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He also wrote with Fenoglio a brief essay on the use of graphic novels to tell the story about the massacres in Milan and Brescia, published in Piazza Fontana 43 anni dopo. Along with Sakka, he is the author of Goodbye Marilyn, from which a short animated film of the same name was made, directed by Maria di Razza, and presented as a special event at the XV edition of the \"Giornate degli Autori\" during the 75° edition of the Film Festival of Venice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoberta Sacchi, a.k.a. Sakka, was born in Cremona. As a comic book artist, she started making herself a name in 2011, at Futuro Anteriore collective, during Napoli Comicon. Afterwards, she published several graphic novels as a solo author with Centro Fumetto Andrea Pazienza: Il Sogno del Minotauro, Elain, Il Libro Nuovo - come la Dama e la Tigre risalirono l'Ignoto and the artbook Ninfe. 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