Mangal Media Comics and art books from Turkey, Lebanon & Syria

Partners and Son is pleased to welcome Mangal Media, a collective of writers, artists and journalists from Turkey, West Asia and beyond, to the shop!

Mangal Media publishes illustrated memoirs, comics, essays, and satire. 

It Happened Here : An illustrated alternative-history dark fantasy by Efe Levent with art by Alaa Alhassoun, framed as a 2006 archaeological report on prophetic inscriptions. An allegory of tyranny and resistance.

From the Dark  : The true story of a Syrian metal musician's arbitrary arrests between 2005 and 2011, illustrated by Zezeah. A gallows-humour dialogue on the conditions that led to the revolution.

A Letter Home  : A comic book about Beirut, loss and dislocation, by Ayman Makarem and Hisham Rifai. Yearning and indignation held in delicate balance, free of rose-tinted nostalgia.

Greetings Aliens Pt I :  An exploration of science fiction in Turkey, written by Efe Levent. In the first installment of what will be a trilogy of zines, Levent delves into the earliest known works of Turkish science fiction, spanning from the 1910s to the 1950s. Through a personal lens, the essay examines the genre’s relationship with irony and raises thought-provoking questions about the role of sincerity in crafting visions of the future.