Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, like Alan Moore’s Watchmen and Art Spiegelman’s Maus, is one of those graphic novels that I’ve been told again and again transcends the medium.  I’ve always had a soft spot for comics and I’ve always believed that graphic novels can be just as powerful as regular novels – the Bone series is still one of my favorite series of all time.   However, erudite and learned individuals tell me that isn’t acceptable in the real world… and because […]

Categories: Cannonball Read II, Literary Challenges • Tags: Book #5, Cannonball Read II, Graphic Novel, Marjane Satrapi, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Persepolis