My Boyfriend Is a Monster 8: A Match Made in Heaven
Age 12+
Comic Strip Fiction / Graphic Novels
This title aims its wooden stake/silver bullet/pitchfork at the heart of the paranormal romance YA readers love, giving insight into real-world relationships everyone could use, and with True Love for its horror-story roots.
Aspiring comic book artist Morning Glory Conroy already has too much to juggle at her San Francisco high school mean girls, inconsiderate cliques, wannabe gangbangers-without the complication of falling for new student Gabriel. Glory's best friend, Julia, was interested in him first, and if it weren't for Julia's deteriorating home life, Glory wouldn't have had a chance to get Gabriel to herself. But does he count as a ""real"" boyfriend if his overbearing guardian forbids even kissing? Soon Gabriel is pushing Glory to show her work at art events, and the new relationship starts taking Glory away from her bff just when Julia needs her. Glory is in for a startling revelation when she discovers not only Gabriel's true identity, but also that of his mischievous cousin Luci-who trails their every move just to cause trouble. Can Glory and Gabriel keep their relationship aloft when the heavens themselves seem to be against it?
Creators
Trina Robbins established herself during the underground com ix movement of the 1960s, and in the 1970s published the first all-woman comic book, It Ain't Me, Babe Comix, and the anthology Wimmen's Comix. She was a penciller on Wonder Woman in the 1980s, created the series Go Girl! with artist Anne Timmons for Image Comics, has written numerous nonfiction books for children and adults, and designed Vampirella's costume. She lives in San Franscico with her partner, comics artist Steve Leialoha.
