[...] targeted in her direction these days is the graphic memoir, such as the best-known Fun Home or Persepolis or those combined with advice, such as The Big Skinny. Not My [...]

[...] outfits. Readers of other popular graphic autobiographies, especially the extremely well-known Persepolis, will be comfortable with the approach. It’s deceptively simple, allowing readers to [...]

[...] of a number of graphic memoirs inspired by the success of Persepolis, but I appreciated the confident blacks on display in the solid art. Burton teaches art to [...]

[...] familiar with the comics it’s being compared to. The marketing department keeps mentioning Persepolis. I understand why, I think — autobiographies (or those that seem like they could be) are the [...]

[...] pleased to see that Marjane Satrapi, best known for her autobiographical Persepolis, continues to write and draw stories beyond her own experience. (Too many cartoonists who put out [...]

[...] shows that this isn’t the first time a graphic novel was chosen for a similar program — Persepolis was used at Ithaca College in 2008. However, while that is a relatively straightforward read, [...]

[...] a Chinese Persepolis, a retelling of family folklore with a simple black-and-white graphic style. Yang is living with [...]

[...] attention toward the unique and thought-provoking themes and interactions that the book focuses on. Read a review or an interview with the author from Portland’s very own Powell’s [...]

[...] animated movie, but the first graphic novel is the best of the bunch. You can read a review here: *Persepolis — Recommended Comics Worth Reading Maus: by Art Spiegelman. No list is complete without it. It’s about the author’s father’s [...]

[...] Indeed, adult comic books are securing prime Waterstones square footage, and it’s not all Raymond Briggs. Last year, as Bryan Appleyard and Rachel Cooke noticed, new mainstream comics hit a seam of popular gold, as canny publishing houses combined the trend for modern tales of ordinary lives (highlighted when Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan won the Guardian First Book Award in 2001) with the marketing magic of a feminine twist. In 2007, the Sex and the City generation had Marisa Acocella Marchetto’s Cancer Vixen; their mothers, Posy Simmonds’ Hardy-inspired Tamara Drewe; their art-student sisters, the indie autobiographies Fun Home by Alison Bechdel or Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood. [...]

[...] Persepolis and Persepolis 2 by Marjane [...]

[...] community-wide Reading Together Series. The focus is on three autobiographical works: Persepolis, Fun Home, and Cuckoo. Paul sends along the following information: You don’t have to have [...]

[...] the long-running franchises unfriendly to new readers; your highly-praised art novels, like Persepolis or Blankets, with important things to say; your nostalgic reprints; and your [...]

[...] In short, comic stores get better deals on graphic novels, especially those from traditional book publishers, without going through Diamond. Since many of those titles include the books that are revolutionizing the comic medium — titles like Persepolis, Mom’s Cancer, or just about all of Pantheon’s graphic novel catalog — Diamond is effectively segregating itself into an old-school superhero-and-adventure-pamphlet distributor. The best stores, those that want to carry the books that the mainstream audience is hearing about and seeking out, are driven elsewhere to get desirable stock, the titles that look to the future of comics instead of the past. [...]

[...] The author of Persepolis returns with Embroideries, a light collection of stories involving the sex lives of her female relatives. After a family meal, as the women clean up, they discuss the history of their loves and relationships. [...]