2018 Eisner Award winner,BestWriter2018 Eisner Award winner,BestPainter/Multimedia Artist2018 EisnerAward winner,Best Continuing Series2018Eisner Award winner,Best Publication forTeens2018 Eisner Award winner,Best CoverArtist2018 Harvey Award winner,Book ofthe Year2018 Hugo Award winner,BestGraphic Story2018 British Fantasy Awardwinner,Best Comic/Graphic Novel2018,2016,2015 Entertainment Weekly's The Best Comic Books of theYear2018,Newsweek's Best ComicBooks of the Year2018,The WashingtonPost's 10 Best Graphic Novels of theYear2018,Barnes & Noble's Best Booksof the Year2018,YALSA's Great GraphicNovels for Teens2018,Thrillist'sBest Comics & Graphic Novels of theYear2018,Powell's Best Science-Fiction,Fantasy,Horror,and Graphic Novels of theYearSet 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,andleads 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.
MEDIA REVIEWS
Publisher: Image ComicsISBN: 9781632157096
MEDIA REVIEWS
"If you want big,beautiful,terrifying,violent magic,Monstress isyour next favorite comic."-Cosmopolitan "Intricate and detailed,with a definite manga influence,Takeda's artworkcreates a lush and dangerous world for Liu's equally dangerous characters. Thework is infused with feminist themes; almost all of the characters arestrong-and deadly-women."-School LibraryJournal"World-building on a scale rare in mainstream comics." -TheHollywood Reporter"Takeda's visuals recall realistic,gritty manga such as Lone Wolfand Cub,with magic and monsters to rival those of Hayao Miyazaki'sfilms."-Publishers Weekly
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