(ANSA) - ROME, 01 OCT - Other than "in the opposite direction", Michele Rech, aka Zerocalcare, considers himself "of common sense and absolute regularity".
He tells ANSA and announces the release of two new books, at the Together Festival, at the Auditorium Parco dellaMusica in Rome, where on the opening day he is highly anticipated for the meeting, sold out, in which he and Erri De Luca, moderatida Marco Damilano, talk about what "In the opposite direction" means.
"I consider it a beautiful phrase because it is from De André, but I would feel very presumptuous to consider myself part of that opposite direction. I try to do my own thing, in the same direction, opposite, it depends on the times. I have the vision of common sense, it is the others who they are against "explains Zerocalcare, cartoonist with a huge following of fans for his books, from 'LaProfezia dell'Armadillo' to 'Kobane Calling', published by BaoPulishing.
"Both Erri De Luca and I are people who have expressed themselves on issues concerning dissent in this country, but even in this case I think that the dissent that I may have expressed is always a thing of absolute common sense. Semmaimi it seems that radicalism is very important. more in the opponent's field than mine "underlines Michele Rech.
"I am a super privileged lockdown. I work inside the house and having not been able to have distractions outside I worked a lot more. I managed to write two books" he announces.
"In mid-October 2020 a comic of mine comes out that is not current in some way: either it is past or it is future. It does not frame the moment in which it will come out. And this thing is strange. It is called 'Skeletons' and tells an episode of a few years ago that happened to me, in my neighborhood (Rebibbia ed), but also to other people. It generally concerns the way in which the neighborhoods of Rome are told, the relationship with violence and those shades of gray that exist in the way of telling the suburbs, while usually he speaks of it either as a symbol of absolute degradation and violence or as the myth of the good savage, where everyone loves each other "he says.
"In mid-November, 'A father dead' is released. In reality it is a Christmas tale conceived last Christmas. An illustrated book. There is talk of elves and Santa Claus and they are out of Covid".
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