Djinn
Written by Jean Dufaux. Art by Ana Mirallès.
A woman follows her grandmother’s path through an early twentieth-century world of power and desire.
Overview
Kim Nelson retraces the life of her grandmother Jade, beginning with the harems of Istanbul. The investigation connects family inheritance to political intrigue, travel and erotic mythology. Dufaux and Mirallès launched the series in 2001.
Why It Matters
The series turns a search for ancestry into a layered adventure whose present-day and historical threads change the meaning of each other. Its framing asks how stories about desire can also be stories about control.
Genre & Themes
Historical mystery and erotic fantasy overlap. The work uses its imagined djinn tradition as narrative symbolism rather than as a documentary account of the cultures it depicts.
Art & Visual Identity
Mirallès uses warm color, decorative interiors and expressive figure drawing to make atmosphere inseparable from character. Her detailed settings invite a slow reading of each encounter.
Read This If You Like
- Historical mysteries
- Family secrets
- Sensual European comics