Come learn about the wildly different styles of cartooning that can educate, entertain, and emotionally connect us.įeb. Emery Community Arts CenterĪward-winning cartoonist Liz Prince examines why comics are a powerful storytelling tool and where Satrapi’s work fits into the medium. Keynote: Persepolis and the Autobiographical Comic Bookįeb. Join us in a screening of the highly acclaimed film adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis. Join Professors Waleck Dalpour, Nasser Rohani, Ali Geshnizjani, and Linda Beck in a conversation about Persepolis that delves into Iranian history and culture. Email for more information about the reading group.įaculty Panel: The Cultural Context of Persepolisįeb. The reading group will be meeting in the first two weeks of February. Want to make the most of the following events and add two award-winning graphic novel autobiographies to your book collection? Visit the Farmington Public Library to pick up your complimentary copy of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and Liz Prince’s Tomboy, while copies are available. The UMF New Commons events focused on “Persepolis” will run between Feb. Attendees are asked to sign in at all events for contact tracing.

According to UMF Covid protocol, masks are required in all campus indoor spaces. The film adaptation premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and won the Jury Prize.Īll events are free and open to the public. Satrapi first told her story as an adult, autobiographical graphic novel in 2000. It follows her life of heartache and survival through pre- and post-revolutionary Iran. Persepolis is Satrapi’s poignant, autobiographical coming-of-age story of growing up in Iran during the tumultuous political climate of the 1970s and 80s. FARMINGTON, ME (January 31, 2022)-“Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi, is the next featured topic in the University of Maine at Farmington’s New Commons project.

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