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Rome hosts an exhibition that recalls the work of 25 women illustrators

Rome, May 28 (EFE) .- (Camera: Álvaro Padilla) The exhibition "Women in Comics", which brings together the work of twenty-five great American illustrators has been turned into a journey through Women in Comics, inaugurated on Friday in Rome, the first time the work of these artists will be seen together in Europe.FOOTAGE OF THE EXHIBITION.SOUNDBITES OF STEFANO PICCOLLI, CURATOR OF THE ITALIAN EDITION:Translation: "This long road born in the 60s, 70s started by brave and pioneering authors, who found themselves with a rubber wall, with a market that in fact did not want women in the world of comics, even the authors that were considered more alternative more underground; it was practically at a time when this story of self-determination of the authors, had to go through self-production through underground drawings, and began to flourish, especially in San Francisco, which was somewhat geeky, a little peace and love, began to flourish a series of "feminist and feminine" publications addressing themes of sexuality, love, motherhood, intimacy, biographical, satirical. Men thought that only they could tell a story, but in certain cases, the female authors were more able to tell those stories.