‘The little girl in Persepolis has grown up’: Marjane Satrapi on life after her hit graphic novel – and her radical new work
As a new wave of protests sweep Iran, the author explains why she has returned to drawing. Plus: an extract from her new collection of protest cartoons
October 2022
Protesters in Iran are ‘beautiful and inspiring’, says Persepolis creator
‘What I have lived, the youth is living now,’ says Marjane Satrapi, whose graphic novel depicted girl’s life in 1979 Islamic revolution
March 2021
The Guardian view on the picture book: not just for children
Editorial: When a Nobel-prizewinning novelist turns to illustrated fiction, it’s time to question assumptions
June 2020
Radioactive review – Marie Curie biopic fast-forwards to Hiroshima
Rosamund Pike plays the physicist with dignity and froideur in this respectful drama that shows her brilliant discoveries – and their effects
May 2020
Top 10s
Top 10 books about Iran
From memoirs and history to verse and fiction, the best writing about Iran has a uniquely poetic touch
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
August 2018
Further reading
From Maus to Tamara Drewe: the 10 graphic novels everyone should read
With Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina becoming the first graphic novel longlisted for the Man Booker prize, it’s a good time for readers to discover more
August 2017
Film blog
Sacré bleu! Why Franco-Belgian comic-book movies are more fun than Marvel and DC
Home-grown superheroes may rule over Hollywood, but French and Belgian comic-book adaptations are often stranger and sexier than their US counterparts
August 2015
Film blog
Five great female-friendly comic-book adaptations
The Diary of a Teenage Girl is the latest comic book movie to feature a heroine, but women are still woefully underrepresented in the genre overall
March 2015
The Voices review – Marjane Satrapi’s ghoulish psycho-comedy
Marjane ‘Persepolis’ Satrapi treads a fine line between small-town satire and visceral gore
Marjane Satrapi: the Persepolis director escapes her comfort zone
There’s a talking cat and a severed head in the fridge. Welcome to The Voices, the lurid new serial-killer comedy from the Iranian artist-turned-director
The Voices review – an unscary and unfunny horror-comedy
Marjane Satrapi’s English-language debut about a serial killer is overwhelmingly dislikable and nasty
May 2014
Wonder Girl's head-sized breasts illustrate the sexism problem in comics
Joan Hilty
Joan Hilty: As more women and girls read comics, an industry that still peddles sexism and misogyny risks its own irrelevance
January 2014
Sundance film festival 2014: The Raid 2; The Voices; The Internet's Own Boy – video
First look review
The Voices: Sundance 2014 – first look review
November 2013
Top 10...
Top 10 animated movies
Moving bits of paper around (the old way) or painting with billions of pixels (the new) has conjured up some of the greatest films of all time. From The Iron Giant to Persepolis, Guardian and Observer critics pick the 10 best
May 2013
Gemma Arterton: 'Our house was a bit Ab Fab at times'
The actress talks to Tim Lewis about going clubbing with her mum, her new role in a 'neo-feminist vampire movie' and why she has no regrets about playing Bond girl Strawberry Fields
March 2013
Persepolis battle in Chicago schools provokes outcry
Alison Flood: Chicago authorities cite 'graphic language and images' in the Iran-set graphic novel as reasons to remove it from classrooms: teachers, anti-censorship groups and the author disagree
April 2012
Top 10s
Bryan and Mary Talbot's top 10 graphic memoirs
From Palestine to Persepolis, the comics creators pick the best examples of the medium as a vehicle for autobiography
January 2012
Persepolis trial in Tunisia is postponed again
Trial of Tunisian TV station accused of 'insulting sacred values' of Islam for screening Marjane Satrapi's animated film is adjourned until April following further altercations
