My first full-length comics book. Zakkum (“oleander” in Turkish) is a graphic murder mystery about family, loyalty, love, cultural etiquette and taboos.
Zakkum was first exhibited as a solo show in 2009 at the frauenmuseum wiesbaden.
The book was published by Treehouse Press in 2011, with a second edition in 2019.
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Reviews:
A Survey Of International Small Press Comics Rob Clough | THE COMICS JOURNAL
‘Zakkum: A Graphic Murder Mystery’ by Beldan Sezen Cathy Camper | LAMBDA LITERARY
the 9th Art of Comics, Culture & Society reviewed Zakkum Anish Dasgupta | THE 9TH ART!
Identità e generi nel nuovo fumetto di Beldan Sezen Marta Ghezzi | LO SPAZIO BIANCO
INTERVIEW: BELDAN SEZEN - The graphic novelist discusses her intriguing new murder-mystery, Zakkum Louise Carolin | DIVA MAGAZINE
JUNE IN AMSTERDAM: BELDAN SEZEN’S ‘ZAKKUM’ ETC. Andrea Kirsh | Artblog
KRIMI UND COMIC IN SCHWARZ-WEISS Lehrredaktion Online Institut für Publizistik Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
EIN MYSTERIÖSER TODESFALL Anja Baumgart-Pietsch | Wiesbadener Tageblatt