The Carpet Merchant Comic

During the last 3 years it s become the love of my life.

The carpet merchant comic.

A magic realist historical epic with a modern satirical take on gothic fiction and the literary vampire genre. It s actually an inspiring love story. The carpet merchant of konstantiniyya is a two volume historical graphic novel originally published online. 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.

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. 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. 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.

The carpet merchant of konstantiniyya it s a vampire story but it s not about being a vampire. I ve been writing and illustrating the carpet merchant since 2016. 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. It was recently nominated for an eisner award the most prestigious award in the comics medium.

Set in seventeenth century istanbul the carpet merchant of konstantiniyya vol i is a beautifully drawn meditation on love home faith and loss.