Issue: #1
This first volume is based on the childhood of Marji Satrapi, and her personal point of view of political and social changes during and after the Islamic Revolution. This allows the reader to understand not only how this affected the main character and her family, but also how a society is forced to change in order to survive.Another important event is the war between Iran and Irak and is precisel...
First appearances: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Reza Shah, René Descartes
Creators: Marjane Satrapi, Eve Deluze, Céline Merrien
Characters: Ayatollah Khomeini, God, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Reza Shah, Laly Jari, Neda Baba-Levy, Siamak Jari, Ebi Satrapi, Mohsen Shakiba, Mahatma Gandhi, Taji Satrapi, Pardisse Entezami, Grandma, Karl Marx, Cyrus the Great, Anoush, Marjane Satrapi, Jesus Christ, Fidel Castro