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Cyberpunk 2077, Saga, Supergirl Nominated For Hugo Awards 2023
The Hugo Award nominees for 2023 for science fiction and fantasy storytelling have been released, including Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams, Dune: The Official Movie Graphic Novel, Monstress Vol 7: Devourer, Once & Future Vol 4: Monarchies in the UK, Saga, Vol 10, and Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. Cyberpunk 2077, Saga, Supergirl Nominated For Hugo Awards[...]
Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda's 100,000 Print Run For Night Eaters OGN
Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda, the creative team behind Monstress, have sold their latest project, a three-volume graphic novel series The Night Eaters, to Abrams ComicArts And the first volume The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night already has an announced 100,000 print run.vMonstress has remained a strong seller for Image Comics, and the[...]
Local Comic Shop Day 2020 – Image Comics Has Four
We only have one of the covers so far, another Dr Seuss-parody cover for Ice Cream Man #20, but there will also be special covers for participating stores for Monstress, Spawn and a reissue of Invincible #1 to accompany the new animated series. Image Comics Has Four For Local Comic Shop Day 2020 LCSD 2020 ICE CREAM[...]
Monstress Vol 5, Highest-Ordered Yet- Will Cute Cats Take It Further?
Rarely do hits in comics translate across formats and markets and sustain that momentum in the way that Image Comics' Monstress by Marjorie M Liu and Sana Takeda has done, and it sounds like, continues to do I'm hearing that orders are in for Monstress Vol 5 trade paperback and despite the scheduling delays, the[...]
Monstress: Talk Stories Miniseries From Liu and Takeda Follows Kippa
Image Comics has announced a new spinoff miniseries for Monstress, as well as a paperback collection of the fifth arc, and a special limited edition hardcover The spinoff from creators Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda, Monstress: Talk-Stories, will follow the character Kippa as she tells the story of a significant moment from her childhood[...]
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Vaughan of Saga fame is represented here by We Stand On Guard, and the multi-Eisner-winning writer Marjorie Liu is represented here with Monstress Perhaps you're an artist first person? The bundle also contains works from rising star Daniel Warren Johnson (The Ghost Fleet), Eisner-winning artist Paul Pope (Heavy Liquid), and cover artist extraordinaire doing interior[...]
Monstress, Charles Vess, Into The Spider-Verse Win Hugo Awards
They were first given in 1953 at the 11th World Science Fiction Convention, and have been awarded every year since 1955. This year's winner of Best Graphic Story was Monstress, Volume 3: Haven, written by Marjorie Liu, painted by Sana Takeda and publushed by Image Comics. Best Professional Artist went to comic book illustrator Charles Vess  – who[...]
The 8 Best Fantasy Comics Available Right Freaking Now
Coda is one of the most original approaches to fantasy comics that I've seen in a long time. Boom! Studios has released two graphic novel collections of Coda so far. Monstress: One of the Most Gorgeous Fantasy Comics Ever Maika Halfwolf has an ancient evil sleeping within her, but it's an ancient evil that she can control to[...]
'Monstress' #22: Kippa Makes a Big New (Scary) Friend!
[rwp_box_recap id="0"] There is something so amazingly earnest about the way Marjorie Lie writes Monstress Her characters all live and breath in this incredibly lush, fully realized fantasy world, yet they seem like people you might meet and interact with in the real world Sure, Kippa is a little fox girl, but she has so much[...]
A House of Mysteries Awaits 'Monstress' #21 (REVIEW)
[rwp_box_recap id="0"] Every single time a new issue of Monstress comes out, I have to pace myself I want to dive into the new issue, knowing that Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda are going to transport me to a place that only exists in their comic. //Credit: Image Comics It's an amazing place, utterly unique, fantastically realized[...]
The Search for Kippa Continues in 'Monstress' #20 (REVIEW)
[rwp_box_recap id="0"] Kippa the fox girl jumped into the cursed Tomb of Baru in Monstress #19, hoping to evade her captors and make her way back to Maika Halfwolf Monstress #20 shows us exactly what Kippa's potentially foolhardy escape attempt has in store for her, and it's not very pretty… //Credit:Image Comics/Sana Takeda Is there an award in[...]
The Blood Runs Like a River in Monstress #19 [REVIEW]
[rwp_box_recap id="0"] The stakes are raised as Maika and Corvo search desperately for their missing friend in the thrilling Monstress #19 from Image Comics. Courtesy Image Comics Kippa the fox girl has been kidnapped and is being carried through a region where many of the animal people are being affected by a breach between realities[...]
Monstress #16 cover by Sana Takeda
Deeper in, they find a servant simulacrum which is dedicated to seeing Maika be reincarnated as the Shaman-Empress. Monstress #16 cover by Sana Takeda Monstress #16 is a fairly slow-moving installment of the series, but it is an interesting one Zinn is receiving further characterization to make him more than just another eldritch abomination working to do[...]
Monstress #13 cover by Sana Takeda
The Prime Minister of the Federation determines what can be done about the Mother Superior situation. Monstress #13 cover by Sana Takeda I mentioned this in my Redneck #9 review, but there is something to be said about a comic that can bring you up to speed within a few pages Monstress #13 — while I did come[...]
Image comics at nycc 2017
Rosilyne Bean wrote from New York Comic Con 2017: Today, Image Comics closed NYCC with a panel entitled Image Comics: The Future of Storytelling. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ David Brothers (Branding Manager at Image Comics) hosted the panel, and was[...]
Image Wants To Enhance Your Imagination With Three Titles Available For $1
I attempted to read Monstress #1 and found that it just wasn't for me, but with that said, there is a huge following for it It's no surprise that Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda are a dynamite team I remember hearing Marjorie talk about Monstress at a NYCC panel last year She described how much[...]
Marjorie Liu And Sana Takeda's Monstress, Announced At Image Expo
Paranormal romance novelist, Liu has worked almost exclusively in comics for Marvel, with small dalliances for Red Sonja at Dynamite and for Jim Henson's Storyteller at Archaia. But now she has announced Monstress, a new Image Comics title at the show, with Sana Takeda, who worked with Liu on Marvel's X-23.  Clearly a fruitful relationship! An alternate 1920s earth… Get the details on the[...]