In the case of Persepolis, that claim is delightfully ... she forms something of a crush on her handsome Communist uncle Anoush, who is persecuted under the monarchist regime, then tortured ...

The English translation of the now classic memoir Persepolis by comics artist, painter and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi turned 20 this year — and it's being celebrated with the release of a new ...

This scene is how “Persepolis” (2000 ... and secret prohibition parties to mourning the death of her uncle Anoosh, who is executed for “spying,” the personal becomes political as ...

When Persepolis was first published by Pantheon two decades ago, Iranian expatriate French cartoonist Marjane Satrapi brought North America a child’s-eye view of revolution in the middle east.

Persepolis remains one of the great graphic novels of all time and one of the best movie adaptations of a comic book. Created by Iranian expat French cartoonist, now movie director Marjane Satrapi ...

When author and artist Marjane Satrapi first published Persepolis, her graphic memoir of growing up in Iran, she didn’t expect it to become one of the most important graphic novels ever penned.

From Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. The English translation of the now classic memoir Persepolis by comics artist, painter and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi turned 20 this year — and it's being ...