Claudia Cerulo is postdoctoral researcher in Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature at the University of Naples Federico II. She is currently working on the PRIN PNRR PANIC – Post Apocalyptic Narratives in Italian Culture (2000-2022). She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Bologna (DESE – Doctorat d’études supérieures europeennes). Her research interests include the relationship between literature and psychoanalysis, the autobiographical genre, feminist philosophy, and comics studies. She has published several essays in national and international journals. She is a member of the research group SnIF (Studying ’n’ Investigating Fumetti).