The Carpet Merchant Comic

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.

The carpet merchant comic.

A magic realist historical epic with a modern satirical take on gothic fiction and the literary vampire genre. During the last 3 years it s become the love of my life. It s well designed with a unique premise and setting. 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.

It was recently nominated for an eisner award the most prestigious award in the comics medium. I ve been writing and illustrating the carpet merchant since 2016. The carpet merchant of konstantiniyya it s a vampire story but it s not about being a vampire. About the comic a two volume eisner nominated graphic novel set in 17th century istanbul and 18th century england about a carpet merchant s reconcilitation with faith love and home in the aftermath of his death by a vampire.

Based off a character from her on going webcomic the world in deeper inspection the comic sprung to life out of necessity when she realised one of her character s back stories needed to be brought to light. It s actually an inspiring love story. Set in seventeenth century istanbul the carpet merchant of konstantiniyya vol i is a beautifully drawn meditation on love home faith and loss. 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.