Ellekappa
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| Born | Laura Pellegrini 12 November 1955 (age 70) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
Laura Pellegrini (born 12 November 1955), best known as Ellekappa, is an Italian editorial cartoonist, comic artist and illustrator.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Born in Rome, Pellegrini graduated from a fashion school for stylists before being employed as a clerk in a ministerial office.[1] First close to anarchism and later to the Italian Communist Party, she made her comic debut in the political magazine Città futura.[1][2] Since then she collaborated with numerous high-profile newspapers and magazines, notably Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, L'Unità, Il manifesto, Il Male, Linus, Cuore, Tango, Noi donne.[1][2] She also served as a collaborating writer in several satirical shows, notably Striscia la notizia and Drive In.[1]
The main subjects of Ellekappa's generally black-and-white cartoons are two people, often women, discussing the daily events in a harsh and bitter tone, in a dialog generally consisting of just two lines.[1][3] In 2007, she was awarded the Flaiano Prize for satire.[1]
References
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- 1955 births
- Living people
- Artists from Rome
- Italian comics writers
- Italian female comics artists
- Italian female comics writers
- 20th-century Italian illustrators
- 21st-century Italian illustrators
- Italian magazine cartoonists
- Italian editorial cartoonists
- Italian women cartoonists
- Italian women satirists
- Italian satirical comics writers
- Italian satirical comics artists
- Italian satirical television show creators
- Pseudonymous editorial cartoonists
- Pseudonymous comics artists
- Pseudonymous illustrators