{"product_id":"monstress-volume-1-awakening-9781632157096","title":"Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening","description":"\u003cb\u003e2018 Eisner Award winner, Best Writer 2018 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 \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly's\u003c\/i\u003e The Best Comic Books of the Year 2018, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek's \u003c\/i\u003eBest Comic Books of the Year 2018, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post's\u003c\/i\u003e 10 Best Graphic Novels of the Year 2018, Barnes \u0026amp; Noble's Best Books of the Year 2018, YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2018, \u003ci\u003eThrillist's \u003c\/i\u003eBest Comics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels of the Year 2018, Powell's Best Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Graphic Novels of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in an alternate matriarchal 1900'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 the trauma of war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarjorie 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSana 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Image Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50583574479122,"sku":"9781632157096","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9aa8fbb8-69ac-418a-a1a3-72749d13d377.jpg?v=1732029820","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/monstress-volume-1-awakening-9781632157096","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}