The queue of readers wanting to get the signature of Italian cartoonist Michele Rech (Arezzo, 1983) at the Universal bookstore on Sant Jordi was 150 meters long. Perhaps part of this can be attributed to the Italian colony in Barcelona, ​​​​but we can no longer speak of it as a whole. Zerocalcare -his stage name- as an Italian phenomenon, if not a global one. And this is largely due to the success of the animated series he's created for Netflix: Strappare lungo and edge [Cut along the dotted line] and This world is not my rendering cattivo [This world won't make me a bad person.] However, the excuse for the visit to Barcelona was his new comic: When you die it will be for me (Polen Edicions / Reservoir Books), which explores the difficulties of the father-son relationship during a trip with his father to the family home in the Dolomites. This is one of the most personal works by an author who effortlessly intertwines political commitment—he's a leading figure in social movements in Italy—and conflicts of a personal nature.