Parents, uncle and beloved truth-telling grandmother became important "Persepolis" characters: "Once in a while I'd wake up in the morning and say, 'Grandma, I feel so ugly today.' ...

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 ...

A memoir in the form of an animated feature, "Persepolis," adapted by Marjane Satrapi from her acclaimed graphic novels, is a remembrance told not with anger but disappointment. The film unfolds ...

Since the animated feature is rarely tasked to do other than provide an hour and a half of entertainment, Satrapi and Paronnaud’s creation, as artfully cinematic and emotional as any live-action ...

Marjane Satrapi has just published a new graphic novel despite having sworn off creating them 20 years ago. She's the author of the bestselling "Persepolis," about an Iranian girl's coming of age ...

The French Iranian author and artist, best known for her graphic novel Persepolis, edited and contributed to a new graphic anthology titled Woman, Life, Freedom, inspired by Iran's recent protests.

MADRID – Marjane Satrapi, the acclaimed Iranian-French filmmaker and cartoonist, has won the 2024 Princess of Asturias Foundation award for communication and humanities, the Spanish organization ...