| Edition |
First Fantagraphics Books edition. |
| Description |
222 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Summary |
How to Make a Monster is Casanova Frankenstein's unflinching memoir of growing up as a Black INTJ (introverted, intuitive, thinking, and judging)13-year-old in 1980. Conveyed as a bleak first-person narrative with darkly humorous overtones, Casanova Frankenstein reveals how real life experience shaped his hard-bitten, survivalist view of life. His was a world of fear and isolation punctuated by bullying thugs, the stifling atmosphere of the Lutheran school on the South Side of Chicago, racial segregation, unapproachable girls, and a home life consisting of an emotionally distant and unsupportive mother and an violent, alcoholic cop father who was not above giving his son a good thrashing now and again while preaching Christian family values. It is a searing portrait of an unbearably painful upbringing. |
| Subject |
Frankenstein, Casanova Nobody, 1967-
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Introverts -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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African Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Abused children -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Nineteen eighties -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographical comics.
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| Added Author |
Pearce, Glenn (Artist), illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9781683965718 (paperback) |
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168396571X (paperback) |
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