The Friday Face-Off: Graphic Novel

The Friday Face-Off was created by Books by Proxy, where each week bloggers can showcase books with covers centered around a weekly theme. You can visit Lynn’s Books for a list of upcoming themes. Join in the fun each Friday by finding a book whose cover is based on the theme!

This week’s theme: “Love belongs to desire, and desire is always cruel.” – A graphic novel cover.

I don’t read many graphic novels. For some reason, I just don’t enjoy that medium very much. But I have read a handful of them, and one that I really enjoyed was Monstress by Marjorie Liu. I found six different covers for Volume 1, take a look:

Image Comics edition | Portuguese edition

Indigo Exclusive edition | Forbidden Planets/Big Bang Comics Exclusive edition

Newbury Comics Exclusive Variant | Kinokuniya Exclusive edition

All of these are similar in color and tone, and of course they all feature the interior artwork. I think for my favorite I’m going to have to stick with the cover I own, which is the Image Comics edition:


Have you read Monstress? Which cover do you like best?

Posted May 8, 2020 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 20 Comments

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20 responses to “The Friday Face-Off: Graphic Novel

  1. I have read the first three volumes in this series and I loved each and every one. I cannot wait to get to volume 4! I own the same cover to the first as you do and I agree, I think that’s the one I like most of all.
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  2. I’m in love with all of these as well because I love Sana Takeda’s art, but I agree, I’m also partial to the one I own (the Italian edition has the same cover as the Image Comics one). I have a complicated relationship with graphic novels but this series is for sure my favorite.

  3. I have to go with your cover – it was the one that jumped out at me, with the fantastic detail of the embroidered jacket and that haughty, yet slightly vulnerable look… The artwork on all these covers is absolutely beautiful, by the way – a wonderful choice for this week, Tammy!

  4. This one is new to me, I’ll have to look it up. I like these cover designs, really fascinating. My favorite is either the Newbury edition, kinda creepy, or the Forbidden Planets edition, don’t know if that head and mane are a mask or real.

  5. Laurie Harris

    Honestly graphic novels are something I’ve yet to venture into. These covers though! I love them all. I may need to check this book out.

  6. I got Monstress for Christmas, but I haven’t read it yet. I want some of these other covers, though. They’re all pretty stunning. I LOVE the Forbidden Planets one, but I don’t know how confusing that would be given that that’s not the main character. Since I haven’t read it, I don’t even know where that comes into play. xD

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