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Man-Eaters Volume 1

Chelsea Cain author Gilbert Hernandez author Fantagraphics author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Image Comics

Published:5th Mar '19

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Man-Eaters Volume 1 cover

Book Riot’s Best Comics of 2018

“It's a horrorcomedy about a girl who thinks she's a monster and it's brilliant.”—Kelly Sue DeConnick, Bitch Planet

Adolescent girlscan be real monsters. Maude is twelve, about the age some girls turn intoflesh-eating wild cats. As her detective dad investigates a series of strangemauling attacks, Maude worries she may be the killer.
Collects#1-4

Includes the informative survival handbook, "Cat Fight! A Boys'Guide to Dangerous Cats."
Plus never-before-published extra content.

"Insanely great." -Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing


"Insanely great." -Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing


“Hauntingly vivid...delivers a terrifying cautionary vision thatraises the bar on what comic books can really accomplish.”—Villain Media


“Hauntingly vivid...delivers a terrifying cautionary vision thatraises the bar on what comic books can really accomplish.”—Villain Media


“A wonderfully wicked sense of humor. Unlike anything else on thestands right now.” —The Hollywood Reporter

“A wonderfully wicked sense of humor. Unlike anything else on thestands right now.” —The Hollywood Reporter

“Cain has taken on the best of them and come out swinging becauseshe’s just that damn good.” —Geek.com

“Cain has taken on the best of them and come out swinging becauseshe’s just that damn good.” —Geek.com

“Simply by envisioning teen girls as ferocious beasts, Cain finds ahundred ways to mock our culture's fear of powerful women.”—NPR

“Simply by envisioning teen girls as ferocious beasts, Cain finds ahundred ways to mock our culture's fear of powerful women.”—NPR

“Rachelle Rosenberg's colors help tie everything together, paintingeven the darker moments of the issue with eye-popping colors. Joe Caramagna'sfeels like the icing on the cake, going from clever and childlike whimsy togenuine terror with ease. As a whole, the visual aesthetic of Man-Eaters nailsthe nuance of being a teenage girl—facing the horrors of the world, butattempting to hang on to a sense of optimism in the process.”—Comicbook.com

“Rachelle Rosenberg's colors help tie everything together, paintingeven the darker moments of the issue with eye-popping colors. Joe Caramagna'sfeels like the icing on the cake, going from clever and childlike whimsy togenuine terror with ease. As a whole, the visual aesthetic of Man-Eaters nailsthe nuance of being a teenage girl—facing the horrors of the world, butattempting to hang on to a sense of optimism in the process.”—Comicbook.com

ISBN: 9781534311435

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 249g

128 pages