeekShow #News #Comics #Manga #Reviews #Podcasts #GraphicNovels #Superheroes #Marvel #Avengers #TheSavageAvengers #SpiderMan #Venom #Carnage #DC #JusticeLeague #Superman #HawkGirl, #MyFavouriteThingIsMonsters #Fantagraphics #LadyMechanika #H1Ignition #Humanoids #AftershockComics #AnimosityTales #ImageComics #Spawn #ValiantComics #Bloodshot #DarkHorse #BlackHammer #StrangerThings #VaultComics #Interceptor #GrumbleVersusTheGoon #AlbatrossComics #Hillbilly, #DragonflyAndDragonflyMan #AhoyComics #CaptainCanuck #EquilibriumShift #BuffyTheVampireSlayer #Firefly #WelcomeToTheWhedonverse #StarburnsPresents #FBCD #FreeComicBookDay

Episode 18 of the "Check It Out!" podcast includes three short stories from three contributors, Rilee Louangphakdy, Abe Martinez and Kaley Costello. Chapter 1 – Library Surprise with Rilee Louangphakdy Rilee says he is a "huge fan" of comic books, graphic novels and manga. Recently added to the Sno-Isle Libraries collection are digital version of comics from DC, Marvel and other comics publishers. "There’s a tidal of popularity for comics right now," Rilee says. "With your library card, you can browse through titles and decide what to read." Rilee says his personal favorite is Japanese manga. "I love finding the hidden life lessons," he says. He adds: "The world of sequential art … is a legitimate form of art and symbolic storytelling." Chapter 1 links Digital media through the library Hoopla Overdrive Manga Rilee’s TEDxSnoIsleLibraries talk Chapter length: 04:20 Chapter 2 – Gary Sitzman and financial stewardship with Abe Martinez Keeping a close watch over the funds entrusted by taxpayers to Sno-Isle Libraries is Administrative Services Director Gary Sitzman. Sno-Isle Libraries podcast reporter Abe Martinez talks with Sitzman about stewardship of those funds. As a public agency, Sno-Isle Libraries gets audited by the state Auditor’s Office every year. Ever since those audits began 32 years ago, Sno-Isle Libraries has received a clean slate. The audits check on adherence to state laws as well as library policies. "We take it very seriously," Sitzman says. "I haven't been responsible for all those audits, but I'm proud to carry it on and don't want to the record to stop on my watch." While the library district has never received what is called an audit "finding," Sitzman says he does review reports on other agencies to see what he can learn that will help the library district. Chapter 2 links Clean audits blog post State accountability audit State financial statements audit State Auditor’s Office Sno-Isle Libraries funding and budget Chapter length: 05:33 Chapter 3 – Book Notes with Kaley Costello Librarian Kaley Costello, a member of the Sno-Isle Libraries Readers’ Services Team and library manager at the Lakewood/Smokey Point Library, shares a few suggested titles that readers may enjoy. First, is My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris. Not giving away too much about the plot, Costello does share that Ferris drew this first volume while recovering from West Nile virus and paralyzed from the waist down. The second volume is on order now and available for holds by customers. Costello’s next suggestion is The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel. While it may sound like a horror story, Costello points out this tale of life in the woods on Maine is actually non-fiction. It is also available in ebook and e-audio formats. Chapter 3 links Reading suggestions for customers Bibliofiles blog Chapter length: 02:21 Episode sponsors The Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation proudly supports the innovative work of Sno-Isle Libraries through private donations.     Edmonds Center for the Arts provides an array of outstanding performing artists from around the world, hosts events and serves more than 75,000 patrons annually.  

This week we tackle Emil Farris' brilliant work, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters. This is a heavy one (and not just because the book is huge). We talk about race, sexuality, gender, and the Holocaust as we discuss the Eisner-winning, Hugo-nominated book about a young woman growing up in 1960s Chicago.

Jessa speaks with Emil Ferris, author of the graphic novel My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, about living with art, the gift that ugliness can be, and their shared deep love of Chicago. ---SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, SHOW NOTES, MERCH and more: www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectualPLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCASThttp://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-intellectual/

Episode 23Johnny, Francis, and Dennis are here to discuss My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by writer and artist Emil Ferris. In this episode of Graphic Novel Explorers Club podcast the gang discuss the story of the characters Karen Reyes and Anka Silverberg; why Karen sees herself as a monster; the complicated and difficult history of Anka's life in Europe and later in America; the reoccurring themes of Universal Monsters, character colors, and trios; the difficult choices people make while attempting to help others; the complicated and intertwined history of the characters in the book; and the health difficulties that Emil Ferris suffered while creating this book.Thank you for listening to Graphic Novel Explorers Club. Please share your opinions and thoughts on Twitter, Facebook, or at GNExplorersClub@gmail.com (we would love to hear your suggestions for future seasons of the show). We return next week to review Too Much Coffee Man (Parade of Tirade), as written and illustrated by by Shannon Wheeler. We embedded a link to purchase the book online but we encourage you to shop at your local comic book store to purchase any of the graphic novels that we have read.Please check out our reading lists for Season 1 and Season 2 by clicking here. We would love to hear your suggestions for future episodes of Graphic Novel Explorers Club.Featured music:Songe d'Automne by Latche SwingTonight Will Be Fine (Leonard Cohen cover) by The Walkmen--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graphicnovelexplorersclub/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brian and John reveal what their favorite comic/graphic novel of all time is! Brian talks about dicovering My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris, and blasting through How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Neil Gaiman, while John discusses delving into Kill or be Killed. Brian John both watched Avengers: Infinity War and talk about it (Spoiler Free) as well as briefly touching on the ongoing baseball season and the NFL Draft. Follow us on Instagram at Pops On Pop Culture, on twitter @themicmaniacs, like the Facebook page, and send e-mails with comments, suggestions, and questions to popsonpopculture@gmail.com, also consider contributing to the new Patreon page at patreon.com/popsonpopculture. Make sure to leave a review on the iTunes page, in the next 21 days, for a chance to will a new copy of the book I Kill Giants.

Brea and Mallory present the Reading Glasses Holiday Gift Giving Guide! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Tote Bags and Bookmarks- https://topatoco.com/collections/maximum-fun/products/maxf-rg-dnd-tote   Amazon Wish List http://a.co/dw6o3Jx   Sponsor - Storyworth storyworth.com/readingglasses   Links -   Abe Books https://www.abebooks.com Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta https://gretta.com/1246042223/   Reading Glasses Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/259287784548200/?ref=bookmarks   Reading Glasses Goodreads Group https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/224423-reading-glasses---fan-group   Apex Magazine Page Advice Article https://www.apex-magazine.com/ Books Mentioned -   Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780735224292   Old Man’s War by John Scalzi https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765348272   The Name of the Wind by Pat Rothfuss https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780756404741   House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780375703768   Fun Home by Alison Bechdel https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780618871711   World War Hulk by Greg Pak and John Romita https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780785125969   Play Their Hearts Out by George Dohrmann https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345508614   Dream From My Father by Barack Obama https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781400082773   Down Among The Sticks and Bone by Seanan McGuire https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765392039   Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062405838   The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062498533   Universal Harvester by John Darnielle https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374282103   Abandon Me by Melissa Febos https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781632866578   Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594633737   My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781606999592   The Changeling by Victor LaValle https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812995947   The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062661340   Exit West by Mohsin Hamid https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780735212176 We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781101912195   Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307949332   I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501126949   Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060733483

Hey Handsomites! Eric and Robbie are discussing My Favorite Thing Is Monsters this week! They talk about Ferris' unique art, the novelty of the format, and the heartbreaking story! They also review Batman #32 and Batman: White Knight #1! Weekly Floppies Batman #32 Batman: White Knight #1 Punisher: The Platoon #1 Slots #1 Eugenic #1 […] The post 198 – My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book 1 by Emil Ferris appeared first on Handsome Boys Comics Hour.

Hey Handsomites! Eric and Robbie are discussing My Favorite Thing Is Monsters this week! They talk about Ferris’ unique art, the novelty of the format, and the heartbreaking story! They also review Batman #32 and Batman: White Knight #1! Weekly Floppies Batman #32 Batman: White Knight #1 Punisher: The Platoon #1 Slots #1 Eugenic #1 […] The post 198 – My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book 1 by Emil Ferris appeared first on Handsome Boys Comics Hour.

Cette semaine, nous recevons Marie-Lune Brisebois de Cœur et Croupe, un podcast bientôt diffusé sur notre réseau, Jeik nous montre sa belle naïveté, Gautier raconte sa rencontre avec une créature de la nuit et nous discutons de My Favorite Thing Is Monsters d'Emil Ferris. Diffusion originale: 25 septembre 2017 Site web: MysterieuxEtonnants.com © Les Mystérieux Étonnants. Tous droits réservés.

This week, join your hosts Ryan Turek, Rob Galluzzo, Rebekah McKendry and Elric Kane as they are live from Slashback Video, the all horror VHS art installation at the Mystic Museum in Burbank! The gang are joined by the Bearded Lady Vintage shop owner Erick Yaro Wessel to talk about how Slashback Video came together. There's also the latest horrors! Ryan tells us about the Kane Hodder documentary TO HELL & BACK and the book SOMEONE'S INSIDE THE HOUSE. Rebekah recommends the graphic novel MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS, GODZILLA VS MOTHRA and ESCAPE FROM THE BRONX. Elric talks about THE SLAYER, the first episode of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT and THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD podcast. Rob caught a Hitchcock matinee of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, Mike Flanagan's BEFORE I WAKE, SHIN GODZILLA and SOUL SURVIVOR. Then we welcome to the show special guest Sebastian Mathews, the owner of Touch Vinyl, and Cinefile. We talk about what it's like to run and maintain a modern video store, and then give our horror recommendations for titles only available on VHS! Kick back, relax and enjoy! 

This episode, Brea and Mallory talk about bibliotherapy and interview writer and disability advocate Heather Ratcliff. You can participate in online discussion with the use of the hashtag #BookTherapy! Books Mentioned -   My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781606999592   Body Horror by Anne Elizabeth Moore https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781940430881   The Girl Who Slept With God by Val Brelinski https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143109433   The Novel Cure By Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143125938   Necrotech by K.C. Alexander https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857666246   Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781451673319   The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307388674 Other links:    NPR Bibliotherapy Article http://www.npr.org/2015/09/04/437597031/to-cure-what-ails-you-bibliotherapists-prescribe-literature   Literary Disco http://www.literarydisco.com/   New Yorker Article http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/can-reading-make-you-happier   Heather Ratcliff https://twitter.com/MortuaryReport http://www.mortuaryreport.com/   Elsa Sjunneson-Henry http://feministsonar.com/elsa/   S.E. Smith https://twitter.com/sesmith

Time Codes: 00:00:27 - Introduction 00:03:06 - Roundtable discussion with Charles Hatfield and Krystal Howard 01:25:00 - Wrap up 01:27:49 - Contact us For this Young Readers show, Paul and Gwen change things up a bit by hosting a roundtable on the state of children's and YA comics with two amazing scholars: Dr. Charles Hatfield, professor in the department of English at California State University, Northridge, and his new college, Dr. Krystal Howard, an assistant professor who is dual appointed in English and Liberal Studies. The conversation in this month's episode includes a number of timely topics, including the way scholars define children's and YA comics, the challenges and benefits of teaching children's comics, and the exciting formal aspects of comics, as well as other categories, such as verse novels. Charles had just returned from the San Diego Comic Con, and he shared a list of sessions that were held in conjunction with SDCC at the San Diego Public Library, as well as commentary on this year's nominees in the three award areas devoted to young readers: Best Publication for Early Readers, Best Publication for Kids, and Best Publication for Teens. Another rich topic for discussion among the panelists was the portrayal of children in comics written for adults. Recent releases mentioned in this regard included Emil Ferris' My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Nick Drnaso's Beverly, and Brecht Evens' Panther. Recommended children's texts that seem to be breaking conventions include Eric Orchard's Bera, the One-Headed Troll, Drew Weing's The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo, and favorite texts to teach included Luke Pearson's Hilda series, Barry Deutsch's Hereville series, and Lewis/Aydin/Powell's March series, among others. If listeners have been looking for a good list of must-read children's and YA comics, this roundtable delivers on that count.

Emil Ferris (author of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters) joins me in front of a live CCA audience for an educational talk about writing, witchcraft, and the magnet that lives inside of you. Tune In. 

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Emil Ferris' debut graphic novel, is the diary of a ten-year-old girl obsessed with monsters who also believes she herself is a werewolf. 

Time Codes: 00:00:27 - Introduction 00:02:28 - The Blubber report 00:10:51 - Scooter Girl 00:44:42 - My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 01:30:15 - Wrap up 01:31:35 - Contact us Mods and Monsters On this week's episode the Two Guys with PhDs Talking about Comics do deep dives into two recent, and very different, publications. They begin with Chynna Clugston Flores's Scooter Girl, just released from Image Comics. This is a brand new color edition of a six-issue black-and-white series originally published by Oni Press is 2003-2004, and then collected as a trade in 2004. Derek describes this it as an adult Archie, and throughout their discussion the guys make reference to the series that Chynna Clugston Flores is perhaps best known for, Blue Monday. As is evident in the recent publication, her writing is heavily infused with music and pop references -- specifically, mod culture and the mod revival during the 1970s and early 1980s -- and her art has a manga flair. As Andy and Derek point out, much of the appeal of Scooter Girl is the author's ability to take a milieu out of time and set it in a time and place where in never really existed. Next, the Two Guys spend a lot of time discussing Emil Ferris's My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 (Fantagraphics). This is a phenomenal new work from an artist that neither Andy nor Derek knew about until the release of Resist!, to which Ferris contributed a story. The range and depth of this narrative is truly impressive, and as the guys make clear, it's a text that requires serious research and sustained analysis. The storytelling is ambitious and multilayered, its engagement with identity and marginalized cultures is sophisticated, its art style is unlike any other, and its treatment of late 1960s horror culture is thematically resonant. In short, this is one of the most astounding works that Derek and Andy have encountered so far this year. However, as much as the guys agree on this book's significance, they disagree on what constitutes the narrative's turning point. On one occasion in their discussion, Derek describes a particular illustration that Andy feels is a spoiler and could potentially diminish the emotional impact of the story. Derek disagrees, and the guys go back and forth over role of Ferris's art in establishing the text's climax (or climaxes). As their debate demonstrates, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is a richly textured work that should generate future analysis. And the guys eagerly await the second volume, which is due out in the fall. Check out the titles discussed in this episode: