New Naqqali Manga, Issue 1: The Seven Labors of Rostam

By New Naqqali

One hero. One horse. Seven trials on the short road to Mazandaran.

Kay Kavus lies blind in the White Div’s prison, and Rostam takes the short road to save him: a lion, a burning desert, a dragon, a witch, a captive guide, a Div warlord and, at the end, the White Div in his cave. This double issue tells the Seven Labors in 127 panels across 56 pages, in black-and-white ink with nine full-colour pages, and every caption is a couplet of Ferdowsi’s poem in our rhyming English verse. With a cast page, a map of the short road, an afterword, the Third Labor in full verse, and a glossary.

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Series

New Naqqali Manga

Formats

Free to read online, 56 pagesPrint edition, 5 × 7.5 in (planned)

Contents

Book B5, sections 1–7: The Seven Labors of Rostam · the verse with the panels

Created by

New Naqqali

Publisher

New Naqqali LLC

Availability

Read free online

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