Cairo (comics)

Cairo is the first graphic novel of G. Willow Wilson with art by M.K. Perker, and published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics.[1]

Cairo
Date2007
PublisherVertigo
Creative team
WritersG. Willow Wilson
ArtistsM. K. Perker
LetterersTravis Lanham
EditorsJoan Hilty
Original publication
Date of publicationNovember 7, 2007
ISBN1-40121-734-6

Synopsis

The story is set in contemporary Cairo, and follows six characters as they are drawn into the intrigue surrounding a stolen hookah, a box containing East and the Under-Nile of legend.

Characters

  • Ashraf - A hash smuggler.
  • Tova - An Israeli Army special forces soldier assigned to the border for her refusal to serve in the occupied territories.
  • Shaheed - A Lebanese-American would-be terrorist.
  • Shams - A centuries-old djinn, protector of a box containing East.
  • Jibreel - A dissident journalist often censored by the government.
  • Kate - A somewhat naive American tourist and aspiring journalist.
  • Nar - Crime lord and magician.
  • Iblis - The Devil.
  • Ta'abatta Sharran - A spirit inhabiting the city's ruins, appears as a bearded man wrapped in two great snakes. Based on the similarly named Meccan poet.

References

  1. Irvine, Alex (2008), "Cairo", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 44, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015
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