Looking around YouTube, I found an interview on IFC with Marjane Satrapi, where she basically goes into what comics she read as a child. She explains that most of the comics that she read, she read in France, and the first comic she received there was Art Spieglman’s Maus. She talks about how before reading Maus she thought that comics were only for children, but after reading that she realized that for her, the images and the text aren’t separate, and that comics are just another way for her to express herself. She also discusses how her grandmother influenced the way she thinks in terms of ethics.