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Recent papers in Zerocalcare
The American thinker Murray Bookchin was an influential exponent of post-classical anarchism in the 20th-century and father of “social ecology”: his academic research is based on identifying the place in which building the alternative... more
In alcune tavole della graphic novel di Kobane Calling, pubblicata dalla casa editrice Bao nel 2015, il fumettista Michele Rech, in arte Zerocalcare, prova a spiegare il motivo più profondo della sua partenza per un racconto sul conflitto... more
[ENGLISH] The essay examines Rebibbia Quarantine, a series of animated shorts released by renowned Italian comic artist Zerocalcare (Michele Rech) both on his social network channels and via television broadcast in the Spring of 2020. The... more
The women-led revolution in Rojava, Eastern Syrian Kurdistan, against ISIS's islamic fundamentalism, narrated in the reportage “Kobane Calling” by the italian cartoonist Zerocalcare
Articolo-recensione su "Strappare lungo i bordi" di Zerocalcare (Netflix, 2021). Pubblicato su Quaerere (quaerere.it) il 13/12/2021.
Mobilizing the perspective of a Millennial author of comic books (Zerocalcare), a Gen-Xer author (Murgia) and the Boomer filmmaker who adapted her debut book into a film (Virzì), this essay invites to look at the poetics of precarity in... more
This paper analyses the importance of new reform movements and social media, and the construction of a new global citizenship, in the production of Zerocalcare. This young artist’s works are deeply connected with everyday life and, at the... more
In Italy, following the 2008 global financial crisis, the economic wealth and social stability that younger generations relied on went from being a certainty to a major source of concern. The increasing precariousness of a neoliberal... more