389 - Gobbledyween / FCF: My Favorite Thing is Monsters (feat. Eric Sipple)

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