This is a very beautifully rendered one-shot tale-within-a-tale.
If you like "Sandman"-style Eastern/Arabic meets Victorian England stories, you'll enjoy this.
There are two styles of graphics here- the computer-enhanced photo-realism of the main action- and then the more traditional colored-pencil type drawings of the story-in-a-story.
The action is dark and brooding - the traditional woman's view in Victorian society in the colonial era. (Another reason I compare it to "Sandman.")
But it has a few surprises, and treats the Arabic lifestyle/culture with more respect than usual, even while presenting the decadence and eroticism inherent in such taboo-propriety tales.
Worth a read, if only for the gorgeous artwork and presentation. The curiously feminist leanings of the tale are enjoyable, if not unexpected.
If you like "Sandman"-style Eastern/Arabic meets Victorian England stories, you'll enjoy this.
There are two styles of graphics here- the computer-enhanced photo-realism of the main action- and then the more traditional colored-pencil type drawings of the story-in-a-story.
The action is dark and brooding - the traditional woman's view in Victorian society in the colonial era. (Another reason I compare it to "Sandman.")
But it has a few surprises, and treats the Arabic lifestyle/culture with more respect than usual, even while presenting the decadence and eroticism inherent in such taboo-propriety tales.
Worth a read, if only for the gorgeous artwork and presentation. The curiously feminist leanings of the tale are enjoyable, if not unexpected.
