'Hasib and the Queen of Serpents: A Tale of a Thousand and One Nights' by David B. is a story full of gods and demons and lots of serpents.

Hasib is a good young man. One day out working with strangers they find a pool of honey. The strangers deceive Hasib and trap him. Hasib makes it out and finds the Queen of Serpents who tells him a strange tale of a group of men in search of Solomon, and the dangers they run in to along the way.

This was a crazy story. There is amazing imagery in it, and it's captured with great art that swoops and swarms all over the pages. The colors pop out and this is a story unlike any I've read for quite some time.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from NBM Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

This graphic novel has beautiful artwork that fits the story but I was not as engrossed in the narrative. There is a lot going on in the story and it does not all hold together. The nightly countdown did get annoying. Enjoy it for the artwork not the story

An illustrated version of some of the tales from Arabian Nights. I had a very difficult time getting into this. The stories were a story within a story within a story ad infinitum. The art was weird, not very talented and with way too much going on in each panel. I'd give it a pass.

I have some mixed feelings about this graphic novel. On the one hand, the colors and artwork in this one was amazing, but on the other hand I felt like the narrative flow gets a little lost.

The artwork in this one was awesome to look at. It had really saturated colors that made it really nice to look at. Artwork is a really important thing to me when it comes to reviewing graphic novels, and this one definitely hooked me in. It was just beautiful to look at and that's really important in this medium.

I had a feeling this story was built off of some sort of folklore, just based on the names of the characters and the fact that they kept mentioning King Solomon. It looks like it's kind of a retelling of One Thousand and One Nights. Where it loses me a little bit is that the narrative is a story within a story within a story, that I kind of forgot what was the actual point of the original narrator. It's an interesting way to tell a story for sure, but it did kind of lose me a bit. Also throughout the novel there would be someone that said, "and it was the 496 (or whatever number) night" and that started to get really irritating to me.

I think if you are looking for an quick read and want to read about a folklore re-telling, this one is for you. This was an interesting story, and i enjoyed it but it didn't give me a big "wow factor" that other books do.

In this story we meet Hasib who has just been betrayed by his co workers, he is trapped in a cave and perchance meets a scorpion that leads him to the serpent queen.

The adventure begins

Although this book is a folktale,from the first page i was sure this book was not intended for a younger audience its a bit graphic.

The story is interesting, right from the first page the story grips you. If you are familiar with the one thousand and one nights you would know that this tale is narrated by Scheherazade  ( your girl doesn't want to get offed). It's a tale within a tale within a tale, in that order until you get to the end when all the characters you thought were gone jump back to life ( i mean if i had nine- lives i would  do that too).

Now the art style is absolutely gorgeous ( i found my self thinking this defies logic and the laws of anything on earth, but hey that's why its fantasy), a perfect fit for the story.



If you love Arabian Nights i suggest you pick up this comic, you will enjoy it.

At times the writing was a little dry, but good god, that artwork. Intricate and lush and at times distracting from the story because I just wanted to look at the art rather than pay attention to the story. Full disclosure, I've never read all the way through One Thousand and One Nights, so I don't know the context for the story that follows this one or the one that preceded it, but I liked the tale, and wish that David B. would do more of the tales.

I really like David B.'s art, but was expecting to encounter something more along the lines of Epileptic or Incidents in the Night - and this is definitely not that. This story is framed within one of the tales from the Thousand and One Nights and works very well to revisit that device to add layers to the story. It's well told and beautifully colored, but the story itself just wasn't for me.

I received access to this title via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Hâsib is a young woodcutter who is double-crossed and left for dead by his fellow loggers. Luckily, he's not alone in his cave prison: a "lowly" (yet talkative! and star-bound!) scorpion leads him to the Queen of the Serpents, who in turn commands a snake to show him the way out. But not before they exchange stories: he, the tale of how he came to be trapped below ground; she, fantastical stories of angels and demons, princes and peeping toms (spoiler alert: not mutually exclusive), demons and goblins.

I wanted to love this graphic novel, but the story-within-a-story-within-a-story narrative is kind of hard to follow; perhaps those with a stronger background in One Thousand and One Nights will better appreciate it? Also, the artwork isn't entirely to my liking, though this could be due at least in part to the rough, pixelated quality of the ARC.

** Full disclosure: I received a free e-ARC for review through NetGalley. **

An excessively messy jumble of narrative - sure, the artwork is just about enough to be the book's saving grace, but this is poor.

I'm not familiar with the Thousand and One Night Tales, only Aladdin. This was a very interesting story with a lot of sub-stories within. It got a bit confusing at times. The art is amazing.

A beautifully illustrated graphic novel with a stunning tale. One of the tales of the 1001 nights which I hadn't yet heard before. Hasib is a story within a story within a story, a middle eastern fairy tale brought to life with gorgeous illustration. I'm just in love with the artwork!

This is a retelling of a small portion of the 1001 Nights. There's kind of a lot going on because there are several stories within stories but it's a really fun read and definitely not a story I've heard before. Also the art is absolutely gorgeous. It's got a lot of really great colors and page layouts so this was really fun to look at. It can get a bit dry at times, but I think it's actually aged pretty well considering the original age of the stories.

A great example of how to integrate cultural awareness with beautiful illustrations in an effort to teach as well as entertain.

David B adapts one of the many tales of the Arabian Nights into this book. The story is all over the shop - imaginative, roiling, a story within a story within a story. Pure fantasy and completely incoherent and impossible to follow! Definitely not a great read as I couldn't follow what was going on but the artwork is very pretty.

I loved this! What a wonderful, wild ride! I already have this on my wishlist for my libraries graphic novel collection.

Title: Hasib & the Queen of Serpents

Author: David B.

Publisher: NBM Publishing

Release: June, 2018

I was given the lovely opportunity to review this upcoming graphic novel being released in June.



At first, I was attracted to it because of the cover. Usually a story about serpents entails an engrossing adventure about choices we are faced with and outcomes from those choices.

This graphical retelling of characters, such as King Solomon, demonstrates the depth behind ancient folklore. Hasib was born into a role he grew up never fulfilling. Finding himself trapped in a well after his "friends" tricked him into it, he meets the serpent queen and she shares her story with him.



I wont give away what happens to him, but I will say that he fulfills his destiny. David B. writes and illustates defining moral choices that humanity faces and struggles to overcome.



Although it is short (about 100 pages), and easy to read, it is about the message behind the story that we must all grab onto and learn from. For ourselves, for others, and for those we haven't met yet.

The illustrations are fantastically beautiful and remind me of ancient drawings or murals found in long lost books.

Well drawn and written, I highly recommend this novel if you're interested in expanding into graphical novels or even if you're a fan of them already!

I have never read 1001 Nights before, so this story was very new to me. But, I thought that the book was interesting and well-written, and I especially enjoyed the beautiful artwork. However, I thought that at times, the story got a little dry, but I think it was a nice introduction to Islamic folklore. I would especially recommend this for communities with a lot of Muslim residents, as they might enjoy this colorful and well-done retelling of a classic tale.

Even if this was a retelling of the phonebook, this would rate at least a four star on the artwork alone.

Just look at this. Isn't this gorgeous?

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Since the tales of the thousand and one nights is supposed to be tales told by Scheherazade to her husband, Shahrayar to save her life. (Because he had killed all his other wives after one night). The tales are actually a collection of stories, and this book itself is just one of those tales, but in telling it, we hear about more than one story, as the Queen of the Serpents is actually the one telling the tale.

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And within that tale, is another tale, so it goes on, but it is all beautifully illustrated, have I mentioned that the art is fantastic. Just wanted to make sure of that.

This is a tale, of the thousand and one nights, that most people might not be familiar with. Because of course Aladin and the 40 thieves is the most well known of these tales.

Very enjoyable. The publisher says this is for mature audiences, probably for the violence.

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