My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris is a really personal work to the author that has amazing artistry. The comics are challenging how graphic novels are usually structured. You can tell that the artist used her own life and dark themes integrated in her storytelling. When I first began reading it I thought it was strange that in this world it seems to follow a little "monster" girl. In this case I don't think that the girl is actually a monster, but just how she views herself. I'm not really sure why she views herself this way, maybe because of how her life was and that she believed that she is this way.
It is strange how the graphic novel doesn't ever have a real narrator but rather it seems to be told through Emil herself. I think it's clear that the "voice" is quite literally the author telling the story through herself. The art definitely reflects that it's not a child simply drawing in a ruled notebook. It's actually interesting how the author really loves monsters, and how she feels empathetic for them and how they are out-casts. It's almost like the monsters themselves represent the good rather than the bad which seems to take more form of a human.Also what I really like about the novel is that there are no definite good or bad guys this novel. I think this is a more realistic way of portraying how actual people can be complex and not just one type or label of a person.
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