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Night Eaters

Night Eaters

She Eats the Night
ComicsGraphic Novels
Pages
212
Published
2022
Language
English

Synopsis

Chinese American twins, Milly and Billy, are struggling with their failing restaurant and personal lives. Their parents, Ipo and Keon, visit from Hong Kong, offering support but questioning their children's independence. When Ipo insists they clean a dilapidated house next door, the scene of a grisly murder, the twins uncover a night of terror, gore, and supernatural mayhem that reveals a hidden side to their mother and themselves.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

DarkTense
Family Saga

Genres

Comics Graphic Novels Horror Urban Fantasy Fantasy Paranormal

Authors

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Marjorie Liu

Marjorie Liu is an American novelist and comics writer, born in Philadelphia and raised in Seattle. She studied East Asian Studies and Biomedical Ethics at Lawrence University and earned a law degree at the University of Wisconsin, and practiced law before writing full-time. She is known for the Dirk & Steele and Hunter Kiss paranormal romance and urban fantasy series, for Marvel work including X-23, NYX, Dark Wolverine and Astonishing X-Men, and for Monstress, the Image Comics series drawn by S...

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Sana Takeda

Sana Takeda is a Japanese illustrator and comic artist, born in 1977 in Niigata and based in Tokyo. She began as a 3D CGI designer for Sega before becoming a freelance illustrator. She co-created X-23 art for Marvel with writer Marjorie Liu before the two launched the creator-owned series Monstress in 2015, blending Japanese woodblock and yokai art influences with manga and Western comics style. Monstress has won multiple Eisner and Hugo Awards, and Takeda was named a Hugo Award-winning Best Pro...

Characters

MillyProtagonist
BillyProtagonist
IpoSupporting
KeonSupporting
All characters in Night Eaters

Frequently asked questions

  • Is this book part of a larger series?

    This work is the first installment in a planned horror trilogy that continues the creative partnership between Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda.

  • How does this compare to the authors' other work like Monstress?

    While the creative team is the same, this story is a distinct departure from their previous epic fantasy series, focusing on a contemporary family drama with a different visual style and a more grounded, albeit supernatural, setting.