Check out Cairo - the graphic novel.
Book Description
Journalist G. Willow Wilson brings an extraordinary fable to Vertigo with CAIRO, an original graphic novel illustrated by Turkish artist M.K. Perker, himself a contributor to The New York Times and The New Yorker. Set in bustling modern-day Cairo, this magical-realism thriller interweaves the lives of a drug runner, a down-on-his-luck journalist, an American expatriate, a young activist, an Israeli soldier, and a genie as they navigate the city's streets and spiritual underworld to find a stolen hooka sought by a wrathful gangster-magician.
About the Creators
G. Willow Wilson is an American author and essayist who divides her time between Egypt and the US. Her articles about modern religion and the Middle East have appeared in publications including the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine and the Canada National Post.
This is her first foray into graphic novels. Read her interview about Cairo here.
M. K. Perker
M. K. Perker was born in Istanbul in 1972. He studied animation and started his professional career at the age of 16 as a comic book artist. Between 1990 and 2001 he contributed to almost all major newspapers and magazines in Turkey, including Esquire, Harper's Bazaar and Cosmopolitan as an illustrator, editorial cartoonist and art director. Perker's first book, a collection of short comic stories, appeared in 1998 followed by a second in 2000. Since relocating to New York City in 2001 his work has appeared in a wide range of publications from The New York Times to MAD Magazine. Perker lives in New York City.
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