He was born in Cortona and grew up in France and then in Rome . He began his career in 2001 , when he created a cartoon about the G8 summit in Genoa . 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 '' . In the same month he won the '' Gran Guinigi Award '' at Lucca Comics for best short story . On July 14 , 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
G8 summit in Genoa
27th G8 summit
Zerocalcare