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Program 06-11-26-B

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Chris Ware & Marjane Satrapi
at the Wisconsin Book Festival
(photo by Sheri Dolfen)

Whether you call them graphic novels or comic books, there's no denying that they offer limitless creative storytelling possibilities. Chris Ware and Marjane Satrapi are two of themost critically-acclaimed graphic novelists working today. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, Ware and Satrapi will talk about the power of combining words and images. Also, actor David Carradine on working with director Quentin Tarantino. And Neal Gabler on the man behind the mouse Walt Disney.

SEGMENT 1:

Marjane Satrapi grew up in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution. She has published two autobiographical graphic novels - "Persepolis" and "Perepolis II," as well as other works. Chris Ware is the author/illustrator of "Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth." They appeared on stage together at the Wisconsin Book Festival where they spoke with Jim Fleming about graphic novels, or comic books, and their literary significance. Music was provided live at the event by the Gin Atomics. You can listen to an unedited version of the interview by clicking the link below under "websites"

SEGMENT 2:

Neal Gabler spent seven years working on "Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination." It's the first full-length, fully-documented, in-depth biography of this American icon. Gabler tells Steve Paulson that Walt was greatly influenced by his relationship with his father, and that much of his empire has to do with wish-fulfillment and escape. Also, Larry Atlas is the writer and director of "The Onyx Project." He tells Anne Strainchamps it's the world's first fully browse-able, truly inter-active movie. He explains how his experiment in non-linear visual story-telling works and admits it doesn't really have a beginning or an end. And we hear bits of it.

SEGMENT 3:

David Carradine talks with Steve Paulson about working with director Quentin Tarantino on the "Kill Bill" films. Carradine kept a diary during the production which has just been published under the title "The Kill Bill Diary: The Making of a Tarantino Classic as Seen Through the Eyes of a Screen Legend." And of course, there are film clips!

CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 06-11-26-B.

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Books:

Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Pantheon)
Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Pantheon)
Marjane Satrapi, Embroideries (Pantheon)
Marjane Satrapi, Monsters Are Afraid of the Moon (Bloomsbury USA Children's Books)
Marjane Satrapi, Chicken with Plums (Pantheon)
Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (Pantheon)
Chris Ware, The Acme Novelty Library (Pantheon)
Chris Ware, Quimby the Mouse (Acme Novelty Library Series) (Fantagraphics Books)
Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #17 (Acme Novelty Library)
Neal Gabler, Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (Knopf)
David Carradine The Kill Bill Diary: The Making of a Tarantino Classic as Seen Through the Eyes of a Screen Legend (Harper)

Websites:

Clips:

Music:

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