Persepolis, one of my favorite books ...

... has been made into a movie and may, but probably isn't, coming to a theatre near you soon. Or in December anyway. It is animated the old fashioned way, with real drawings, which makes sense since it is a comic book memoir. Stephanie Zacharek, who usually gets nothing right, gets this one right.

"People who have no interest in graphic novels often think the people who love them are nuts, and vice versa. But every once in a while, there's a book -- or a set of books -- potent enough to close the gap between the people who read "comics" and the people who don't. Marjane Satrapi's graphic memoirs, "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood" and "Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return" -- .... -- fit that description."

If in the unlikely event it comes anywhere near you, go see it. Especially if you are fed up with Americanized crap like "The Seeker: The Dark is Rising."

It will be an education.


And if you don't have the chance to see it, get the books and read them.