Satrapi was the author of the renowned autobiographical comic series.Marjane Satrapi, the cartoonist responsible for the acclaimed Persepolis graphic novels, has died at age 56. A statement "from close friends and family" was provided to France's AFP newswire, which notes, “Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and …