Monstress #61

Sana Takeda's cover for Monstress #61 is a breathtaking composition — Maika strides forward in armored profile, sword in hand, while a vast, tendriled darkness unfurls behind her like a living storm, its many-eyed mass filling the sky above her flowing hair. Intricate mandala-like medallions radiate across the background, etched with creatures and geometric patterns that give the whole image the feeling of an illuminated manuscript coming beautifully undone. Marjorie Liu and Takeda's series continues to set a remarkable visual standard, and this 2026 installment looks like no exception.