Ellekappa

Laura Pellegrini (born 12 November 1955), best known as Ellekappa, is an Italian editorial cartoonist, comic artist and illustrator.

Life and career Born in Rome, Pellegrini graduated from a fashion school for stylists before being employed as a clerk in a ministerial office. First close to anarchism and later to the Italian Communist Party, she made her comic debut in the political magazine Città futura. 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. In 2007, she was awarded the Flaiano Prize for satire.