Zahra's Paradise

I read about the new web comic Zahra's Paradise in the Economist. "The scenes are from “Zahra’s Paradise”, an online graphic novel written and illustrated by two Iranians in America. The authors are anonymous, fearing what could happen to relatives still in Iran. The novel, published three times a week, tells in stark black-and-white pictures the story of Iran’s protesters and the horrors they have endured since the election. Tens of thousands of readers scattered all over the world follow each instalment in languages from Persian and Arabic to Dutch and Korean. When the story is finished, the authors plan to release it as a book."

You can start at the beginning (published in February) Chapter 1: Aftermath.

NPR mentioned it in March. "Another, wholly separate, thing that comics do well is explore historical events in ways that make them freshly available to the senses."