Monstress Volume 9: The Possessed
Marjorie Liu
(Author)
Sana Takeda
(Illustrator)
Description
The ninth volume of the multiple Eisner, Harvey, Hugo, and British Fantasy Award-winning series. Can loyalty and love transcend a history of betrayal and blood? Maika, Kippa, and Ren return to their own world to discover a full year has passed in their absence--and Zinn is back in the clutches of Maika's father, the megalomaniacal Lord Doctor. From the relative safety of the pirate-controlled Spice Islands, Maika and her friends must regroup, recover, and find a way stop the Lord Doctor's murderous rampage before he destroys the Known World. AWARDS FOR MONSTRESS 2018 Eisner Award winner, Best Writer2018 Eisner Award winner, Best Painter/Multimedia Artist
2018 Eisner Award winner, Best Continuing Series
2018 Eisner Award winner, Best Publication for Teens
2018 Eisner Award winner, Best Cover Artist
2018 Harvey Award winner, Book of the Year
2018 Hugo Award winner, Best Graphic Story
2018 British Fantasy Award winner, Best Comic/Graphic Novel
2018, 2016, 2015 Entertainment Weekly's The Best Comic Books of the Year
2018, Newsweek's Best Comic Books of the Year
2018, The Washington Post's 10 Best Graphic Novels of the Year
2018, Barnes & Noble's Best Books of the Year
2018, YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens
2018, Thrillist's Best Comics & Graphic Novels of the Year
2018, Powell's Best Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Graphic Novels of the Year
Product Details
Price
$16.99
$15.80
Publisher
Image Comics
Publish Date
November 26, 2024
Pages
176
Dimensions
0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 inches | 0.46 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781534392618
BISAC Categories:
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About the Author
Marjorie Liu is an attorney and New York Times bestselling author of over nineteen novels. She is the co-creator of the Eisner-nominated series MONSTRESS published by Image Comics. Her comic book work includes X-23, Black Widow, Dark Wolverine, and Astonishing X-Men, for which she was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for outstanding media images of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. She currently teaches a course on comic book writing at MIT. Sana Takeda is based in Japan and is best known in the United States for working with Marjorie Liu, most recently on their hit fantasy series MONSTRESS.
Reviews
"...as ambitious as George R.R. Martin or J.R.R. Tolkien..." --The Los Angeles Review of Books
"Feels like a battle cry." --Vox.com
"World-building on a scale rare in mainstream comics." --The Hollywood Reporter
"Filled to the brim with awesome." --Kirkus Reviews
"Feels like a battle cry." --Vox.com
"World-building on a scale rare in mainstream comics." --The Hollywood Reporter
"Filled to the brim with awesome." --Kirkus Reviews
