An Iranian cartoonist whose work I love...
.... and I think you will too. She is Marjane Satrapi and has done several autobiographical comic book biographies. Her art is severe, simple, and oddly compelling. Her stories are finely observed little vignettes of life and questioning before, during, and after the Iranian Revolution. I could try to describe her work in more detail, but think it is better just to offer you a sample of her work from her latest book, Chicken with Plums found in Salon.com.
Do yourself a favor and read this little story about the death of her great grandmother.
.... and I think you will too. She is Marjane Satrapi and has done several autobiographical comic book biographies. Her art is severe, simple, and oddly compelling. Her stories are finely observed little vignettes of life and questioning before, during, and after the Iranian Revolution. I could try to describe her work in more detail, but think it is better just to offer you a sample of her work from her latest book, Chicken with Plums found in Salon.com.
Do yourself a favor and read this little story about the death of her great grandmother.
posted by Clemens | 7:00 PM
2 Comments:
I enjoyed the story. I'm going to see if they have any of her books at our library. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome. I think your library ought to have some of them. I like her first one, "Persepolis" [City of the Persians] the best becasuse she does such a good job of creating her character as a young girl.
And, since Christmas is just around the corner (the decorations at the stores are probably set to go up on Wed morning!), I wouldn't mind having the new one for Christmas!
Just in case anyone is making a list.
Oscar
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