Kaplans subjects range from 1940s pioneer will eisner to iranian french autobiographical graphic novelist marjane satrapi. Her most famous works are the comic book persepolis and its film adaptation, and chicken with plums. Iranianfrench author marjane satrapi grew up during the iranian revolution of the 1970s. Mohammad ali performing a short set at the comedy store on sunset in september of 2008. In 2007, the book was made into an animated film that won the jury prize at the 2007 cannes film festival. Both she and her mother are required to wear scarves over their hair. Why comic books are more radical than you think bbc. Comic books and japanese manga and have produced many great classics. Apart from her native tongue persian, she speaks english, swedish, german, french and italian.
Marjane satrapi biography childhood, life achievements. A film about a girl growing up in tehran makes the transition from comic strip to big screen with ease and exuberant humour published. Satrapi prefers the term comic books to graphic novels. The writer of persepolis is an iranianborn french author. Satrapi dedicated the focus of her lecture to many wideranging topics, including the iranian revolution, comic books, french culture, coming of. Satrapi has put off getting a french passport, preferring to make her trip here as an iranian, even though procuring an american visa has become difficult for iranians. Persepolis isnt a graphic novel its an autobiographical comic strip bande dessinee, describing author marjane satrapis youth in revolutionary and then wartorn iran. Marjane satrapi is an iranianborn french graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and childrens book author. Kaplans subjects range from 1940s pioneer will eisner to iranianfrench autobiographical graphic novelist marjane satrapi. The 30 comic books you should have read movies empire. I started recycling pages from these old books as a support for my ink drawings and years later the same procedure created the comic book collages.
Fluentu takes realworld videos like cartoons, movie trailers, and music videos, and turns them into french learning lessons. Later, writers such as aaron mcgruder and ho che anderson used graphic novels to discuss themes such as. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the iranian revolution. The persepolis sequel, embroideries and broderies are some of the books satrapi has written as well as persepolis, the voices and the french kissers being some of the films that she has directed. Set in a garden in tehran in the early 1940s, where three families live under the tyranny of a paranoid patriarch, my uncle napoleon is a rich, comic and brilliantly ontarget sendup of iranian society. The 0508 comic book series that dc comics claimed would. Her early2000s graphic memoirs, persepolis and persepolis 2, recount how the world. Marjane satrapi is an iranianborn french woman, best known for her work as a graphic novelist.
Shappi khorsandi is a britishiranian comedienne and writer who has also appeared on many british comedy television shows. Youll learn to read between the lines in this collection and see some of your favorite animated characters like never before. Why francobelgian comic book movies are more fun than marvel and dc homegrown superheroes may rule over hollywood, but french and belgian comic book adaptations are often stranger and sexier. Marjane satrapi is the iranianborn french graphic novelist, cartoonist. Marjane satrapi was born in 1969 in rasht, iran, and currently lives in paris. The students stories intertwine with the books they. The 9 french graphic novels everyone should read frenchly. Kamin mohammadis top 10 iranian books books the guardian. It was written and directed by satrapi in collaboration with vincent paronnaud. Few people would have predicted that a french language story of a little iranian girl growing up in the aftermath of the. If you like comic books, you might want to check out fluentu. Persepolis is an autobiography written as a graphic novel based on satrapis life. Over a period of 15 years, this company has published french fiction, foreign fiction. Meknes iranianfrench filmmaker marjane satrapi reportedly will shoot scenes of her new movie, the extraordinary journey of the fakir, in casablanca.
Marjane satrapi spent the first fourteen years of her life in tehran, as the daughter of welleducated, middleclass, leftwing parents. Apart from her native language persian, she speaks french, english, swedish. Enjoy dynamic stories and pussyfilled panels as erotic fiction springs to life. Iranian french author marjane satrapi grew up during the iranian revolution of the 1970s. Satrapi, a frenchiranian cartoonist, codirected the movie, which was adapted from her comic book of the same name.
Every year, le tripode, publishes over 20 books in various categories including french fiction, foreign fiction and illustrated books. New faces seem to appear on french tv lately and they happen to be of persian heritage. About the book the existence in persian literature of a fullscale, abundantly inventive comic novel that involves a gallery of varied and highly memorable characters, not to mention scenes of hilarious farcical mayhem, may come as a surprise to a western audience used to associating iran with all that is in their eyes dour, dire and dreadful. Best known for her graphic novels, marjane satrapi was born in rasht and grew up in tehran. Created by albert kanter, the series began publication in 1941 and finished its first run in 1971, producing 169 issues. Few people would have predicted that a frenchlanguage story of a little iranian girl. Feb 16, 2012 an iranian metamorphosis is a graphic novel by mana neyestani, a very talented iranian cartoonist. For him, publishing a book means defending a book, its strangeness and its uniqueness. It describes how nafisi continued to teach female students in secret even after such actions became illegal. With chiara mastroianni, catherine deneuve, gena rowlands, danielle darrieux. Kaplans set of interviewbased profiles of 11 creators aims to be an informal history of the comic book industry, but the medium is now far too diverse to be effectively covered by highlighting so few figures.
In her seminal work persepolis, french iranian author marjane satrapi uses the power of the graphic image to her authorial advantage. The persepolis cartoonist sounds off about the veil, the pope, french notions of. The title persepolis is a reference to the ancient capital of the persian empire. This clever book is a kind of a memoir slash graphic novel slash comic book thats essentially a comingofage story about a girl growing up in iran. First printed by a little known french edition lassociation, marjane satrapis french comic book persepolis has achieved cult status ever since its publication. Pantheon books north america and jonathan cape united kingdom. Nov 24, 2010 the whole result starts off feeling like a silver age comic sort of mid50s to 1970, all bouncy and boys own, but has some very modern and rather dark twists start with the first book in. Iranianfrench director marjane satrapi to shoot film in. Iranian calligraphy meets comic books and western pop.
These are available to license for books, magazines, merchandise, newsletters, presentations and websites. He has published several fictional comic books in the past 15 years around a character named mr ka, but in this book mana tells his own story, which amazingly has a lot in common with the story of mr ka. Enjoy premium comic sex and fanmade art that blurs the lines between a comic book and outofcontrol smut. Jan 21, 2007 marjane satrapi and vincent paronnaud, with whom she wrote and directed the film persepolis, based on her comic book, mugging for the camera in a style reminiscent of her drawings. Nov 05, 2015 many comic book movies are far behind the comics that inspired them. Among european comics, comic book series made primarily in france and belgium also known as bd, from their french name bande dessinee drawn strip are a huge industry by themselves 3rd largest in the world, after u. The book is nafisis memoir of the period following the iranian revolution in the 1970s. I excitedly ripped open the envelope and tore off the shrink wrap. This is funny but could be true but then most country in middle east may have these. Though conceived as a comic book, the book has messages which are. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. A strikingly unique part of her personality is that she has quarrels when committing assassinations, claims that she doesnt enjoy it, but it. The autobiography of an iranian young girl who talks to both god and karl marx makes us laugh while dealing with torture, death, martyrdom and misogyny.
I opened the comic to find an introduction by reza aslan, cofounder and chief creative officer of boomgen studios. I was eagerly awaiting bruce bahhamis fourth part to his rostam. She moves in with iranian friends zozo, her husband houshang, and their daughter chirine a childhood friend but it. In powerful blackandwhite comic strip images, satrapi tells the story of her life. Satrapi lectures on comic book, life the miscellany news. Bbc culture why comic books are more radical than you think. Persepolis film persepolis is a 2007 adult animated film based upon the marjane satrapi autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. They publicly protest, along with many other women, until they are attacked by fundamentalist thugs. They are also quite distinct from their american and japanese counterparts though cultural co. In 2010, newsweek put the book on its list of 10 best nonfiction books of the decade. Persepolis, on the other hand, deals with adult themes in a serious, unpretentious way. The theme in persepolis is to be aware of where you came from and the history of your family and also the culture that you live by. She also works as an illustrator, film director and childrens book author.
A beginners guide to acting english is khorsandis only published book to date, but it has been a huge success the book tells the true story of khorsandis life as her family moved to london shortly after the iranian revolution in 1979 when she. In 2007, the book was made into an animated film that won. The whole result starts off feeling like a silver age comic sort of mid50s to 1970, all bouncy and boys own, but has some very modern and rather dark twists start with the first book in. Kamin mohammadis top 10 iranian books from 10thcentury epics to 21stcentury graphic novels, the author picks the books that best illuminate a country too. She is the author of the internationally bestselling and awardwinning comic book autobiography in two parts, persepolis pantheon, 2003 and. As with horror and scifi, genre films have taken a step out of the dark or the page, in this case to become true cultural phenomenons. Persian is also referred to by local regional names such as farsi in iran. The french comics association will tour to washington, d. Frederic martin favors the sensibility of the artist and publishes any text that touches him enough to defend it. Many of the drawings resemble woodcuts, and satrapi very effectively uses black and. Follow boulet as he strives to meet deadlines, deals with the arrogance of the art world, and navigates frustrating booksigning events. A precocious and outspoken iranian girl grows up during the islamic revolution. Satrapi achieved the rare feat for a cartoonist of adapting her own work to cinema her streamofconsciousness film was nominated for a 2008 academy award. Satrapis drawing style is very simple, the figures very basic, the scenes rarely involving much detail.
Is it because of the recent phenomenal success of the cult comic book and film adaptation of marjane satrapis persepolis that was awarded at this years cannes film festival. Best comic book movies 50 amazing comic book films. I was an antiquarian book collectorseller for over a decade. Persepolis is a autobiographical series of bande dessinees french comics by marjane satrapi that depicts her childhood up to her early adult years in iran during and after the islamic revolution.
Click on any image to see links to licensing and related cartoons. She moves in with iranian friends zozo, her husband houshang, and their daughter chirine a. The title references the historical city of persepolis. She has written several childrens books and her commentary and comics. May 16, 2003 the coeducational french school marjane attends is shut down and she is sent to an islamic girls school. The persian language along with ancient languages such as sanskrit and latin and living languages such as english, french, russian, and hindi, persian belongs to the indoeuropean family of languages, specifically to the iranian iranic branch.
Why francobelgian comicbook movies are more fun than marvel and dc homegrown superheroes may rule over hollywood, but french and belgian comicbook adaptations are often stranger and sexier. I will always be iranian marjane satrapi was born in 1969 in rasht, iran, and currently lives in paris. Classics illustrated is an american comic bookmagazine series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as les miserables, moby dick, hamlet, and the iliad. For mazauric, au diable vauvert is an iconoclastic publishing house which is open to all genres and signifies literary quality, modernity, nonconformity, accessibility, cheerfulness and the editorial promises. The genre of graphic novels can be traced back to 1986 with art spiegelmans depiction of the holocaust through the use of cartoon images of mice and cats. Essay on iranian revolution and comic book persepolis. Persian history inspires french comic book masters. And yes, there is the occasional neat movie reference rocky iii being the most memorable one. Persepolis is a 2007 adult animated film based upon the marjane satrapi autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. Persepolis is a autobiographical series of bande dessinees by marjane satrapi that depicts her childhood up to her early adult years in iran during and after the islamic revolution.
After first gaining attention illustrating the epic comics series alien legion vol. Iranianfrench director marjane satrapi to shoot film in morocco. Originally published in french, the graphic memoir has been translated to many other languages, including english, spanish, catalan, portuguese, italian, greek, swedish, finnish, georgian, and others. The iran comics and cartoons collected from thirtyfive of the best cartoonists. At the beginning of persepolis, she recalls her early obsession with becoming gods new prophet. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Many of satrapis most celebrated works are largely autobiographical graphic novels. Kaplans set of interviewbased profiles of 11 creators aims to be an informal history of the comicbook industry, but the medium is now far too diverse to be effectively covered by highlighting so few figures.
Persepolis by marjane satrapi the world has accepted persepolis as a work of literature like no other graphic novel since art spiegelmans maus. Iranian comicbook artists have won international acclaim but are still struggling for acceptance at home. She has written several childrens books and her commentary and comics appear in newspapers and magazines around the world, including the new york times and the new yorker. Many comic book movies are far behind the comics that inspired them. Marjane satrapi is a french iranian author, illustrator and director who is famous for her graphic novels. Widely translated in several languages it remains censored in persian because of its subversive and outspoken plot. In that business, a small percentage of purchases are unsellable due to their condition. Marjane satrapys french comic book persepolis is a much expected.