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Graphic Literature

The Dump

By Chakib Daoud
Translated from Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette & Nariman Youssef
Chakib Daoud's dark graphic short story tells of one man’s reckoning from beyond the grave, including bribery and the trickle-down spread of corruption.
"ARRRGH..."
"IT'S LEAKING ALREADY. THIS IS THE LAST STRAW!!"

"IT'S NOT EVEN PAID OFF YET... COULDN'T GET IT ON CREDIT WITHOUT A BRIBE."

"DID YOU REMEMBER WHAT I ASKED FOR?"

"HOW COULD I FORGET?"
"I PUT EVERYTHING I HAD INTO THIS DUMP..."

"LIFE HAS BEEN MISERABLE SINCE"

"OJJA? OJJA AGAIN?!"

"HOW CAN YOU SLEEP, WOMAN? THIS IS ALL YOUR DOING"

"WE WERE PAYING JUST 200 DINARS A MONTH, BUT YOU INSISTED ON BUYING A PLACE IN AL-NASR..."

"YOU THINK I CARE? WHY SHOULD SAMIRA HAVE IT BETTER THAN ME!"

"DON'T YOU GET IT? I CAN'T AFFORD THIS"
"I RIPPED PEOPLE OFF TO PAY MY DEBTS"

"A MINUTE LATER, AND YOU WOULD'VE MISSED OUT ON SOME PRIME FRUIT"

"ALL THAT FOR A CRAMPED BOX ON THE THOUSANDTH FLOOR... AND NO ELEVATOR"

"THESE STAIRS WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME"
"THAT AND THE NEIGHBORS' RACKET"

ATTACK ATTACK
FOX
GRRR

"DROP THE BALL"

MMM
"UGHHH... HOW CAN YOU STAND THOSE FUCKERS UPSTAIRS?"

"THEY'LL BRING THE CEILING DOWN ON US.."
"WAKE UP, THE CEILING'S FALLING IN!!"

"OH!! THIS ISN'T CHOKRI BELAID'S GRAVE? TRY THE NEXT ONE"

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