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Habibi  by Craig Thompson

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February 2012, no. 338

Habibi  by Craig Thompson

Faber, $39.99 hb, 672 pp, 9780571241323

Habibi  by Craig Thompson

by
February 2012, no. 338

Habibi, Craig Thompson’s new graphic novel, is an epic six years in the making. Set in an unnamed Middle Eastern country, spanning ancient and modern epochs, Habibi tells the story of Dodola and Zam, child slaves who fall in love and dwell on a boat moored in a desert, before being dragged violently into lives of suffering and misery. It is a melodramatic tale full of humour, conflict, and heartbreak. It reminded me of Osamu Tezuka’s histories and of Will Eisner’s gritty, realistic fables.

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