The Boy of a Thousand Faces by Brian Selznick (2000)

The movie Hugo has come out, so it is time I read more of Brian Selznick's books. This was a short one about a boy who loves old monster movies and likes to dress up, make-up his face into a monster and then take pictures of himself. And then a monster shows up in town...  Wonderfully illustrated, as was The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

From the book I learned about Lon Chaney, a movie star that played the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Phantom of the Opera and more. I also vaguely remember that there was a series of postage stamps with this actor as well as other movie monsters like Dracula and Frankenstein.