Michele Rech is one of the most popular cartoonists from Italy, but you’d know him better by his pen name, Zerocalcare, aka Zero. In Netflix’s newest animated comedy series, This World Can’t Tear Me Down, Zero stars as himself as he observes how people have fallen into apathy and selfishness in a town that he no longer recognizes. It all begins with a refugee crisis and snowballs into a clash between two parties, but Zero delivers a message that goes beyond riots, refugees, and government politics. Here’s what happens in this comedy series, This World Can’t Tear Me Down.

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Why Does Zero Tear Posters?

Zerocalcare is coming off the high of earning a Netflix show for his cartoons; he’s bought a house, is always busy making comics, and the only free time he gets is spent with his buddies Sarah and Secco. Although he...