The Monster Book of Monsters is one of the more memorable magical items that was introduced in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. This textbook is required for Hogwarts students who are taking ...

$44.99 / SC / 412 pgs / FC / 8.1" × 10.5" The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most inspiring "monster" in contemporary fiction. Set against the ...

In 2017, Emil Ferris’s debut graphic novel My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book One (Fantagraphics Books) came out of nowhere to take the world by storm, racking up huge international sales and ...

Recently, I listened to an audio version of “The Sorcerer’s Stone,” the first of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series. I cheered when Rowling said Dumbledore is gay. Yet, I wondered, should I read the ...

Monsters are blurry beings—out-of-focus, liminal creatures between two categories. Bigfoot is man and ape, a category-­breaking bipedal primate. Werewolves are shape-shifters between humans and wolves ...