2018 Eisner Award winner, BestWriter
2018 Eisner Award winner, BestPainter/Multimedia Artist
2018 EisnerAward winner, Best Continuing Series
2018Eisner Award winner, Best Publication forTeens
2018 Eisner Award winner, Best CoverArtist
2018 Harvey Award winner, Book ofthe Year
2018 Hugo Award winner, BestGraphic Story
2018 British Fantasy Awardwinner, Best Comic/Graphic Novel
2018,2016, 2015 Entertainment Weekly's The Best Comic Books of theYear
2018, Newsweek's Best ComicBooks of the Year
2018, The WashingtonPost's 10 Best Graphic Novels of theYear
2018, Barnes & Noble's Best Booksof the Year
2018, YALSA's Great GraphicNovels for Teens
2018, Thrillist'sBest Comics & Graphic Novels of theYear
2018, Powell's Best Science-Fiction,Fantasy, Horror, and Graphic Novels of theYear
Set in an alternate matriarchal1900's Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk,MONSTRESS tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive thetrauma of war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster oftremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them thetarget of both human and otherworldlypowers.
About theCreators:
New York Times bestselling andaward-winning writer Marjorie Liu is best known for her fiction and comic books.She teaches comic book writing at MIT, and leads a class on Popular Fiction atthe Voices of Our Nation (VONA) workshop. Ms. Liu's extensive work includes thebestselling "Astonishing X-Men" for Marvel Comics, which featured the gaywedding of X-Man Northstar and was subsequently nominated for a GLAAD MediaAward for outstanding media images of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendercommunity. Prior to writing full-time, Liu was a lawyer. She currently residesin Boston.
Sana Takeda is an illustrator andcomic book artist who was born in Niigata, and now resides in Tokyo, Japan. Atage 20 she started out as a 3D CGI designer for SEGA, a Japanese video gamecompany, and became a freelance artist when she was 25. She is still an artist,and has worked on titles such as "X-23" and "Ms. Marvel" for Marvel Comics, andis an illustrator for trading card games in Japan.
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN: 9781632157096
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 426 g
Dimensions: 254 x 178 x 25 mm
“Something entirely different” -Hypable
“If you want big, beautiful, terrifying, violent magic, Monstress isyour next favorite comic.” —Cosmopolitan
“...as ambitious as George R.R. Martin or J.R.R. Tolkien...”—The Los Angeles Review of Books
“If you want big, beautiful, terrifying, violent magic, Monstress isyour next favorite comic.” -Cosmopolitan
"Liu's accomplishment is impressive. She's created characters who feellarger than life, but whose motivations and values are almost alwaysobscure.” —NPR
“Filled to the brim with awesome.” —Kirkus Reviews
I was completely blown away by this book. The gorgeous illustration is matched flawlessly by an original and engaging story. From a bookseller more used to brightly-coloured Superman and Captain America volumes, the... More
In a world of magic at war between the Arcanics and the Humans, Maika is taken by the Cumaea, a rival race and alies to the Humans. She also has powers which seem to work intermittently and over which she may not...
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When it comes to graphic novels image always manage to produce some of my favourites and 'Monstress' is no exception. The artwork is so beautiful and intricate that it makes the darkness of the story all the... More
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