Persepolis
We watched Marjane Satrapi’s film version of Persepolis last night. Wow, what a fantastic film, one of the best adaptions I’ve ever seen. I’d actually put it above Sin City because it was not only a faithful adaption but the style of adaptation carried a lot of the story. My favorite bit was the flashback [...]
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Tags: comics, marjanesatrapi, persepolisXMas Haul
XMas Haul
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I never did post about the stuff I received for XMas. I got some shirts and socks and other practical things, which proved to me that I am now old. Getting socks for XMas and being happy about it is a [...]
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Tags: aksaninja, bone, marjanesatrapi, tikibartvEGC Clambake for October 21, 2005
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I play a clip from the Barack Obama podcast; I play a song by the Siderunners; the Marjane Satrapi video interview is up; I used Virtual Dub and Deshaker to clean up the video; I lay out my term [...]
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Marjane Satrapi at Coastal Carolina University
The newest videoblog is up. This one is more serious, the closest to journalism I’ve done yet in video. It is a short, about 6 minute interview I did with artist and writer Marjane Satrapi while she was in town to speak at [...]
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I talk about being mentioned on Rocketboom; I discuss the “talk radio voice” and why that just turns me off nowadays; I play a prerelease song by Michelle Malone; I talk about feeling emotional and expressing love and learning [...]
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Tags: jonathancoulton, marjanesatrapi, michellemalone, rocketboomSatrapi in Conway
The author of Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi will be in Conway today. I have to say that living in this little college town appeals to me, but when they require all entering freshman to read a graphic novel as part of the entrance ceremonies, that knocks my socks off. I’d like to think Will Eisner is [...]
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