9 Comics You Should Be Reading This Week (18th Oct)
4. Monstress #7
Image, Liu/Taneko/Wooton
Worth Reading For: The Best Asian Steampunk Art and The Scariest Female Lead Character In The Industry.
Maika Halfwolf traverses a matriarchal world in the aftermath of the war between Humans and the supernatural Arcana hybrids. Fleeing from both sides who want the mysterious primordial being of terrible power that shares Maika’s body and mind and drives her to feed on whatever flesh is to hand.
Majorie Liu and Sana Taneko have created a world in “Monstress” one with tension at every turn. In issue #7 Maika has fought nearly every opposing side in the world and has now boarded a ship in order to flee to the Isle of Bones and find answers by using the key left by her dead mother.
If you like adventure, Steampunk, formidable female leads and a clowder of ‘Nekomancer’ cats then this is the book for you. Start from the beginning and thank me later.