Morrison and Bond's Vimanarama

As it stands its a terrific way to start your comic book - its an introduction to the main character, his surroundings, the announcement of a new genre and a tip of the hat to Bollywood.
Vimanarama the graphic novel is a collection of three comic book issues written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Philip Bond. Ali is being set up for a possible wedding with a girl he's never met before - the ultimately charming and lovely Sofia. Both together stumble on a hidden city underneath Ali's family store. There accidentally they unleash a set of demons that belong to Ull-Shattan. Fortunately they also manage to summon the Ultrahadeen - a set of divine beings who are the world's only hope of survival.

Destruction and confusion abound. And almost everyone dies in the end. Wait, I shouldn't have said that because it isn't quite true.
A current of wicked, dry humor runs through Vimanarama that keeps the comic book humming. Sure there are one or two minor cultural faux pas' but they are easy to overlook. By matching the superhero yarn with equal parts romance and psychedelic human drama, Morrison manages to create a novel that's fun to read and remember.
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