Michele Rech (Italian: [mi'k??le 'r?k]; born 12 December 1983), known as Zerocalcare ([?dz?rokal'ka?re]), 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 mother. He was raised in France and later in Rome (Rebibbia-Ponte Mammolo area), where he graduated a
Born On: 12-Dec-1983
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