Monstress #2 Review

Story By: Marjorie Liu/ Art By: Sana Takeda / Image Comics Hello Monstress. It’s been a while. Issue number two has arrived and here’s your reminder that it’s not child’s play. If anything it’s vividly beautiful even when the opening pages are filled with blood and people being slaughtered. Last issue we were introduced to Maika, a young woman now on the run looking for answers and revenge with a terrible power inside of her with an insatiable appetite.  It may be her salvation. It may be her doom. Whatever it turns out to be, it’s dangerous and follows alongside her. I wasn’t sure what the hierarchy of power here is in this world but we see more women in charge and more women in ranks following orders. It’s a wonderful twist to see so many female characters throughout the story: many in positions of powers, many in speaking roles, several with some type of agency of their own bodies, etc. Dear Lord, we also see a majority of these women committing some heinous crimes, at least morally; so do what you will with tipping the scale and wondering where to throw your lots. It appears to be a world, or at least a society mostly run by women and I can’t stress how excited this makes me and also how pressed for (better and more) representation in comics women have been as a whole. I’m so stoked to continue reading how what looks like a matriarch plays out in this story.

Speaking of female representation, I’d be remiss to not acknowledge how a breastfeeding character was present and …