Whiting Awards
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Edition 40 (2025) Winner
Emil Ferris
えみる・ふぇりす
Emiru Ferisu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1962 （Chicago, Illinois）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Chicago's South Side → Chicago's North Side, Uptown → Rogers Park, Chicago
Career
- Occupations
- writer, cartoonist, illustrator, toy designer
- Active Years
- 2017-
- Influenced By
- Francisco Goya, Honoré Daumier, Robert Crumb, Alison Bechdel, Art Spiegelman
- Influenced
- Art Spiegelman, Alison Bechdel, Chris Ware
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | — | Art | BFA, MFA | — | United States |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Art
Degree:
BFA, MFA
Country:
United States
Parents met there; enrolled after West Nile fever for MFA in creative writing
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ignatz Award | My Favorite Thing Is Monsters | 最優秀グラフィックノベル | — | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Ignatz Award | — | 最優秀アーティスト | — | 受賞 |
| 2017 | National Cartoonists Society Silver Reuben Award | My Favorite Thing Is Monsters | グラフィックノベル | National Cartoonists Society | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Eisner Award | — | 最優秀ライター/アーティスト | — | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Eisner Award | My Favorite Thing Is Monsters | 最優秀グラフィックアルバム（新作） | — | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Lambda Literary Award | My Favorite Thing Is Monsters | LGBTQグラフィックノベル | — | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Lynd Ward Prize | My Favorite Thing Is Monsters | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Ringo Award | My Favorite Thing Is Monsters | 最優秀オリジナルグラフィックノベル | — | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Grand prix de la critique ACBD | My Favorite Thing Is Monsters | — | ACBD | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Fauve d'or | — | — | FIBD | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Premi a la millor obra estrangera | My Favorite Thing Is Monsters | — | Saló del Còmic de Barcelona | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Eisner Award | Our Favorite Thing Is My Favorite Thing Is Monsters: Free Comic Book Day 2019 | 最優秀シングルイシュー/ワンショット | — | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Eisner Award | Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival | 最優秀アンソロジー | — | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Prêmio Grampo | Minha Coisa Favorita É Monstro | — | — | 金賞 |
| 2024 | Eisner Award | Comics for Ukraine | 最優秀アンソロジー | — | 受賞 |
Ignatz Award
2017
Work:
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
Category:
最優秀グラフィックノベル
Result:
受賞
Ignatz Award
2017
Category:
最優秀アーティスト
Result:
受賞
National Cartoonists Society Silver Reuben Award
2017
Work:
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
Category:
グラフィックノベル
Organization:
National Cartoonists Society
Result:
受賞
Eisner Award
2018
Category:
最優秀ライター/アーティスト
Result:
受賞
Eisner Award
2018
Work:
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
Category:
最優秀グラフィックアルバム（新作）
Result:
受賞
Lambda Literary Award
2018
Work:
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
Category:
LGBTQグラフィックノベル
Result:
受賞
Lynd Ward Prize
2018
Work:
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
Result:
受賞
Ringo Award
2018
Work:
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
Category:
最優秀オリジナルグラフィックノベル
Result:
受賞
Grand prix de la critique ACBD
2019
Work:
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
Organization:
ACBD
Result:
受賞
Fauve d'or
2019
Organization:
FIBD
Result:
受賞
Premi a la millor obra estrangera
2019
Work:
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
Organization:
Saló del Còmic de Barcelona
Result:
受賞
Eisner Award
2020
Work:
Our Favorite Thing Is My Favorite Thing Is Monsters: Free Comic Book Day 2019
Category:
最優秀シングルイシュー/ワンショット
Result:
受賞
Eisner Award
2020
Work:
Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival
Category:
最優秀アンソロジー
Result:
受賞
Prêmio Grampo
2020
Work:
Minha Coisa Favorita É Monstro
Result:
金賞
Eisner Award
2024
Work:
Comics for Ukraine
Category:
最優秀アンソロジー
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
2017 graphic novel 400 pagesA 10-year-old girl obsessed with monster movies investigates her neighbor's death in 1960s Chicago, drawn as a diary with ballpoint pen crosshatching.
monsterssocial tensionsHolocaust echoessexual abuseinner monstrosity
Translations
- French edition
- Spanish edition
- Portuguese edition
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ballpoint pen crosshatchinghorror comic cover parodieshand-drawn aesthetic
- Recurring Motifs
- monsters and humanitysocial bigotryinner monsterstrauma
Health
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scoliosis幼少期Told horror stories on playground to get attention
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sexual abuse幼少期Negatively impacted ability to draw cartoons for many years
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West Nile fever2001年（40歳時）Paralyzed from waist down and lost right hand movement; recovered and resumed drawing
Legacy
Debut work hailed as a masterpiece, winning numerous awards; acclaimed as one of the best new comics creators.
Quotes
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This was the '60s. I watched protests being broken up by the police. I saw bigotry. It made me think about our own inner monstrousness.
Source: The New York Times (2017)
Trivia
- Mixed heritage: Hispanic (Indigenous Mexico to Spain), German, French, Irish, Sephardic Jewish, Lebanese.
- Believes she was biologically male transformed female in utero due to mother's DES; identifies with gender dysphoria.
- Obsessed with monsters as child, loved Creature Features.
- Single mother of 6-year-old Ruby when contracted West Nile at 40.