I admittedly know very little about Iran, which is pretty sad considering current events indicate a confrontation between America and this nation nestled between Afghanistan and Iraq. Anyhow, an introduction to Iranian history and culture is better done through a graphic novel than not at all, so here’s an overview of Persepolis 1 by Marjane Satrapi.

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Pretty funny website here. A bunch of single panel “Far Side” type humor steeped in Web 2.0 and geek culture.

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I just picked up a copy of Optic Nerve #10, by Adrian Tomine. It came out quite a while ago, but it’s not like I’m behind, since it seems like it’s only published once every two years, after which I read the whole issue in about twenty minutes. It’s still one of my favorite comics though, and slowness is the only thing I can fault Tomine for.

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