Lillian: "I sometimes feel like I'm a possession of his, one of those antiques he goes searching for in the far corners of the world"
Imhotep IV: "I do know the feeling."
The Professor's Daughter is a 1997 comic book by Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Gilbert set in 19th century London. The plot contains two lovers, the eponymous daughter, Lillian Bowell, and Imhotep IV, one of the professor's finds. It's a little weird.
The comic provides examples of:
- Collector of the Strange: Bartholomew is a collector of artifacts of Egyptology, as well as mummies... who are sentient in this universe.
- Deadpan Snarker: Imhotep III. "As for the extra ventilation you've been kind enough to provide, only my tailor will mind.
- Dead Person Conversation: Imhotep IV talks to the ghosts of his children.
- Grey-and-Gray Morality: Lillian and Imhotep IV inadvertently kill two men, one of whom is a police officer and then are constantly trying to get the other out of trouble; Professor Bowell treats his daughter like property and tries to have the man she loves shipped off to a museum; Imhotep III murders several people and holds Queen Victoria hostage to get his son out of prison and (presumably) become King of England. Bartholomew seems to be the one major character with fully decent intentions.
- Offstage Villainy: It's never mentioned why Imhotep III and Imhotep IV are on such bad terms with each other, although it's implied to have something to do with the latter's wife.
