Sales of graphic novels have doubled over the past five years, to some parents' dismay. But data shows these books can have a ...

"graphic novel" as the respectable or prestigious term for "comic book" set in. You'll never hear Art Spiegelman's "Maus" or Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" be called mere comics. You know who ...

and Persepolis 2 (Pantheon, 2004). Embroideries was published in April 2005 by Pantheon. Asia Society's interview with Marjane Satrapi was conducted by phone, with Satrapi in Paris. How did you come ...

PARIS – French-Iranian author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, best known for the graphic novels Persepolis (2000 to 2003) and the 2007 film adaptation, has refused France’s Legion d’Honneur ...

In July, she was awarded the Legion of Honour, France's highest order of merit, but the graphic novel author and filmmaker decided to "reject" the honor, in a letter addressed to France's Minister ...