This is a book recommendation episode. In it, Travis and Amanda will attempt to persuade you, our wonderful listeners, to join us for a literary journey. Expect this episode to be under 30 minutes long, include references to the work but not spoilers, and celebrate what makes it compelling.
This book recommendation is on My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris. From the cover: “Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of the late 1960s Chicago and narrated by 10-year-old Karen Reyes, MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS is told through a fictional graphic diary employing the iconography of B-movie horror imagery and pulp monster magazines…Rendered in a kaleidoscopically and breathtakingly virtuosic visual style that combines panel sequences and montage, this is a revelatory work of striking originality and unnerving power.”