Margins
2007
First Published
3.76
Average Rating
160
Number of Pages

A stolen hookah, a spiritual underworld, and a genie on the run change the lives of five strangers forever in this modern fable set on the streets of the Middle East's largest metropolis. CAIRO interweaves the fates of a drug runner, a down-on-his-luck journalist, an American expatriate, a troubled young student, and an Israeli soldier as they race through bustling present-day Cairo to find an artifact of unimaginable power, one protected by a dignified jinn and sought by a wrathful gangster-magician. But the vastness of Africa's legendary City of Victory extends into a spiritual realm—the Undernile—and even darker powers lurk there... Written by journalist G. Willow Wilson (Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, Cairo Magazine) and drawn by award-winning illustrator M.K. Perker (The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal), this magical-realist thriller brings together the ancient and modern Middle East. "Chock full of brilliant ideas drawn from the mythology and legends of the Middle East, deftly reinterpreted and modernized by Wilson's agile and whimsical mind and Perker's impressive craft." - Bill Willingham, creator and writer of FABLES

Avg Rating
3.76
Number of Ratings
2,398
5 STARS
23%
4 STARS
41%
3 STARS
27%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
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Authors

G. Willow Wilson
G. Willow Wilson
Author · 86 books
Hugo, World Fantasy and American Book Award-winning author of novels and comics, including THE BIRD KING, INVISIBLE KINGDOM, and ALIF THE UNSEEN. Co-creator of Ms Marvel. Honorary doctor of letters, Rutgers University. I accidentally started a dutch baby baking cult during quarantine. Not very active on here right now, but often found on Twitter.
M.K. Perker
M.K. Perker
Author · 2 books

Mustafa Kutlukhan Perker (2 Kasım 1972) çizgi roman sanatçısı, karikatürist ve illüstratördür. İlk karikatürü 1988 yılında Gırgır dergisinde yayınlandı. Dıgıl, Hıbır, Leman, Penguen mizah dergilerinde; Sabah, Yeni Yüzyıl, Milliyet, Vatan, Star ve Radikal gazetelerinde çalıştı. 2001 yılında ABD’ye yerleşen Perker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The Progressive, MAD ve Heavy Metal gibi yayınlarda çizdi. ABD’de yayınlanmış çizgi romanları arasında Cairo (DC Comics / Vertigo), dört albümlük Air serisi (DC Comics / Vertigo), iki albümlük Todd serisi (Image Comics) ve Insomnia Cafe (Dark Horse) yer alır. Society of Illustrators’ün ilk ve tek türk üyesidir. Çizerliğin yanısıra müzik dergisi Rock Kazanı’nı (1992), çocuk çizgi roman dergisi Pilot’u (1998), aylık mizah dergisi Harakiri’yi (2011) ve tamamını kendi yazıp çizdiği çizgi roman dergisi Türk Mucizesi’ni (2014) yayınlamıştır. 2016 yılında Yelda Cumalıoğlu ile birlikte KaraKarga Yayınlarını kurdu. Halen Hürriyet gazetesinde günlük karikatürlerinin yanısıra Ece karakterini çizmektedir.

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