{"product_id":"monstress-volume-1-awakening-9781632157096","title":"Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening","description":"\u003cb\u003e2018 Eisner Award winner, Best Writer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018 Eisner Award winner, Best Painter\/Multimedia Artist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018 Eisner Award winner, Best Continuing Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018 Eisner Award winner, Best Publication for Teens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018 Eisner Award winner, Best Cover Artist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018 Harvey Award winner, Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018 Hugo Award winner, Best Graphic Story\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018 British Fantasy Award winner, Best Comic\/Graphic Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018, 2016, 2015 \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly's\u003c\/i\u003e The Best Comic Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek's \u003c\/i\u003eBest Comic Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post's\u003c\/i\u003e 10 Best Graphic Novels of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018, Barnes \u0026amp; Noble's Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018, YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018, \u003ci\u003eThrillist's \u003c\/i\u003eBest Comics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbout the Creators: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew York Times bestselling and award-winning writer Marjorie Liu is best known for her fiction and comic books. She teaches comic book writing at MIT, and leads a class on Popular Fiction at the Voices of Our Nation (VONA) workshop. Ms. Liu's extensive work includes the bestselling \"Astonishing X-Men\" for Marvel Comics, which featured the gay wedding of X-Man Northstar and was subsequently nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for outstanding media images of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Prior to writing full-time, Liu was a lawyer. She currently resides in Boston. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSana Takeda is an illustrator and comic book artist who was born in Niigata, and now resides in Tokyo, Japan. At age 20 she started out as a 3D CGI designer for SEGA, a Japanese video game company, 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, and is an illustrator for trading card games in Japan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Liu, Marjorie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Image Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632157096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 6.60w x 0.60d","brand":"Marjorie Liu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33070293418059,"sku":"9781632157096","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_1168a548-5d2f-446e-bdae-35bda4634d19.jpg?v=1613521994","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/monstress-volume-1-awakening-9781632157096","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}