The Carpet Merchant Comic

Say hello to the carpet merchant of konstantiniyya which is a backstory and character exploration of one of my supporting mains zeynel who you may have seen prior to this.

The carpet merchant comic.

Download vol ii about the carpet merchant buy hardcover copy of vol i. It s actually an inspiring love story. During the last 3 years it s become the love of my life. It s well designed with a unique premise and setting.

It was recently nominated for an eisner award the most prestigious award in the comics medium. In the first volume of the eisner nominated online graphic novel we follow turkish carpet merchant couple zeynel and ayse through the 25 years of their marriage and how the strength of their love pulls them through the tragedy of zeynel s death and return as a vampire. I ve been writing and illustrating the carpet merchant since 2016. Set in seventeenth century istanbul the carpet merchant of konstantiniyya vol i is a beautifully drawn meditation on love home faith and loss.

The carpet merchant of konstantiniyya it s a vampire story but it s not about being a vampire. It tells the story of zeynel an ordinary man surrounded by the extraordinary his life his death and the aftermath of his unwilling transformation into a vampire. That malaysian was reimena yee a melbourne based illustrator writer and editor who initially started the carpet merchant of konstantiniyya surprisingly as a spin off comic. It went a bit overboard beyond my expectations zey hasn t been as well fleshed out originally since he isn t that important to the plot despite his central role.

A magic realist historical epic with a modern satirical take on gothic fiction and the literary vampire genre.