Zerocalcare

Real Name and aliases:

Michele Rech

Website:

Country:

Italy

Character:

Award:

  • 2009 - Zuda Comics Competition of January 2009 (for Safe Inside),
  • 2012 - Macchianera Italian Awards as Best draftsman-Cartoonist,
  • 2012 - XL Award (for The Armadillo Prophecy),
  • 2012 - Micheluzzi Award for the best webcomic (for zerocalcare.it),
  • 2013 - XL Award and Micheluzzi Award for the best comic book (for Tentacles at My Throat),
  • 2013 - Archivio Disarmo - Colombe d'Oro per la Pace Journalistic Award,
  • 2013 - Lucca Comics & Games Gran Guinigi Award for the best short story (for The Armadillo Prophecy),
  • 2014 - Satira politica di Forte dei Marmi Award for the best satirical drawing,
  • 2017 - Micheluzzi Award for the best short story (for Kobane Calling: Greetings From Northern Syria, on Internazionale n°1085),
  • 2018 - Mondadori Public Award during the Micheluzzi Awards (for Forget My Name)

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Biography

Michele Rech (born 12 December 1983), known 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 because he had to choose a nickname to quickly join a discussion on Internet.

Artistic production

Comic Title Role Publisher Year Language
Scheletri Author Bao Publishing 2020 Italian
Un polpo alla gola Author Bao Publishing 2012 Italian
DODICI Author Bao Publishing 2013 Italian
L'elenco telefonico degli accolli Author Bao Publishing 2015 Italian
Kobane Calling di Zerocalcare. Facce, Parole e Scarabocchi Da Rebibbia Al Confine Turco Siriano Author Unspecified 2015 Italian
Macerie Prime Author Bao Publishing 2017 Italian
La Profezia dell'Armadillo Author Bao Publishing 2016 Italian
Kobane Calling Author Cover Artist Bao Publishing 2016 Italian
Dimentica il mio Nome Author Cover Artist Bao Publishing 2014 Italian
La Rabbia Author Einaudi 2016 Italian
Ogni maledetto lunedì su due Author Bao Publishing 2013 Unspecified
Comics & science (Vol. 1) Author Feltrinelli 2022 Italian
Dylan Dog presenta Groucho #1 Author Sergio Bonelli Editore 2017 Italian