Josephine Yole Signorelli (born 10 December 1991),
known professionally as Fumettibrutti,
is an Italian cartoonist and activist.
Biography
Josephine Yole Signorelli is a transgender woman. After graduating with a degree in graphic design at the State Art Institute of Catania in 2010,
she continued her studies in the painting course at the
Academy of Fine Arts
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, also in her hometown, obtaining her degree in 2013.
She then moved to
Bologna
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to attend the specialization course in "Linguaggi del Fumetto" at the
Academy of Bologna,
where she completed it in 2019.
Fumettibrutti quickly became an internet celebrity after opening her art project on social networks, and was contacted by Feltrinelli in
Milan
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to debut with an author publication in the new editorial series 'Feltrinelli Comics', inaugurated in 2018,
winning the Micheluzzi Award for Best First Work at
Napoli Comicon
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, the Cecchetto Award for Best Emerging Talent at the Treviso Comic Festival,
and the Grand Guinigi for Best Newcomer at
Lucca Comics & Games
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References
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1991 births
Living people
People from Catania
Italian women cartoonists
Italian comics artists
21st-century Italian artists
21st-century Italian women artists
Italian LGBTQ artists
Italian transgender women