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Satrapi grew up in Tehran in a family which was involved with communist and socialist movements in Iran prior to the Iranian Revolution . She attended the Lycée Français there and witnessed, as a child, the growing suppression of civil liberties and the everyday-life consequences of Iranian politics, including the fall of the Shah , the early regime of Ruhollah Khomeini , and the first years of the Iran–Iraq War . She experienced an Iraqi air raid and Scud missile attacks on Tehran. According to Persepolis , one Scud hit the house next to hers, killing her friend. Marjane Satrapi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjane_Satrapi

Okay, not the most original place to start. But if you want background on the author, here it is. Think about how the photos you see of Satrapi represented in different media--images, video, interviews, and comics. by tfristrom Apr 1

http://www.believermag.com/issues/200608/?read=interview_satrapi The Believer - Interview with Marjane Satrapi Toward the end of Persepolis II, the second installment of Marjane Satrapi’s ongoing project of autobiographical graphic novels, the author/narrator spends seven months designing a huge theme park based on Persian mythology. She takes her Tehran-based Disneyland to the Deputy Mayor’s office, where it is rejected—luckily for us, because shortly after that disappointment, Satrapi left Iran for Paris, a final emigration that led her to discover Art Spiegelman, the power of comics, and the development of her own method of storytelling. Satrapi’s graphic novels are the opposite of mythology; personal and honest, they humanize the Middle East through memoir. Hemmed in by the tyranny of the mullahs, Satrapi’s life is nevertheless cosmopolitan, politically engaged, culturally sophisticated, and, like those of all adolescents, deeply conflicted. “THE WORLD IS NOT ABOUT BATMAN AND ROBIN FIGHTING THE JOKER; THINGS ARE MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT.”

Interview in Believer magazine, dedicated to the contemporary art scene. by tfristrom Apr 1

Marjane Satrapi | January 28,2008 - Rick Warren | ColbertNation.

In the Colbert Show interview, Marjane Satrapi clearly explains her goals. She wanted a counter-narrative to the stories the media presented about Iran and its people throughout the world. Most people think "X" about Iran, but on closer examination . . . by tfristrom Apr 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran?Iraq_War Motto: استقلال. آزادی. جمهوری اسلامی Independence, Freedom, Islamic Republic Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān Anthem: Iran–Iraq War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

While Satrapi clearly expects to have to explain much of her country's history in the book, here's more information that you can follow up on regarding the rise of Islam and the Iran-Iraq conflict. by tfristrom Apr 1

More on Iran Society in Iran (post-Islamic Revolution) Group http://interactives.mped.org/travelogue793.aspx http://interactives.mped.org/travelogue792.aspx Culture in Iran (pre-Islamic Revolution) Group Society in Iran (pre-Islamic Revolution) Group http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1063/WebQuestLinks.html

This is a list of links on an educational web site which would allow you to follo up on specific questions that Persepolis brings up regading Iran, its culture and history. by tfristrom Apr 1

Movie Preview http://www.movietome.com/pages/media_player/index.php?video_id=OPzPgqdv6E643wG0rAM This week, watch the first trailers for "The Amazing Spider-Man," "Bourne Legacy," and more, view extended versions of the trailers you saw during the Super Bowl, and get a concise recap of the week's movie news.

This is a preview for the Persepolis movie. It remains very much in keeping with Satrapi's drawings, though the animation and voices really help to flesh out the experience. The movie screenplay was written by Satrapi, so it can rightfully be seen as a revision rather than just an adaptation of her work. by tfristrom Apr 2

http://scottmccloud.com/ Scott McCloud | Journal Things are pretty quiet here, while I concentrate on my graphic novel in the coming months. Did want to take a moment though to acknowledge the unspeakably sad news that cartoonists Tom Hart and Leela Corman have lost their little girl, Rosalie Lightning. There’s a fund to contribute to, if you’d like to help with the practical aspects of the coming weeks, and of course, the condolences have been pouring in. This note by their old friend and mine Jon Lewis feels about right to me. These are deeply loved members of our community, and with good reason.

Scott McCloud was a visiting speaker at Drexel last year and I've come to like his books, particularly "Understanding Comics". I've included his website here, though I admit much of the material is only related to Persepolis in the most tangential way. by tfristrom Apr 1

New talks are released daily. Be the first to know! http://www.ted.com/talks/scott_mccloud_on_comics.html Scott McCloud on comics | Video on TED.com

This is a Scott McCloud lecture available on TED (no relation). It gives the history of comics and an account of its development in relation to technology. by tfristrom Apr 2

Hello Ted, did you now your map has been viewed more than 500 times today? by Patrice Jun 18

By the way, what did you think about Waltz with Bashir? Though the subject is different I found that the approach was quite similar. by Elrring Peace Apr 6