Books by Sana Takeda
“Monstress is not only a graphic novel, it’s also a graphic narrative, in that if you don’t like blood and guts, I don’t recommend this one for you. It’s inspired by early 20th-century Asia. Very early in the process, Marjorie Liu was trying to work in alternate history. And I don’t know exactly what happened, I just know that she abandoned that to create this fully secondary world. I think one of the reasons might have just been that she introduced this whole race of magical creatures called Arcanics; and there’s a little fox girl, there’s people who have animal-like features… I don’t know her process, but Sana Takeda, the artist, draws in this very strongly manga style, so it’s got a lot of anthropomorphic animals or humanoids with animal features, which makes it utterly fantasy.” Read more...
Mike Perschon, Literary Scholar
Interviews where books by Sana Takeda were recommended
The Best Steampunk Books, recommended by Mike Perschon
Whatever genre you love, it can be made steampunk, argues ‘The Steampunk Scholar’ Mike Perschon. He talks us through his top five choices, and shows how the core elements of the steampunk style are being recombined to create rollicking and original adventures – from alternate Civil War tales to flying whales.
