The Carpet Merchant Comic

The carpet merchant of konstantiniyya is her first full length completed graphic novel.

The carpet merchant comic.

Illustrations illustration art character art character design grey art animation poster looks cool art inspo. The carpet merchant of konstantiniyya as a whole is an incredible tale of love loss and a journey of self discovery. Reimena yee has created an immersive story that had me on several occasions tearing up and laughing aloud and feeling such an overwhelming love for the characters and their lives. Today s round up includes a new volume of reimena yee s eisner nominated graphic novel the carpet merchant of konstantiniyya the dirty diamonds finale and more.

In séance tea party the detailed and scenic spreads with which yee often opens chapters linger in the reader s mind. Through a young english friend alfred grimsley zeynel moves to a quiet town in southeast england. Every two weeks we ll spotlight comics projects we think would be a great investment whether it s a one shot story or a sprawling anthology. 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.

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. As anyone familiar with her eisner nominated masterpiece the carpet merchant of konstantiniyya could guess yee once again strategically forgoes strict paneling for lavish jaw dropping backgrounds. The merchant is away but his daughter is not and she s still looking to sell. In 2019 it was a finalist for the dwayne mcduffie award for diversity in comics.

In 2018 it was nominated for an eisner award for best digital comic. A group of gentlemen come to the carpet merchant s house looking to buy. Download vol ii about the carpet merchant buy hardcover copy of vol i. 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.

It was recently nominated for an eisner award the most prestigious award in the comics medium. In the second and final installment of the eisner nominated online graphic novel we follow zeynel a carpet merchant turned vampire as he travels across the west in search of home after the passing of his wife ayse. 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.