Chiara "Karicola" Colagrande
BIO
Chiara "Karicola" Colagrande
Chiara "Karicola" Colagrande, born in Italy in 1984, holds a degree in Cultural Heritage (graduating with honors) and trained at the Academy of Comics in Pescara. Dedicated to children's publishing, she also teaches drawing across schools and comic courses throughout Italy. Since 2006, she has worked as an illustrator for numerous international agencies and publishing houses, including Disney, Dupuis, Delcourt, Panini Kids, Fanucci, Igloo Books, Giunti, Fleurus Éditions, Caramel Publishing, Raffaello Scuola, ELI Publishing, Piccolia Éditions, Erickson, and Splash Éditions. Her notable comic works include the series Claire et Malou (written by Tauro and published by Dupuis in 2024), Guni – Una fantastica avventura (also with Tauro), and Il regista di film brutti che vinse il festival di Cannes (Shockdom), written by Davide La Rosa and co-drawn with Fabrizio "Pluc" Di Nicola. She also illustrated the series Mes souvenirs en BD – 1980–1984 for Dupuis.
Chiara "Karicola" Colagrande, born in Italy in 1984, holds a degree in Cultural Heritage (graduating with honors) and trained at the Academy of Comics in Pescara. Dedicated to children's publishing, she also teaches drawing across schools and comic courses throughout Italy. Since 2006, she has worked as an illustrator for numerous international agencies and publishing houses, including Disney, Dupuis, Delcourt, Panini Kids, Fanucci, Igloo Books, Giunti, Fleurus Éditions, Caramel Publishing, Raffaello Scuola, ELI Publishing, Piccolia Éditions, Erickson, and Splash Éditions. Her notable comic works include the series Claire et Malou (written by Tauro and published by Dupuis in 2024), Guni – Una fantastica avventura (also with Tauro), and Il regista di film brutti che vinse il festival di Cannes (Shockdom), written by Davide La Rosa and co-drawn with Fabrizio "Pluc" Di Nicola. She also illustrated the series Mes souvenirs en BD – 1980–1984 for Dupuis.
