Sharaz-De: Tales from the Arabian Nights

Creator: Sergio Toppi

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Achievements

- “An incomparable masterpiece.” Canal BD
- “An extraordinary work of breathtaking beauty.” La Lettre
- “The marriage between the magical world of storytelling and the haunting drawings of the illustrator works perfectly. The result is a magnificent book that the reader will not soon forget…” BoDoï

On Sergio Toppi: “The exquisite draftsmanship, the focused concentration on the human face, the attention to detail in the costuming and atmosphere of the period story, the compositions of both panels and pages, the extensive use of textures within the drawings, the powerful play of negative space throughout the work, the combination and continuity of images, and the visual storytelling dancing across the pages…I knew instantly I was in the presence of the work of a superb picture maker and story teller. And I’ve spent the last 25 years finding and looking at his work, studying it, and trying to incorporate a touch of his extraordinary vision into my own efforts.” – Walter Simonson

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