Noble warriors? Just rulers? Good triumphing over evil? Hah! Whether I’m cracking open a graphic novel or pondering eldritch truth held within my wizarding orb, my rule is the same: I’ll believe it when I see it. In a dark fantasy, there are no heroes. When it comes to the adventuring game, people are only in it for one thing: themselves. It’s a dragon eat dragon world out there, one where the rules are decided by whoever is holding the sword. If your idea of a good time is a graphic novel that feels more “Red Wedding” than “Bilbo’s 111th Birthday,” boy do I have a list for you. Here are the 10 best dark fantasy graphic novels around.
Monstress
(Image Comics)Monstress by Marjorie Liu will have you Mon-stressed out. Inspired by East Asia’s bloody 20th century, this graphic novel is set in a grimdark world at war. This realm is being torn apart by a never-ending struggle for power between matriarchal sorcerers that rule the human world, and the eldritch Arcanics that can pass for people. Maika Halfwolf is an Arcanic – hunted for her magical abilities like the rest of her kind. Not content to serve as a magical battery for the ruling class, she strikes out alone on a quest to avenge her mother. Well, not entirely alone. She’s got a frenemy of sorts, a demon that lives in the stump where her left arm used to be. In order kill the monsters the did her family wrong, Maika will need to learn to embrace the beast within – before it can consume her from the inside. Don’t let the glittering art deco style fool you, this epic fantasy is as dark as they come.
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