Shubeik Lubeik

Shubeik Lubeik translated (apparently) means “Your wish is my command.” This book is about a world in which wishes are commonplace, and sold as commodities. Mohamed has created a world much like our own, but with a unique magic system, helpfully explained between chapters.

An absolutely amazing book. Granted, I'm not well-versed in comics from the Arab world, but this is unlike anything I've ever read. The humanity, the subversiveness, the structure, the illustration are all so good and so well tied together. This might be one of my all time favorites.

The ending doesn't make sense to me. He spends 1/3 of the book in a moral quandary about using the wish, then he randomly uses it for a stupid reason on a donkey? Is he really going to risk his immortal soul for a dumb donkey? It's totally inconsistent with his entire character.

Also the time travel aspect seems like it would create too much inconsistency in the world if wishes actually have that ability.

A fantastic graphic novel about an alternate world with an established and complicated wish economy. I thought the middle wish story - and how it integrated those mood-graphs - was a great depiction of depression. 5 stars for the entertainment, even though it could have been edited down a bit. So many words!