James Jean, Marjane Satrapi join 'new radicals' list

Remember yesterday, when Nerve.com listed Brian Michael Bendis as one of its 50 new radicals? Well, the website isn't done with the world of comic books.

Today, James Jean (Fables, Process Recess) is dubbed "Radical Illustrator" for his magazine work, while Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis) is named "Radical Cartoonist."

On Jean: "James Jean's illustrations showed up in every single magazine we read this year, and we're far from sick of him. In fact, we're thoroughly enchanted. Look at his illustration for a Sigur Ros interview; if you've never heard the band, you now know exactly what they sound like. Or check out this beautifully bizarre series of paintings he did for Men's Health (yes, Men's Health). Even his Target ad elicits a sigh of wonder."

On Satrapi: "When she spoke last year at West Point — where her memoir of life in Iran, Persepolis, was required reading — author Marjane Satrapi said, 'Twenty-five years ago, they were saying, "Read the Koran, God is on our side," and "You are going to fight the big Satan." And the big Satan, they were you . . . And twenty-five years after, I hear the American government saying, "God is on our side," "Read the Bible" and "We are going to fight the axis of evil." [It] is the same words. But when it comes from an Iranian mullah, [it] is normal. An Iranian mullah is supposed to be a fanatic. It's not normal when it comes from the biggest secular democracy in the whole world.' At West Point! Satrapi shows no fear. And she has been blessedly honest about women's rights, sex and love in the Middle East. Read Nerve's bawdy interview with her here."