Page 8 from Marjane Satrapi’s Comic “Persepolis” 

In the comic Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi we are not distracted by large amounts of detail or color, allowing the reader to focus on the seriousness of the story being told. On page 8 the writer tells us of her dreams of being a prophet and her conversations with God. For a young child especially a female child growing up in Iran during a time of religious dominance and change this was a dangerous dream. This is made clear by the use of the implied line, a strong invisible cue that directs the reader’s eyes from character to character. While the images are in different boxes, the reader can trace a line from one character’s eyes to the next and with the low amount of detail in the image the author focuses on the expressions within the eyes, for these are the points inside the image. While not focusing on the accuracy of the plane each character or object sits on inside the frame, Marjane still uses it to give some depth to her work. The plane is most easily seen by the use of the tables or layering one character over another as seen in frames 5, 7, and 8.