Anna Brandoli (born 25 July 1945) is an

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female

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Early life

Anna Brandoli was born in

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on July 25, 1945, as

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was coming to an end. At age fourteen, Brandoli started working in a ceramic warehouse and attended an evening school known as Scuola del Castello. She attended an evening school as an alternative so that she could work during the day. Brandoli studied advertisement graphics at Scuola del Castello while she tried a number of jobs on the side. Eventually, Brandoli settled in the Knorr internal office, where she illustrated brochures for sellers. After advertising, she turned to comic making and eventually collaborates with

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Renato Queirolo. They worked together to make comics that took inspiration from researched historical settings and imagination combined to create stories of adventure. Brandoli illustrations included different topics in their comics such as symbolism of power and protagonists that overlap with ideals of the

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Biography

Born in

, Brandoli made her debut in 1977 in ''Alter Alter'' magazine. For that magazine, she drew ''La Strega'' (''The Witch'') with Renato Queirolo, who became her main

. This comic was translated in many languages including

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(published by Glénat), Danish (published by Carlsen), and

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(published by Medusa). In

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it is called ''Rebecca'', which was the name of the comic's heroine. Together, Brandoli and Queirolo also published two albums for a younger audience: ''Colorina'' and ''Il Mago di Oz'' (

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). In 1981, Brandoli started the ''I Testamenti di Sant'Ambrogio (Rebecca)'' series in the magazine '' Linus''. This series narrates the adventures of a woman living in the 15th century

. The series was continued in ''

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'' and ''Comic Art''. In 1988, she produced ''Alias'' for ''Isola Trovata'', again with Queirolo. She also started the ''Cuba 42'' series with writer Ottavio De Angelis, set in the

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References

Anna Brandoli French albums
Bedetheque Footnotes

External links

on Lambiek Comiclopedia
Anna Brandoli comics
on International Comic Festival
Anna Brandoli interview
on Fumetto Logica Artists from Milan Italian female comics artists Living people 1945 births {{Europe-comics-creator-stub