With Persepolis, the genre Satrapi chose to tell her story, autobiography by comic book/graphic novel, became very popular. It seems that this long-form telling of a serious story through mainly pictures is popular because it is so easily accessible for people. Anyone can pick up this book and understand what is going on and what the message is. One can also go through this book relatively fast because it is mainly pictures. If this book were to be placed in a bookstore, I’m not sure where it would be specifically placed. I would not call it a comic book or a memoir. The only thing that comes to mind is graphic novel, yet that title has a connotation of fiction. Persepolis does seem like a one of a kind book that transcends categorization.
