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Marjane Satrapi is both outrider and champion in graphic novels’ charge on respectability. Being Iranian, and a woman, she significantly broadens the reputation of a format that is dominated by white men nostalgic for their youth. Ms. Satrapi also writes about her youth, but is not exactly nostalgic, as explained in her “graphic memoirs,” “Persepolis 1” and “Persepolis 2.”

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|Marjane Satrapi is both outrider and champion in graphic novels’ charge on respectability. Being Iranian, and a woman, she significantly broadens the reputation of a format that is dominated by white men nostalgic for their youth. Ms. Satrapi also writes about her youth, but is not exactly nostalgic, as explained in her “graphic memoirs,” “Persepolis 1” and “Persepolis 2.”
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