{{Short description|Italian comic book series}} {{Distinguish|Isabelle (comics)}} {{Infobox comic book title | title=Isabella |image= Isabella (comics) cover.jpg |caption= |format= |genre= |publisher= |date= |issues= |main_char_team= |writers= Giorgio Cavedon |artists= Sandro Angiolini |creators= }}
'''''Isabella''''' ({{langx|it|Isabella Duchessa dei Diavoli}}, i.e. "Isabella Duchess of the Devils") is an Italian comic book series created by Giorgio Cavedon as the writer and Sandro Angiolini as artist.
== History == The series started in 1966 and it was inspired in plot and title by the renowned novel ''Angélique, the Marquise of the Angels'' and its on-screen adaptation, which had had a significant success at the Italian box office. Set in 17th century France, it features the adventures of Isabella de Frissac, an uninhibited noblewoman who works as a secret agent for cardinal Richelieu and, in the course if her missions, faces any sort of vexation and torture.<ref name=nssh>{{cite book|author=Gianni Bono|title=Guida al fumetto italiano|publisher=Epierre, 2003|pages=1058–1060}}</ref><ref name=Fossati>{{cite book|author=Franco Fossati|title=Dizionario Illustrato del Fumetto|publisher=Mondadori, 1992|isbn=8804355441|chapter=Isabella|year=1992 }}</ref>
The series is considered a progenitor of Italian adult comics, especially because of its sado-masochistic elements, which were an absolute innovation in the fumetti panorama. The storylines also included grotesque situations, such as a scene in episode 8 which depicted the protagonist being raped by a bear.<ref name="Fossati"/>
Starting from July 1969 Gaspare De Fiore and Umberto Sammarini replaced Angiolini as artists. Publications ceased in October 1976, after 263 issues.<ref name="nssh"/>
A comic book collection series, ''Isabella Gigante'' was published between 1969 and 1971.<ref name="nssh"/>
== Legacy == A film adaptation, ''Isabella, Duchess of the Devils'', directed by Bruno Corbucci and starring Brigitte Skay in the title role, was released in 1969.<ref name="60-69 z">{{cite book|author=Roberto Poppi|author2=Mario Pecorari|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film|year=2007 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2007|isbn=978-8884405036}}</ref>
The comic book also inspired a series of novels, ''Le memorie di Isabella''.<ref name="Fossati"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Italian comics titles Isabella Isabella Category:1966 comics debuts Isabella Isabella Category:Adventure comics Category:BDSM literature Category:Comics about women Category:Female characters in comics Category:Comics set in the 17th century Category:Comics set in France Category:Italian comics adapted into films