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The complete 10th Anniversary edition of Eisner-nominated The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya, containing the remastered Volumes One and Two.
Zeynel and AyÅŸe are a pair of happily-married carpet merchants in 17th century Ottoman Istanbul. While on a business trip, Zeynel comes to the aid of a mysterious lost traveller in red. He wakes up the next day discovering, to his horror, that he is the victim of a blood-sucking djinni. Now having become a djinni himself, he returns home desperate to salvage what remains of his humanity, terrified to leave behind the woman he loves.
A modern Gothic tale spanning two centuries and two metropoles, The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya is a deconstruction of the literary vampire’s origins in Orientalist fiction, and a dramatic romantic narrative of faith, love, redemption and the healing power of stories.
The transcripts and author’s commentary are available on the webcomic edition.
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