Marjane Satrapi, famous for her autobiographic graphic novel Persopolis (about growing up in Iran in the 1970s and coming of age during the revolution), has died at 56.

[madgeface@mastodon.art]

Marjane Satrapi, famous for her autobiographic graphic novel Persopolis (about growing up in Iran in the 1970s and coming of age during the revolution), has died at 56. May she rest in peace.

And if you haven't read Persopolis or watched the movie based on it, you should!

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2026/06/04/marjane-satrapi-at-age-10-i-was-training-myself-to-become-a-political-prisoner_6754129_30.html?lmd_medium=email&lmd_campaign=trf_newsletters_lmie&lmd_creation=lemonde_in_english_NY&lmd_send_date=20260604130000&lmd_link=headlines-btn&M_BT=216748327819943

[artcollisions@vis.social]

@madgeface omg, what happened??

[madgeface@mastodon.art]

@artcollisions I don't know but 56 ... I feel like she's been stolen away from us.

[artcollisions@vis.social]

@madgeface FOR REAL

[bogwitch@social.data.coop]

@madgeface That's way too young Really sad to hear this