The Manglish pidgin was used for The Kampung Boy, a book of this type by the Malaysian author Lat. Travelogues in this form set in Shenzhen and North Korea were written by Guy Delisle (“ghee duh-LEEL”). A book in this form called Shortcomings is part of the larger series Optic Nerve centering Asian-American characters. A Canadian press abbreviated D+Q publishes books of this type, including a 2022 work documenting its author’s time working the Athabaskan oil sands to pay off student loans. Recent books of this type by Adrian Tomine and Kate Beaton have won Eisner Awards. In a book of this type, a girl listens to Iron Maiden tapes (10[1])and her Communist uncle (10[1])Anoosh (10[1])before going to (10[1])boarding school in Vienna. For 10 points, what sort of work is Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis? ■END■