Persepolis was assigned reading in an English class. So I wrote this.
If you liked Persepolis, you may also enjoy:
Maus: A Survivor's Tale, by Art Spiegleman
"Aren't comics just for kids?" Maus won a Pulitzer, discussion over. Spiegleman recounts the parallel stories of how his father Vladek survived the Holocaust, and how he survived his father. Most direct analogue (precursor) to Persepolis.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, by Alison Bechdel
As Persepolis followed Maus, so Fun Home follows Persepolis. Bechdel is the author of long-running alternative comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, a sort of Doonesbury for the GLBTQ landscape. Here, Bechdel leaves aside politics to focus on her relationship with her father, who died shortly after she discovered he was gay. In its investigation of family history after a death, Fun Home also bears some resemblance to Jane: a Murder.
Blankets, by Craig Thompson
Thompson recounts his growing up and coming of age in a very conservative religious environment- not the Iran of Persepolis, but midwestern America. This lushly-illustrated tome pairs the auto-bio-comic form with the lingering detail of a work like A Moveable Feast.
Mind Riot: Coming of Age in Comix, edited by Karen D. Hirsch
This anthology (collection of short works by different authors) deals with the trials and traumas of a wide spectrum of teenage experiences. Sort of a "sample platter" of alternative comics ("comix"), there's something in this book for almost any reader to find meaningful. No longer in print, but well worth tracking down used. Hirsch also includes a helpful bibliography with additional reading suggestions.
Maus: A Survivor's Tale, by Art Spiegleman
"Aren't comics just for kids?" Maus won a Pulitzer, discussion over. Spiegleman recounts the parallel stories of how his father Vladek survived the Holocaust, and how he survived his father. Most direct analogue (precursor) to Persepolis.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, by Alison Bechdel
As Persepolis followed Maus, so Fun Home follows Persepolis. Bechdel is the author of long-running alternative comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, a sort of Doonesbury for the GLBTQ landscape. Here, Bechdel leaves aside politics to focus on her relationship with her father, who died shortly after she discovered he was gay. In its investigation of family history after a death, Fun Home also bears some resemblance to Jane: a Murder.
Blankets, by Craig Thompson
Thompson recounts his growing up and coming of age in a very conservative religious environment- not the Iran of Persepolis, but midwestern America. This lushly-illustrated tome pairs the auto-bio-comic form with the lingering detail of a work like A Moveable Feast.
Mind Riot: Coming of Age in Comix, edited by Karen D. Hirsch
This anthology (collection of short works by different authors) deals with the trials and traumas of a wide spectrum of teenage experiences. Sort of a "sample platter" of alternative comics ("comix"), there's something in this book for almost any reader to find meaningful. No longer in print, but well worth tracking down used. Hirsch also includes a helpful bibliography with additional reading suggestions.