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	Persepolis (graphic novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Persepolis is a French-language autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi that describes her childhood in Iran during the overthrow of the Shah.
		Persepolis, this graphic novel is highly rated and has won the Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Scenario in Angouleme, France, for its script and in Vitoria, Spain, for its commitment against totalitarianism.
		In the United States, Persepolis 2 is the name given to a compilation of Persepolis 3 and Persepolis 4, the sequels to Persepolis 2.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Persepolis_(graphic_novel) (368 words)

	A life in graphic detail - The Boston Globe
		The fans gathered at the school have already read last year's "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood," her graphic novel-cum-memoir that explores in fl-and-white images her life from age 9 to the moment her worried parents sent their teenager to study in Vienna to escape the drama of Iran's revolution.
		Just like in her graphic novels, you see the fl dot of a birthmark on the right side of her nose.
		So much of her private life is poured into her graphic novels that she wants to keep something for herself.
	www.boston.com /ae/books/articles/2004/10/04/a_life_in_graphic_detail (1845 words)

	Pantheon Graphic Novels
		In powerful fl-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq.
		Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran: of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life and of the enormous toll repressive regimes exact on the individual spirit.
		Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a stunning reminder of the human cost of war and political repression.
	www.randomhouse.com /pantheon/graphicnovels/persepolis.html (257 words)

	Gale * eNewsletters * Literature * June * Graphic Novels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A new sub-genre of graphic novels is quietly taking shape behind the bravura of superhero comics; a potent brew of politics, social commentary, and stark imagery is turning graphic novelists into journalists.
		As artists, graphic novelists are uniquely positioned to convey the emotion of their subject matter in a way that other media can't.
		Some intellectuals might feel that relying on a graphic novel to learn the intricacies of centuries-old political hostilities is a form of cheating — sort of a Cliff's Notes for all the things we forgot from school or were never taught in the first place.
	www.gale.com /enewsletters/literature/2003_06/graphic_novel.htm (1623 words)

	Persepolis 2: The Story Of A Return \| The Onion - America's Finest News Source
		In her stark 2003 graphic novel Persepolis, Iranian native Marjane Satrapi described her coming of age in a war-torn country ultimately ruled by religious extremists.
		Her anomie and dislocation are understandable, and even her seeming narcissism makes sense for a teenager discovering herself, but looking back on the story with adult eyes, she not only makes no apologies, but also frequently offers no explanations, no matter how astonishing her behavior becomes.
		At its best, Persepolis 2 follows its predecessor in providing a fascinating citizen's-eye view of Iran, through events ranging in scale from Iraq's invasion of Kuwait to the series of moral-code-flouting parties at which Satrapi risks her freedom in order to explore her independence.
	www.theonion.com /content/node/21455 (424 words)

	graphic novels
		A graphic novel (GN) is a long-form comic book, usually with lengthy and complex storylines, and often aimed at more mature audiences.
		The term "graphic novel" was popularized by Will Eisner after it appeared on the cover of the trade paperback edition (though not on the hardcover edition) of A Contract with God, and Other Tenement Stories in 1978.
		Eddie Campbell has issued a manifesto (2004) to the effect that the "graphic novel" is more the product of an artist, and that it follows that the term is therefore better used as a description of an artistic movement.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Graphic_novel.php (1290 words)

	The Friday Review: Persepolis - The Story Of A Childhood
		PERSEPOLIS was first published in two volumes in France to great acclaim through L'Association (the same people recently responsible for David B's acclaimed graphic novel EPILEPSY).
		PERSEPOLIS is author Marjane Satrapi's autobiography of her childhood, growing up in Iran during the turbulent times of the late seventies and early eighties.
		Persepolis is first and foremost a story of a Satrapi's childhood, the story of a little girl growing up into a world that she does not understand.
	www.ninthart.com /display.php?article=636 (824 words)

	Bookreporter.com - PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi
		PERSEPOLIS is what has come to be known as a "graphic novel." In its purist form, a graphic novel is a story told through sequential art.
		In her introduction to PERSEPOLIS, Satrapi notes that writing this book was so important to her since her native country is associated with fundamentalism, fanaticism and terrorism; she does not want the entire nation judged, in her words, upon the actions of a few extremists.
		PERSEPOLIS has been compared to MAUS, and certainly Satrapi's topic is somewhat similar, but her artistic style is closer to that of Los Bros Hernandez, whose brilliant LOVE AND ROCKETS is sadly missed.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0375422307.asp (549 words)

	Self Pub Graphic
		While there is no set definition, a basic definition of a graphic novel is that it is a single story with a large page count (typically between 64 and 128 pages) done visually in the same manner as a comic book.
		Graphic novels, on the other hand, are not only sold through the direct market but also national bookstore chains, major online web sites like Amazon, book clubs-- just to name a few.
		Now that we have a general understanding of what graphic novels are and how there is a growing market for them, time now to talk about the steps involved in creating a graphic novel.
	www.absolutewrite.com /specialty_writing/self_pub_graphic.htm (1712 words)

	drawn and quarterly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Graphic novels are moving out of the hobby shop and into the mainstream.
		The term "graphic novel" was popularized by Will Eisner, one of the first artists to elevate the medium beyond pulp fare with his 1978 work "A Contract With God," depicting his childhood in a Bronx, New York, tenement.
		Three decades on, publishers and retailers often use "graphic novel" to distinguish one-off books from the serialized ones put out by companies like Marvel and DC Comics—but many of the artists themselves prefer the outsider status that "comics" connotes.
	www.drawnandquarterly.com /newsList.php?item=a4300d239567f6 (1739 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Arts \| Satrapi follows up Iran picture book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Persepolis 2 tells the story of Satrapi's life in exile and her return to Iran after the revolution, all in comic strip form.
		The original Persepolis book ended in 1984, when a young Marjane was sent by her parents to live in Austria.
		Persepolis 2, however, looks at her story as she after she returns to Iran.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/4045775.stm (599 words)

	Teens' Circle - A Gathering of Readers
		However, graphic novels tend to be more sophisticated than traditional comic books.
		An annotated bibliography of graphic novels that are appropriate for elementary aged children.
		All graphic novels selected for this bibliography are appropriate for young adults.
	www.gslis.utexas.edu /~gathread/graphic.html (810 words)

	dsng.net - the daryl sng blog: Graphic novels
		When the Wind Blows is perhaps one of the sweetest, saddest graphic novels I've seen on the topic of coming to grips with nuclear catastrophe.
		There is no difference between a graphic novel and a comic book other than the scope of the idea contained in a single format (as in a graphic novel).
		I think graphic novels are conceived as a whole from beginning to end, however, and comic books are parts of a sprawling mass of storylines that have no single idea to unify them.
	www.dsng.net /2005/08/graphic-novels.html (397 words)

	Amazon.ca: Persepolis: the Story of a Childhood: Books: Marjane Satrapi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Persepolis gives the reader a snapshot of daily life in a country struggling with an internal cultural revolution and a bloody war, but within an intensely personal context.
		(This graphic novel was first released in 1994, but Brown has tweaked the presentation of the material somewhat for the recent “definitive” edition released by Montreal’s Drawn and Quarterly) similarly revisits, with clinical detachment, Brown’s teenage years in the 1970s as a high school student in anglophile Quebec.
		This iconic style is also important in reaching an audience unaccustomed to graphic novels and the myriad ways in which their authors approach narrative (Art Spiegelman's Maus is a prime example of an iconic style's appeal).
	www.amazon.ca /Persepolis-Story-Childhood-Marjane-Satrapi/dp/0375422307 (3093 words)

	Pantheon Graphic Novels
		Graphic novels are not traditional literature, but that does not mean they are second-rate.
		With a graphic novel, all you need is yourself and your editor.
		In her own words: Read what the author has to say about writing graphic novels and more.
	www.randomhouse.com /pantheon/graphicnovels/satrapi2.html (1090 words)

	Persepolis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Persepolis (Old Persian: 'Pars', New Persian: تخت جمشید, 'Takht-e Jamshid') was an ancient ceremonial capital of the second Iranian dynasty, the Achaemenid Empire, situated some 70 km northeast of modern city of Shiraz, not far from where the small river Pulwar flows into the Kur (Kyrus).
		He believed the reason behind the construction of Persepolis was the need for a majestic atmosphere, as a symbol for their empire and to celebrate special events, especially the “Nowruz”, (the Iranian New Year held on 21 March).
		In 1971, Persepolis was the main staging ground for the 2,500 year celebration of Iran's monarchy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Persepolis (3831 words)

	Reason Magazine - Subversive Style
		In her autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Pantheon), Satrapi raises the question of why the repressive regime let a place like Kansas remain open.
		Persepolis is in many ways the perfect act of revenge by Satrapi against the Islamism that distorted her childhood, and not merely because she is now free to portray Iran's regime in all its righteous sadism.
		Perhaps that is because, as she writes, the regime denied meaning to these works (except as they may have served the regime's ideological ends), and she has made it her purpose to restore and demonstrate literary power.
	www.reason.com /news/show/28897.html (1002 words)

	Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
		On the contrary, Persepolis is a novel of the importance of being aware of ourselves and understanding the consequences of change.
		Persepolis 2 recounts Satrapi’s teenage exile in Vienna, where she had been sent by her parents to escape the Iran-Iraq war, depicting in stark yet often genuinely “comic” detail the relatively trivial concerns of Western society, and its casual cruelty.
		Persepolis 2 is an object lesson in how to write powerfully about history and current affairs in a medium as immediate as — and more powerful than — TV news bulletins.
	www.arlindo-correia.com /200405.html (11105 words)

	Persepolis (ADD Review)
		Satrapi has a clear creative voice that comes through in the novel, but one of its disappointments is her seeming passivity toward events some would see as outrageous offenses.
		While it's clear that the act of creating this graphic novel is a statement of defiance, and the history it presents is both valuable and fascinating, you won't find many answers about the issues of religious fundamentalism.
		Persepolis is compelling reading as a personal history, but I found myself unable to connect to a central theme.
	www.simpleweblog.com /comics/addreviews/reviews_archive_052103.php (503 words)

	THE IRANIAN: Persepolis, Marjane Satrabi
		The "graphic memoir"- a memoir in comic strips - tells the story of the author's life growing up in Iran in the 1970s and 80s.
		Satrapi was the daughter of Marxist intellectuals, and the great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor, and the story she tells is the really powerful story of what it was like, from a child's perspective, to grow up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and the war with Iraq.
		Persepolis was first published to wide acclaim in France, where it won several prestigeous comic-book awards.
	www.iranian.com /Books/2002/November/Satrapi (156 words)

	halalfoodforthought.com
		Persepolis 2, written by the Iranian exile Marjane Satrapi and translated from the French, might be among the autobiographies that will last.
		Persepolis were a movie, it would rate a hard “R” for depictions of sexual situations, torture, violence, nudity, depictions of bathroom functions, and plenty of bad language.
		Persepolis that six-year-old little Marji and her family are not really modern middle-class types as we understand them in the USA.
	www.halalfoodforthought.com /articles/persepolis.html (2650 words)

	"Persepolis" enlightens and stuns - Silver Chips Online
		The first two books of the "Persepolis" series are available in book stores everywhere and can also be checked out from Blair's Media Center; They are part of their new Graphic Novel section.
		True to other non-fiction and historical graphic novels such as Art Spielgelman's series on the Holocaust, "Maus," "Persepolis" tells a life story and clarifies a nation's complex past.
		As essential to the depth of the "Persepolis" series as the stories themselves are the illustrations.
	silverchips.mbhs.edu /inside.php?sid=5371 (658 words)

	Gale - Articles - 2006 - 03 - Elevating the Graphic Novel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The superhero stories long popular among teenage boys remain a large part of the graphic novel publishing industry, and by far the hottest selling titles of the 2000s have been Japanese manga, bound collections of Japanese comic book series that have become all the rage among young adults, especially teenage girls.
		In truth, there were and are an increasing number of graphic novels that are not written for nor are they likely to appeal to the “typical” graphic novel audience.
		These graphic novels, aimed at a more sophisticated adult audience, reveal a form that is coming of age quite nicely.
	www.gale.com /articles/2006/03/graphic_novel.htm (1067 words)

	NeoVox: the International College Student Magazine: Novel Arguments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Novels as we know them are a dying breed.
		A graphic novel is just what it sounds like, a story told with a combination of pictures and words.
		Persepolis follows the life of a young girl growing up before and then during the Islamic Revolution of Iran.
	neovox.cortland.edu /archives/2005/12/novel_arguments.html (1148 words)

	ALA \| Top 10 Graphic Novels
		Most graphic novels collect sequential comic books or runs of particular strips, and when they collect work as good as Alison Bechdel’s, Gilbert Hernandez’s (see also Story behind the Story, opposite page), and Jim Woodring’s, they welcomely bestow permanency on fugitive material.
		But most of the 10 best graphic novels that came Booklist’s way during the past 12 months collect nonsequential comic books and stories from several sources, or were conceived to be freestanding books.
		Richly detailed, this graphically distinguished, genuinely novelistic graphic novel is a classic of the form.
	www.ala.org /ala/booklist/speciallists/speciallistsfeat/Top10GraphicNovels.htm (558 words)

	Persepolis
		Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood chronicles her Tehran childhood, which was first overshadowed by the Iranian Revolution, then cut short by war with Iraq.
		Persepolis reinforces both the ways in which coming of age around the world can be the same, and yet so very different for kids.
		This warmth makes it hard not to feel for her as she learns of the true fate of imprisoned friends and family members, as the Iraqi bombs fall, and as she learns that her young male classmates are sent off to war with plastic keys painted gold – the keys to paradise.
	www.absolutewrite.com /novels/persepolis.htm (636 words)

	A Funkaoshi Production :: Blog :: Persepolis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Persepolis is a graphic novel by an Iranian illustrator, Marjane Satrapi.
		Regardless of whether you have a Persian girlfriend or not, the graphic novel is excellent.
		About half the novel discusses the four years of her life she spent in Vienna, and the difficulty she faced living in a society so different from that which she was used to.
	funkaoshi.com /blog/persepolis (439 words)

	ICv2 News - Book Houses Offer Major Graphic Novel Releases
		This original graphic novel will be co-written by Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder and director Reginald Hudlin (Ladies Man, Bernie Mac Show), with color art by Kyle Baker, who's done seven graphic novels and various other comic gigs, as well as numerous cartoons for major magazines and animation work.
		Persepolis 1 was the story of writer/artist Marjane Satrapi's childhood in Iran during the Islamic revolution and the war with Iraq.
		Persepolis 2 picks up where the first volume left off, with Satrapi leaving Iran for Europe for a time, then returning to her homeland.
	www.icv2.com /articles/home/4947.html (477 words)

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