In “Text and the City,” Melisa Guleryuz ’27 reviews books through a lens of modern femininity. Editor’s Note: This article is a review and includes subjective thoughts, opinions and critiques. Marjane ...

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. She ...

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 hardcover ...

A memoir and a history of Iran’s turbulent 20th-century politics, one comic strip frame at a time. Credit...Olivia Fields Supported by By Fernanda Eberstadt PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi | Review ...

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, it ...

PARIS — In her bright Paris apartment, Marjane Satrapi makes coffee, her cat rolling at a visitor's feet. The author of the internationally acclaimed graphic novel Persepolis, about a young girl ...

Back in early December I was given the opportunity to meet Persepolis' Iranian writer and director Marjane Satrapi and quickly jumped at the opportunity. Not only had a heard great things about the ...

So You Haven't Read Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi? This comic is about growing up in Iran during the tumultuous 1980s and the Islamic Revolution. Following the author's real-life events and sharing ...

Forget the battle of Thermopylae. Iranian film execs are staging their own battle of “Persepolis.” Farabi Cinema Foundation, the country’s government-affiliated film org, sent a letter of protest to ...

Now “Persepolis” has been dubbed in English, with Chiara Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve reprising their roles as Marjane and her mother; Sean Penn voicing Marjane’s dad, Gena Rowlands her ...