On Friday, June 4, Marjane Satrapi died of a broken heart a little over a year after the untimely passing of her husband, Mattias Rippa. […] Source
A memoir and a history of Iran’s turbulent 20th-century politics, one comic strip frame at a time.
Her popular graphic novel series, published in the early 2000s, followed an Iranian girl through the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War.
Her graphic novel series, published in English in 2003, followed an Iranian girl through the Islamic revolution and the Iran-Iraq War. The work helped millions relate to Iranians.
Librarian Jarrett Dapier's graphic novel tells a fictionalized account of real-life events in 2013 that restricted access to Marjane Satrapi's memoir Persepolis in Chicago Public Schools.