Nellie Bly
Nellie Bly
by Luciana Cimino, Sergio Algozzino
Tunué, 2019
160 pages
17×24 cm
The first investigative journalist to pioneer undercover journalism. A woman that has become a symbol of women’s empowerment.
The true story of Nellie Bly, born in New York in the second half of the xix Century, the first woman journalist to deal with the news. A graphic novel telling the story of a woman who became an icon, examined through the juxtaposition with a girl who wants to pursue the same career.
The story, told through her memories, recalls her professional adventures: when she pretended to be crazy and she was interned to carry out an investigation about a mental hospital, or when she solo travelled around the world in 72 days, in a period when such actions were unthinkable for a woman.
Nellie Bly was one of the few journalists who interviewed Belva Ann Lockwood, the first woman nominated to the US presidential elections in 1884. In those years, the first advertising campaigns were born, and many of them used Bly’s face.
Rights sold: World English (Abrams ComicArts), World French (Steinkis), World Spanish (Libre Albedrío), Russian (KompasGuide)
Rights available: all other territories
Luciana Cimino is an Italian journalist. She worked for many years at L’Unità and has written for numerous newspapers. She currently manages communication and information quality at the most important Italian communication agency: HDRÀ.
Sergio Algozzino worked with several of the most important publishing houses (Disney, Sergio Bonelli Editore, Becco Giallo), before landing permanently at Tunué, with which he published several titles: Myrna and the touch of death, Il piccolo Caronte, Storie di un’attesa, Memorie a 8bit, Dieci giorni da Beatle, Hellza rockin’ and the essay Tutto a un tratto. In 2013 he won the Francisco Solano Lòpez Award as Best Artist. Alongside his work as a designer and colorist, he works as a teacher at various comics schools.
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