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Monstress (Single Issues)
Monstress #36
A betrayed Maika hovers near death, and Kippa must navigate the intricate politics of the Dusk Court on her own.
39 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 26, 2022
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About the author
Marjorie M. Liu
318 books4,304 followersNew 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 she leads a class on Popular Fiction at the Voices of Our Nation (VONA) workshop.
Ms. Liu is a highly celebrated comic book writer. Her extensive work with Marvel includes the bestselling Dark Wolverine series, NYX: No Way Home, X-23, and Black Widow: The Name of the Rose. She received national media attention for Astonishing X-Men, 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. Ms. Liu also wrote the story for the animated film, Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher, which was produced by Marvel, Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc., and Madhouse Inc.
Her newest work is MONSTRESS, an original, creator-owned comic book series with Japanese artist (and X-23 collaborator) Sana Takeda. Published by Image in Fall 2015, MONSTRESS is set in an alternate, matriarchal 1920’s Asia and follows a girl’s struggle to survive the trauma of war. With a cast of girls and monsters and set against a richly imagined aesthetic of art deco-inflected steam punk, MONSTRESS #1 debuted to critical praise. The Hollywood Reporter remarked that the longer than typical first issue was “world-building on a scale rare in mainstream comics.”
Ms. Liu is also the author of more than 19 novels, most notably the urban fantasy series, Hunter Kiss, and the paranormal romance series, Dirk & Steele. Her novels have also been bestsellers on USA Today, which described Liu “as imaginative as she is prolific.” Her critically praised fiction has twice received the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, for THE MORTAL BONE (Hunter Kiss #6), and TIGER EYE (Dirk & Steele #1). TIGER EYE was the basis for a bestselling paranormal romance video game called Tiger Eye: Curse of the Riddle Box.
Liu has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, MTV, and been profiled in the Wall Street Journal.com, Hollywood Reporter, and USA Today. She is a frequent lecturer and guest speaker, appearing on panels at San Diego Comic Con, the Tokyo Literary Festival, the New York Times Public Lecture series, Geeks Out; and the Asian American Writers Workshop. Her work has been published internationally, including Germany, France, Japan, Poland, and the United Kingdom.
Ms. Liu was born in Philadelphia, and has lived in numerous cities in the Midwest and Beijing. Prior to writing full-time, she was a lawyer. She currently resides in Boston.
Ms. Liu is a highly celebrated comic book writer. Her extensive work with Marvel includes the bestselling Dark Wolverine series, NYX: No Way Home, X-23, and Black Widow: The Name of the Rose. She received national media attention for Astonishing X-Men, 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. Ms. Liu also wrote the story for the animated film, Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher, which was produced by Marvel, Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc., and Madhouse Inc.
Her newest work is MONSTRESS, an original, creator-owned comic book series with Japanese artist (and X-23 collaborator) Sana Takeda. Published by Image in Fall 2015, MONSTRESS is set in an alternate, matriarchal 1920’s Asia and follows a girl’s struggle to survive the trauma of war. With a cast of girls and monsters and set against a richly imagined aesthetic of art deco-inflected steam punk, MONSTRESS #1 debuted to critical praise. The Hollywood Reporter remarked that the longer than typical first issue was “world-building on a scale rare in mainstream comics.”
Ms. Liu is also the author of more than 19 novels, most notably the urban fantasy series, Hunter Kiss, and the paranormal romance series, Dirk & Steele. Her novels have also been bestsellers on USA Today, which described Liu “as imaginative as she is prolific.” Her critically praised fiction has twice received the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, for THE MORTAL BONE (Hunter Kiss #6), and TIGER EYE (Dirk & Steele #1). TIGER EYE was the basis for a bestselling paranormal romance video game called Tiger Eye: Curse of the Riddle Box.
Liu has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, MTV, and been profiled in the Wall Street Journal.com, Hollywood Reporter, and USA Today. She is a frequent lecturer and guest speaker, appearing on panels at San Diego Comic Con, the Tokyo Literary Festival, the New York Times Public Lecture series, Geeks Out; and the Asian American Writers Workshop. Her work has been published internationally, including Germany, France, Japan, Poland, and the United Kingdom.
Ms. Liu was born in Philadelphia, and has lived in numerous cities in the Midwest and Beijing. Prior to writing full-time, she was a lawyer. She currently resides in Boston.
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November 13, 2025
(A-) 82% | Very Good
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #36-41 can be found here: Monstress, Volume 7: Devourer.
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #36-41 can be found here: Monstress, Volume 7: Devourer.
January 27, 2022
Tuya, if I could hurt you, best believe I would! Thank you, Kippa!!!
January 28, 2022
*boss music starts*
January 26, 2022
FUCK YOU TUYA
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 2, 2022
What‘s the aftermath of putting a friend in a coma?
I like that this feels like a focus event that gets the mess of politics in this world a bit more directly involved in the story
I like that this feels like a focus event that gets the mess of politics in this world a bit more directly involved in the story
September 28, 2023
Sin palabras...
November 6, 2023
3.5 stars
f** you, Tuya.
Deberías haber aceptado la esperanza que Maika te ofrecía.
Kippa is most precious..
Politics as always tortous and betrayals.
f** you, Tuya.
Deberías haber aceptado la esperanza que Maika te ofrecía.
Kippa is most precious..
Politics as always tortous and betrayals.
July 4, 2025
Devastating. A character death or major loss looms (without spoiling), and it’s handled with weight and sorrow. The themes of identity, lineage, and fate surge to the forefront. Maika is unraveling—but also sharpening, like a blade being reforged. This is Monstress at its most brutal and introspective.
February 18, 2025
Monstress
Issue#36
Volume#06
The Vow
Marjorie M. Liu
It has been a while since I picked this series
So here we are
The artwork is just amazing!
Th best thing in the series!
Great fantasy
Maika and Zinn are getting along
The series got comfortable with the R rated
Very good volume!
Issue#36
Volume#06
The Vow
Marjorie M. Liu
It has been a while since I picked this series
So here we are
The artwork is just amazing!
Th best thing in the series!
Great fantasy
Maika and Zinn are getting along
The series got comfortable with the R rated
Very good volume!
January 29, 2022
Best chapter in a long while! I’d almost given up!
February 19, 2022
5/5
yeah fuck u tuya!!!
yeah fuck u tuya!!!
March 27, 2022
The sequence of Maika emerging from the depths of incapacitation….stunning, stellar.
January 25, 2023
Beware a woman scorned
February 3, 2023
#36 – “Wolves don’t die.. easy.”
June 5, 2024
She's back!!!!!!
Kippa is one smart fox. Makia still has friends, true ones. I'm looking forward to when Makia gets her body back.
Kippa is one smart fox. Makia still has friends, true ones. I'm looking forward to when Makia gets her body back.
February 2, 2022
Some of Takeda's best artwork yet! I'm floored.
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