Did Marjane Satrapi Draw Persepolis?

Persepolis is an autobiographical series of bande dessinées (French comics) by Marjane Satrapi that depicts her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran and Austria during and after the Islamic Revolution. Persepolis was written in 2000 and Persepolis 2 was written in 2004. ...

How many people helped draw Persepolis?

Jousset notes that while Satrapi's drawings look very simple and graphic, they proved difficult to work on because there were few identifying marks. Some 80,000 drawings for around 130,000 images were created. "That's quite reasonable for a feature made in the traditional way," Jousset says.

Why did Satrapi write Persepolis?

Marjane Satrapi wrote Persepolis as a memoir of her life growing up in Iran in order to unfold details of the normal life she had experienced.