Zerocalcare
















Zerocalcare

Zerocalcare - Lucca Comics and Games 2012.JPG
Zerocalcare - Lucca Comics and Games 2012

Born Michele Rech
1983-12-12
Arezzo
Nationality italian
http://www.zerocalcare.it/

Zerocalcare (real name Michele Rech) (Arezzo,12 December 1983) is an Italian cartoonist. His pen name was inspired by an Italian TV commercial jingle for a descaler product because he had to choose a nickname to join a discussion on Internet.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Works


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Biography




A street mural by Zerocalcare in Rebibbia, Rome


He was born in Arezzo and grew up in France and then in Rome.[1] He began his career in 2001, when he created a cartoon about the G8 summit in Genoa.[2]
In 2003 he began working as an illustrator for the daily newspaper Liberazione and for several Italian periodicals such as Carta and La Repubblica XL, and for the online division of DC Comics, Zuda Comics.
In 2007 created the cartoon "La politica non c'entra niente" in collaboration with Push/R, inspired by the murder of Renato Biagetti. In October 2011 he published his first graphic novel, La profezia dell'armadillo, produced by the cartoonist Makkox.
In November 2011 he started a cartoon blog zerocalcare.it in which he published autobiographical strips. In September his blog won the Macchianera Award 2012 as Best draftsman-Cartoonist.[3]
In the same month he won the "Gran Guinigi" award at Lucca Comics for best short story.
On 14 July 2014 the editor BAO Publishing published the cover of the Zerocalcare's graphic novel "Dimentica il mio nome". In April 2016 the stories published in the magazine Internazionale were collected in the volume Kobane Calling, a cartoon focused on the conflict between the Kurds and the Islamic State.
In 2017 Kobane Calling won the Micheluzzi Award as best cartoon at Naples Comicon. Kobane Calling was published in English in 2016.[4]



Works




  • La profezia dell'armadillo, Edizioni Graficart, 2011, .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
    ISBN 8889021446


  • La profezia dell'armadillo - colore 8 bit, BAO Publishing, 2012,
    ISBN 9788865431030


  • Un polpo alla gola, BAO Publishing, 2012,
    ISBN 9788865431139


  • Ogni maledetto lunedì su due, BAO Publishing, 2013,
    ISBN 9788865431559


  • Dodici, BAO Publishing, 2013,
    ISBN 9788865431801


  • Dimentica il mio nome, BAO Publishing, 2014,
    ISBN 9788865432549


  • Kobane Calling, Internazionale n. 1085, 2015


  • L'elenco telefonico degli accolli, BAO Publishing, 2015,
    ISBN 9788865435014


  • Ferro e piume, Internazionale n. 1122, 2015


  • Kobane Calling, Bao Publishing, 2016,
    ISBN 8865436182,
    ISBN 978-8865436189


  • Groviglio, La Repubblica 24 December 2016



References




  1. ^ ab Ravarino, Mauro (2015-01-18). "Zerocalcare da Kobane in Val di Susa". Il Manifesto (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-05-16.


  2. ^ Zerocalcare. "La nostra storia alla sbarra". issuu.com. Retrieved 2017-05-16.


  3. ^ "#MIA 2012 – Macchianera Italian Awards 2012 /3 – La classifica finale e i vincitori". macchianera.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-05-16.


  4. ^ "Kurdish Question". Retrieved 19 May 2017.



External links






  • Official blog










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