If you want to read another glowing review about the majesty and mystery of Craig Thompson’s much-awaited, much-ballyhooed new graphic novel Habibi, you should probably just skip this one.

Before I get too far in here, I want to say that this book is beautiful. The art is spectacular. The care and attention that it must have took to draw this book is mind-boggling. I will make no bones about the graphic part of this novel. It’s a masterpiece.

However, the story here? It’s a confusing muddled sort of fable-y, fairy-tale-y mishmash of WTF.

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