This comic is gorgeously illustrated, each page a rich tapestry of colors and patterns, calling to mind Persian rugs and Indian manuscript paintings. The story is pulled from a middle portion of the Tale of a Thousand and One Nights, though I assume somewhat modified by the author. Page one introduces Scheherazade as a frame-narrator, but she is relatively unimportant to the story, though small scrolls interrupt throughout to tell the reader "And it was the 483rd night... and it was the 484th night..." periodically. The story itself is very fairy-tale-like in that none of the characters are given much of a motivation or growth arc- they fall in love at a glance and decide to secure or throw away their fortunes with no premeditation. Overall I found this book exquisitely rendered but unmoving.