Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. The weekly event is meant to showcase eagerly anticipated upcoming releases…and to spread the word! This week I’m excited about:
Monstress by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda
Genre: F, GRAPHIC NOVEL
Publisher: Image Comics
Anticipated Publication Date: Summer 2015
No official synopsis as of yet, but here’s what Marjorie M. Liu has to say about the project:
“Monstress is about an outsider, a young woman who belongs nowhere; it is about young women who fight, who tame, who are consumed—and who become monsters in their own right,” said Liu. “I wanted to tell a story that encompasses all these things, and more. A story about women, young and old, picking up the pieces after surviving the horrors of war—and finding a home for themselves in a world that has otherwise exploited them. Set in an alternate history to our own, where immense Cloverfield-like monstrosities have conquered half the planet, and spanning the steppes of a shattered Asia, to the destroyed heart of a fallen Europe, Monstress is an epic adventure of frontiers and empires, and the rise of a young woman warrior, whose power may either doom or redeem the planet.
I mean…how AMAZING does this sound? A comic featuring women of all ages, featuring a woman of colour on the cover, and written by two ladies of colour. Sign me the hell up. You know, Image Comics has been putting out some seriously good quality stuff lately.
I’m also loving the wordplay in the title – it’s not called Monstrous but Monstress, which is clearly in reference to the women in the graphic novel. Badass ladies in fantasy are my jam! It looks like there may be some elements of steampunk in this one too, based on the tech the girl’s wearing on the cover. I can’t wait!