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Zerocalcare
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Michele Rech (; born 12 December 1983), known professionally as Zerocalcare (), is an Italian cartoonist. His pen name, literally meaning "zero limescale", was inspired by an Italian TV commercial jingle for a descaler product, and was chosen when he needed a nickname to quickly join a discussion on the Internet.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1983
- Works
- 24
Top works
- ABLAZE Artist Spotlight Collected Set - Zerocalcare
- A profecía do armadillo
- Zerocalcare's the Armadillo Prophecy PDF
- Zerocalcare's the Armadillo Prophecy Digital
- Zerocalcare's the Armadillo Prophecy
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Cortona, Italy
Michele Rech (Italian: [miˈkɛːle ˈrɛk]; born 12 December 1983), known as Zerocalcare ([ˌdzɛrokalˈkaːre]), is an Italian cartoonist. His pen name, meaning "zero limescale", is based from a TV commercial jingle for a descaler product that came to his mind when he had to quickly come up with a Internet nickname. Rech was born in Cortona, Tuscany, Italy, to an Italian father from Rome and a French…
Known for
- My 2 Cents — Zerocalcare (voice)2026
- Generazione Fumetto — Self2025
- La scuola romana delle risate — Sé stesso2025
- Bonvi - Una vita inventata — Sé stesso2025
- Museocracy - Giocare con il museo per cambiare la città2025
- This World Can't Tear Me Down — Zerocalcare (voice)2023
- Margins — Himself2022
- Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue — Self2022
- La Conferenza Stampa2022
- In campo nemico — himself2021
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 209
- Total plays
- 533
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Key facts
- Comics creator.image
- Zerocalcare (cropped).jpg
- Comics creator.caption
- Zerocalcare - Lucca Comics and Games 2018
- Comics creator.birth_name
- Michele Rech
- Comics creator.birth_place
- Cortona, Italy
- Comics creator.notable works
- ''This World Can't Tear Me Down''
- Comics creator.website
- http://www.zerocalcare.it/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Arezzo
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Educated at
- Lycée français Chateaubriand
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- Italian
- Notable work
- This World Can't Tear Me Down
- Field of work
- comics
- Official website
- www.zerocalcare.it
- Image
- Zerocalcare - Lucca Comics and Games 2012.JPG
- Residence
- Rome
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- influenced by
- Jamie Hewlett
- birth name
- Michele Rech
- name in native language
- Zerocalcare
- pseudonym
- Zerocalcare
- date of birth
- 1983-12-12
- Commons category
- Zerocalcare
- writing language
- Italian
- web feed URL
- www.zerocalcare.it/feed
- official blog URL
- blog.wired.it/zerocalcare
- social media followers
- 100000
- related category
- Category:Zerocalcare
- topic's main category
- Category:Zerocalcare
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early life
- Early career (2003–2012)
- Career (2013–present)
- Works
- Comics
- Graphic novels
- Short Comics
- Collections
- Essays and critique
- Forewords
- Cover arts
- Other
- Filmography
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
Michele Rech (; born 12 December 1983), known professionally as Zerocalcare (), is an Italian cartoonist. His pen name, literally meaning "zero limescale", was inspired by an Italian TV commercial jingle for a descaler product, and was chosen when he needed a nickname to quickly join a discussion on the Internet.
As of 2019, his books have sold over one million copies. His works were also adapted in other media, including the 2018 live-action movie The Armadillo Prophecy (Italian: ''La profezia dell'armadillo), based on the 2011 graphic novel of the same name, and the Netflix animated series Tear Along the Dotted Line (2021) and This World Can't Tear Me Down (2023), in which he also starred.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zerocalcare” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.