Dross (YouTuber)

{{Short description|Venezuelan YouTuber and writer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}

{{Family name hatnote|Revilla|Lenoci|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox YouTube personality

| name = Dross

| image = Ángel David Revilla 2019.png

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Dross in 2019

| birth_name = Ángel David Revilla Lenoci

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|7|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Caracas, Venezuela

| nationality =

| education = Universidad Santa María

| occupation =

| signature = Dross Rotzank Autograph.png

| channels =

  • [https://www.youtube.com/@DrossRotzank DrossRotzank]
  • [https://www.youtube.com/@LosVlogsdeDross1 Los Vlogs de Dross]

  • [https://www.youtube.com/@MiQueridoMussolini Mi Querido Mussolini]

| years_active =

| genre = Black comedy (2006-2013)
Horror (2013–present)

| subscribers = 23.8 million (DrossRotzank)
3.2 million (Los Vlogs de Dross)
466 thousand (Mi Querido Mussolini)

| views = 6.72 billion (DrossRotzank)
215 million (Los Vlogs de Dross)
13.1 million (Mi Querido Mussolini)

| stats_update = 12 May 2025

| network = Mitú{{cite news |title="Nos están estafando": youtubers denuncian a la network Mitú (VIDEO) |work=Radio Fórmula |date=20 January 2020 |url=https://www.radioformula.com.mx/entretenimiento/20200120/nos-estan-estafando-youtubers-denuncian-a-la-network-mitu-video/ |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=es-MX |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526224744/https://www.radioformula.com.mx/entretenimiento/20200120/nos-estan-estafando-youtubers-denuncian-a-la-network-mitu-video/ |url-status=dead }}

| silver_button = yes

| silver_year = 2012

| gold_button = yes

| gold_year = 2013

| diamond_button = yes

| diamond_year = 2017

}}

Ángel David Revilla Lenoci (born 16 July 1982), better known as DrossRotzank or simply Dross, is a Venezuelan YouTuber and writer who has resided in Buenos Aires, Argentina, since 2007.{{cite news |author=Miguel Ángel Teposteco |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/espectaculos/farandula/2015/09/26/dross-el-youtuber-de-los-6-millones-de-seguidores |title=Dross, el youtuber de los 6 millones de seguidores |date=26 September 2015 |language=Spanish |newspaper=El Universal }}

Early life

Ángel David Revilla Lenoci was born on 16 July 1982 in Caracas.{{cite news |title=Dross Rotzank. Éste fue su primer video en YouTube |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/famosos/dross-rotzank-este-fue-su-primer-video-en-youtube |access-date=25 August 2021 |work=Milenio |date=9 October 2020 |language=es-MX}} His father was a pilot and his mother was a gastronomy-oriented businesswoman.{{cite news |last1=Sierra García |first1=Luisa Fernanda |title=Dross: había una vez un escritor convertido en youtuber |url=http://www.elmundo.com/noticia/Drosshabia-una-vez-un-escritor-convertido-en-youtuber-/352733 |work=El Mundo |access-date=31 December 2021 |date=21 May 2017 |language=es}} His ancestry comes from Spain, Italy, and United States. He studied at Santa Maria University, and graduated from Social Communication in 2007{{cite web |last1=Omaña |first1=Henysbel |title=Dross Rotzank, el youtuber que busca aterrorizar a los demás con sus historias |url=https://www.laneta.com/dross-rotzank-el-youtuber-que-busca-aterrorizar-a-los-demas-con-sus-historias-02-07/token/scroll |website=La Neta |access-date=26 May 2021 |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526224743/https://www.laneta.com/dross-rotzank-el-youtuber-que-busca-aterrorizar-a-los-demas-con-sus-historias-02-07/token/scroll |url-status=dead }} and also worked as a journalist for a medical magazine.{{cite news |title=¿Quién es Dross y por qué es toda una celebridad en YouTube? |url=https://rpp.pe/virales/youtube/quien-es-dross-y-por-que-es-toda-una-celebridad-en-youtube-noticia-978804 |access-date=10 March 2020 |work=RPP |date=18 July 2016 |language=es}}

In 1998 created the blog entitled El Diario de Dross (The Diary of Dross), whose username "Dross" originates due to a bad spelling of the name of the then wrestler Darren Drozdov, whom Revilla mistakenly refers to as «Warren Droz» in an interview with Radio Programas del Perú. Revilla started in 2000 writing scathing game reviews for websites like MeriStation or Vandal,{{cite news |title=En Directo: Dross se confesó en CNN Chile |url=https://www.cnnchile.com/tendencias/en-directo-dross-se-confeso-en-cnn-chile_20160911/ |access-date=31 December 2021 |work=CNN Chile |date=11 September 2016 |language=es}} he also made some posts in the forum GameFAQs.{{cite web |last1=Mtz |first1=Alejandro Cruz |title=Biografía de Dross {{!}} Edad, estatura, libros, Badabun |url=https://laletrade.com/biografias/youtuber/espanol/22482-dross |website=LaLetraDe |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=es-es}}

Career

=YouTube career=

File:Angel David Revilla.jpg

Revilla created his YouTube account, DrossRotzank in 2006,{{cite news |last1=Press |first1=Europa |title=Los 5 'youtubers' latinos mejor pagados del mundo |url=https://www.notimerica.com/sociedad/noticia-youtubers-latinos-mejor-pagados-mundo-20171211172731.html |access-date=20 November 2022 |work=www.notimerica.com |date=11 December 2017}} and in 2007, he moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he currently resides.{{cite news |last1=Gaceta |first1=La |title=Los secretos de Dross Rotzank, el terror de YouTube |url=https://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/818581/espectaculos/secretos-dross-rotzank-terror-youtube.html |access-date=20 November 2022 |work=www.lagaceta.com.ar |date=17 September 2019 |language=es-AR}} At first he was dedicated to uploading gameplays of different video games such as I Wanna Be the Guy. However, Dross had some videos that were older that in the end he deleted, among them is one that was re-uploaded by user Lucas Pedraza in which he calls a hacker.

In addition, he made some video reactions, videos answering questions and also some sketches with his characters like "El Troll", "La Gorda", "La Chica Pepsi", "Estela Conchaseca" and "Fuyito Kokoyama".{{cite news |title="Dross" invitado de honor en La Mole |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/techbit/2017/01/18/dross-invitado-de-honor-en-la-mole |access-date=31 December 2021 |work=El Universal |date=18 January 2017 |language=es}} His look consisted of wearing long hair, dark glasses and a straw hat with a leopard print.{{Cite news|last=López|first=Carolina|date=10 July 2021|title="Esto no es un top..." son las dos fotografías de Dross que muestran su drástico cambio físico|work=Radio Fórmula|url=https://futbol.radioformula.com.mx/fuera-de-juego/esto-no-es-un-top-son-las-dos-fotografias-de-dross-que-muestran-su-drastico-cambio-fisico/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710230848/https://futbol.radioformula.com.mx/fuera-de-juego/esto-no-es-un-top-son-las-dos-fotografias-de-dross-que-muestran-su-drastico-cambio-fisico/|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2021|access-date=23 December 2021}}

In mid-2013, he turned his content to horror videos,{{Cite news|date=6 November 2021|title="Escape", el libro en el que Dross creó a su propio antihéroe|work=El Universal|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/escape-el-libro-en-el-que-dross-creo-su-propio-antiheroe|access-date=23 December 2021}} and his most famous videos were the Top 7, which according to La Vanguardia, these videos "can take him twelve hours of work."{{cite news |title=Dross, el youtuber que mete miedo en las redes |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20170424/422013795990/dross-youtuber.html |access-date=11 October 2022 |work=La Vanguardia |date=24 April 2017 |language=es}} In 2015, Dross participated in a project called "Dross Dark Tales of Terror", where he told contemporary horror stories. Revilla currently runs two additional YouTube channels: Los Vlogs de Dross (Dross's Vlogs), in which he deals with controversial issues, and Mi Querido Mussolini ("My Dear Mussolini"), in which he uploads videos of his pet fish, Mussolini.{{cite news |title=¿Quién es Dross, el youtuber que fue atacado por usar la palabra 'feminazi'? |url=https://www.elgrafico.mx/viral/quien-es-dross-el-youtuber-que-fue-atacado-por-usar-la-palabra-feminazi |access-date=11 October 2022 |work=www.elgrafico.mx |date=10 August 2020 |language=es}}

In March 2017, Dross was invited to the La Mole Comic Con event, which took place at the World Trade Center in Mexico City and which was dedicated to pop culture and Japanese culture. He participated in three meet & greet sessions, on March 17, 18 and 19.{{cite news |title=Confirma youtuber Dross visita a México |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/espectaculos/farandula/2017/01/23/confirma-youtuber-dross-visita-mexico |work=El Universal |date=2017-01-23 |language=es}} Revilla traveled to the Horror Fest, held in the city of Monterrey, Mexico on October 6 and 7, 2018.{{cite news |last1=Rodarte |first1=Jorge |title=El influencer DrossRotzank viene a México |url=https://www.debate.com.mx/show/-venezolano-Angel-David-Revilla-DrossRotzank-Monterrey-20180604-0294.html |access-date=20 November 2022 |work=EL DEBATE |date=4 June 2018 |language=es-MX}} In 2018 and 2019, he won in the Digital Artist and Digital Vision Award categories from Martín Fierro Awards.{{cite news |title=Youtuber Dross ganó premio Martín Fierro al artista digital más influyente |url=http://www.eluniversal.com/entretenimiento/28000/youtuber-dross-gano-premio-martin-fierro-al-artista-digital-mas-influyente |access-date=26 May 2021 |work=El Universal |date=11 December 2018 |language=es}}{{cite news |title=Todos los ganadores del Martín Fierro Digital 2019 |url=https://tn.com.ar/show/novedades/2019/12/21/todos-los-ganadores-del-martin-fierro-digital-2019/ |access-date=1 January 2022 |work=Todo Noticias |date=22 December 2019 |language=es}}{{cite news |title=Martín Fierro Digital 2019: la lista de ganadores |url=https://www.mdzol.com/mdz-show/2019/12/23/martin-fierro-digital-2019-la-lista-de-ganadores-57065.html |access-date=1 January 2022 |work=MdzOnline |date=23 December 2019 |language=spanish}} In 2020, he exceeded 20 million subscribers.{{cite news |title=El juego de terror y enigmas de TikTok que ha enganchado a cientos de miles de personas |url=https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2020/08/27/articulo/1598530028_917313.html |access-date=11 October 2022 |work=Verne |date=27 August 2020 |language=es}} At the beginning of 2021, Dross lent his voice to a Manjarate commercial for the Chilean company Soprole, distributed through the Internet and Chilean television channels.{{cite web |title=Estic, el nuevo héroe de Manjarate |url=https://shinka.cl/post/estic-el-nuevo-heroe-de-manjarate--534 |website=Radio Shinka |access-date=15 June 2022 |language=es |date=30 April 2021 |archive-date=19 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119201601/https://shinka.cl/post/estic-el-nuevo-heroe-de-manjarate--534 |url-status=dead }} In December 2021, he won again in the category Best YouTuber of the Martín Fierro Awards.{{cite news |title=Martin Fierro Digital 2021: el youtuber Dross ganó el oro en Neuquén - TyC Sports |url=https://www.tycsports.com/gaming/martin-fierro-digital-2021-dross-dani-la-chepi-oro-id399896.html |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=TyC Sports |date=19 December 2021}}{{cite news |title=Martín Fierro de Oro para La Chepi y Dross en la cuarta entrega de la versión digital en Neuquén |url=https://www.eldestapeweb.com/espectaculos/argentina/martin-fierro-de-oro-para-la-chepi-y-dross-en-la-cuarta-entrega-de-la-version-digital-en-neuquen-2021121911180 |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=El Destape |date=19 December 2021 |language=es}}{{cite news |title=Martín Fierro Digital: Dani La Chepi y Dross recibieron las dos estatuillas de oro |url=https://www.losandes.com.ar/estilo/martin-fierro-digital-dani-la-chepi-y-dross-recibieron-las-dos-estatuillas-de-oro/ |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=Los Andes |date=20 December 2021 |language=es}}

=Writing career=

In 2015, he was invited to the YouTube Media Fest in Buenos Aires, where he stated during a question and answer session that "the biggest dream of my life is to publish a book." The people from the Planeta Group decided to speak with him to make and publish his first novel, Luna de Plutón (Pluto's Moon).{{cite news |last1=Ornelas |first1=Uriel |title="Dross", el "youtuber" de los 6 millones de seguidores |url=https://nortedigital.mx/dross-el-youtuber-de-los-6-millones-de-seguidores/ |access-date=20 November 2022 |work=Nortedigital |date=26 September 2015 |language=es}} It was released in Spain and Latin America in 2015, and it became one of the ten best-selling Argentine books in a few weeks.{{cite news |title=Los 10 libros más vendidos en la primera semana del 2016 |url=http://www.dineroenimagen.com/2016-01-09/67006 |access-date=11 October 2022 |work=DineroenImagen |date=10 January 2016 |language=es}} David reported in Clarín magazine that he "wrote this book with my real name, Angel Revilla, but I know that Luna de Pluton has drama, mystery, suspense, adventure, everything that Dross has. Above all the normal humor of my channel, black humor."{{cite news |url=http://www.clarin.com/cultura/Dross-youtubers-media_fest_0_1441056369.html |title=Dross, una estrella de YouTube, presenta su primera novela |trans-title=Dross, a YouTube star, releases his first novel |newspaper=Clarín |date=October 1, 2015 |language=Spanish }}

All his books from Luna de Plutón to Escape were published by Planeta Group.{{cite news |title=El venezolano Dross, botón de diamante |url=https://www.eluniversal.com/tecnologia/19425/el-venezolano-dross-boton-de-diamante |access-date=11 October 2022 |work=El Universal |date=9 January 2018 |language=es}}{{cite news |title="El Libro Negro", la exitosa y escalofriante novela de terror de Dross |url=https://laverdadnoticias.com/estiloyvida/El-Libro-Negro-la-exitosa-y-escalofriante-novela-de-terror-de-Dross---20200215-0091.html |access-date=11 October 2022 |work=La Verdad Noticias |date=15 February 2020 |language=es}}{{cite news |title="Escape", el libro en el que Dross creó a su propio antihéroe |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/escape-el-libro-en-el-que-dross-creo-su-propio-antiheroe |access-date=11 October 2022 |work=El Universal |date=6 October 2021 |language=es}} His second book, El Festival de la Blasfemia (The Festival of Blasphemy) was released in 2016, "a short story of terror, narrated from the black humor characteristic of Dross",{{cite news |url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/libros/dross-lima-trata-festival-blasfemia-232764 |title='Dross' en Lima: ¿De qué trata 'Festival de la blasfemia'? |trans-title='Dross' in Lima: What's 'Festival de la blasfemia' about? |newspaper=El Comercio |date=July 6, 2016 |language=Spanish }} a sequel to his first book, Luna de Plutón II: La guerra de Ysaak (Pluto's moon 2: The war of Ysaak), was released in March 2017.{{cite news |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/espectaculos/2017/04/1/dross-habla-de-la-trama-de-su-nuevo-libro |title=Dross habla de la trama de su nuevo libro |trans-title=Dross talks about the plot of his new book |newspaper=El Universal |date=April 1, 2017 |language=Spanish |agency=Notimex }}

His fourth book, El Valle de la Calma (The Valley of Calm) was published in 2018,{{cite news |author=Florencia Suárez |url=https://www.eldia.com/nota/2018-7-8-8-32-31-la-puerta-al-infierno-septimo-dia |title=Séptimo Día: Dross: La puerta al infierno |trans-title=Dross: The door to Hell |newspaper=El Día |date=July 8, 2018 |language=Spanish }}{{cite web |url=https://trome.pe/viral/instagram-dross-valle-calma-libro-promocion-video-fotos-85477 |title=Instagram viral: Dross demuestra con este video que es un maestro del clickbait |trans-title=Viral Instagram: Dross demonstrates with this video that he's a master of clickbait |website=Trome |date=June 8, 2018 |language=Spanish }} a thriller based on H. P. Lovecraft works.{{cite news |last1=Depablos |first1=Omarela |title=El terror que parió a Dross |url=https://elestimulo.com/climax/el-terror-que-pario-a-dross/ |access-date=26 May 2021 |work=El Estímulo |date=31 October 2019 |language=es}} In 2019, he released El libro negro. Deep web y horror cósmico (The black book. Deep web and cosmic horror),{{cite news |title=El youtuber Dross y "Sinceramente" lideran el ranking de los libros más vendidos |url=https://www.rosario3.com/ocio/El-youtuber-Dross-y-Sinceramente-lideran-el-ranking-de-los-libros-mas-vendidos-20190905-0040.html |access-date=11 October 2022 |work=Rosario3 |date=5 September 2019 |language=es}} which explores the topics of the Deep Web and cosmic horror. It was the best-selling book in some countries of The Americas,{{Cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/espanol/news/article/Los-10-libros-m-s-vendidos-14419472.php |title=Los 10 libros más vendidos |access-date=October 2, 2019 |archive-date=October 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002220137/https://www.sfgate.com/espanol/news/article/Los-10-libros-m-s-vendidos-14419472.php |url-status=dead }} like Argentina from August 25 to September 1, 2019.{{cite news |title=Los libros de un youtuber venezolano y el de Cristina, al tope del ranking de los más vendidos |url=https://www.eldia.com/nota/2019-9-3-14-48-0-los-libros-de-un-youtuber-venezolano-y-el-de-cristina-al-tope-del-ranking-de-los-mas-vendidos-informacion-general |access-date=26 May 2021 |work=Diario El Dia de La Plata |date=3 September 2019 |language=es}} In September 2021, he wrote Escape,{{cite news |title=El popular youtuber Dross lanza su nuevo libro: "Escape" |url=https://www.futuro.cl/2021/09/el-popular-youtuber-dross-lanza-su-nuevo-libro-escape/ |access-date=20 October 2021 |work=Futuro |date=22 September 2021 |language=es}}{{Cite web|date=29 September 2021|title=Envió afectuoso saludo a Chile: Dross reveló detalles de su nuevo libro y sus próximos proyectos|url=https://www.24horas.cl/tendencias/redessociales/envio-afectuoso-saludo-a-chile-dross-revelo-detalles-de-su-nuevo-libro-y-sus-proximos-proyectos-4992592|access-date=2021-12-23|website=24 horas|language=es}} a book with a disturbing story and black humor.{{cite news |title=Dross presenta "Escape", una historia perturbadora de humor negro |url=https://www.cronica.com.mx/escenario/dross-presenta-escape-historia-perturbadora-humor-negro.html |access-date=11 October 2022 |work=www.cronica.com.mx/ |date=9 October 2021 |language=es}}

Controversies

Dross' Internet career has been largely marked by controversy because of his outspoken attitude, especially regarding politics. He is largely opposed to the Chavism, the government of his native Venezuela under Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro.{{cite web |last1=Wild |first1=Jordi |title=Dross opina sobre Venezuela {{!}} The Wild Project |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrW4ZbGzqq0 |website=YouTube |access-date=13 September 2024 |date=28 April 2020}} He has constantly mocked Chavist personalities such as Chávez himself,{{cite news |last1=Moreno |first1=Kevin |title=Dross "celebra" el aniversario de la muerte de Hugo Chávez en sus redes sociales y se viraliza |url=https://aweita.larepublica.pe/virales/2021/03/05/dross-celebra-aniversario-muerte-hugo-chavez-4441 |access-date=13 September 2024 |work=Aweita - La República |date=5 March 2021 |language=es}} Maduro,{{cite web |first1=Ángel |last1=Revilla |title=Maduro salvador de la especie |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qSk8e-uWs0 |website=YouTube |access-date=13 September 2024 |date=13 April 2013}} Diosdado Cabello,{{cite web |last1=Revilla |first1=Ángel |title=DROSS on X |url=https://twitter.com/eldiariodedross/status/1821611930068643926 |website=X |access-date=13 September 2024}} and Mario Silva.{{cite web |last1=Revilla |first1=Ángel |title=Respuesta a Mario Silva |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JxkPAbnSGg |website=YouTube |access-date=13 September 2024 |date=12 June 2012}}{{cite web |last1=Revilla |first1=Ángel |title=Feliz Día De Los Inocentes, Mario |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saO8yMsSkxA |website=YouTube |access-date=13 September 2024 |date=28 December 2012}}{{cite web |last1=Revilla |first1=Ángel |title=¡Pilas, Mario Silva! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1be6v75A_98 |website=YouTube |access-date=13 September 2024 |date=22 May 2013}} During the 2024 Venezuelan political crisis, Dross expressed his hatred towards Maduro by saying "I hope that he ends up with a stick buried in his ass. I have absolutely no commiseration in saying that I wish him the worst, because he is a murderer and a genocidal"{{cite web |title=DROSS FURIOSO CON MADURO POR EL FRAUDE EN VENEZUELA |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVJ-Zzn4qAE |website=YouTube |publisher=Carajo |access-date=13 September 2024 |date=3 August 2024}} Dross also states that should he return to Venezuela under the Maduro government, he would be arrested and sent to El Helicoide.

In June 2022, Dross criticized the film Lightyear for containing a scene depicting a lesbian couple kissing, accusing Disney of "trying to clean its image" and calling the film "woke",{{Cite web|url=https://soyreferee.com/tendencias/2022/6/23/youtuber-dross-se-indigna-por-el-beso-de-lightyear-se-hace-viral-video-13671.html|title=Youtuber Dross se indigna por el beso de "Lightyear" y se hace viral {{!}} VIDEO|access-date=2023-06-19|date=2022-06-23|website=Soy Referee|language=es}}{{Cite web|url=https://es-us.finanzas.yahoo.com/noticias/dross-picada-escena-beso-lgbtqia-000400357.html|title=Dross en picada contra escena de beso LGBTQIA+ en Lightyear: cree que la inclusión fue a la fuerza|access-date=2023-06-19|date=2022-06-22|website=Yahoo Finance|language=es-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://observadorlatino.com/noticias/entretenimiento/cinco-refutaciones-a-dross-en-su-sesgo-contra-lightyear%ef%bf%bc/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625122227/https://observadorlatino.com/noticias/entretenimiento/cinco-refutaciones-a-dross-en-su-sesgo-contra-lightyear%EF%BF%BC/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 June 2022|title=Cinco refutaciones a Dross en su sesgo contra "Lightyear" - Observador Latino|access-date=2023-06-19|date=2022-06-25|language=es}} polarizing the internet, receiving backlash on social media as a result while others agreeing with his criticism to the company.{{Cite web|url=https://enagenda.com.ar/nota/7514/dross-en-el-centro-de-la-polemica-con-su-critica-a-lightyear-y-disney/|title=Dross en el centro de la polémica con su crítica a Lightyear y Disney|access-date=2023-06-19|website=En Agenda|language=es-ES}} Shortly thereafter, he made a tweet about The Little Mermaid, in a tone in what many saw as racist and xenophobic.{{cite web|access-date=2023-06-29|language=es|title=La Sirenita: Dross es destrozado en redes sociales por publicar un meme sobre Halle Bailey|url=https://www.tomatazos.com/noticias/842536/La-Sirenita-Dross-es-destrozado-en-redes-sociales-por-publicar-un-meme-sobre-Halle-Bailey|website=Tomatazos}}{{cite web|access-date=2023-06-29|date=2023-05-31|language=es|title=Dross causa polémica al publicar meme burlándose de actriz de La Sirenita y le responden molestos que es un "viejo racista"|url=https://www.tarreo.com/noticias/740166/Dross-causa-polemica-al-publicar-meme-burlandose-de-actriz-de-La-Sirenita-y-le-responden-molestos-que-es-un-viejo-racista|website=Tarreo}}

In August 2023, Dross attracted controversy after posting a tweet that depicted the desecration of the pride flag. The post was reported from Germany for allegedly violating the country's social media regulations. However, Twitter determined that the post did not breach either the platform's rules or German law. In response, Dross jokingly commented, "Calm down, little Adolfs".{{cite web|access-date=2023-08-09|language=es|title=Dross se burla de alemanes tras denuncia por imagen contra comunidad LGBT: "Calma, adolfitos"|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/tendencias/calma-adolfitos-dross-se-burla-de-alemanes-que-lo-denunciaron-por-imagen-contra-comunidad-lgbt/|website=El Universal}} Despite criticism from some users who considered the tweet offensive to the LGBTQ community,{{Cite web |title=Llueven críticas a Dross por publicar imagen de odio contra comunidad LGBT |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/tendencias/llueven-criticas-a-dross-por-publicar-imagen-de-odio-contra-comunidad-lgbt/ |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=El Universal |language=es}} Dross has stated in the past that he identifies as pansexual.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgrOevtLZkY |title=Dross se declara pansexual |date=2022-07-19 |last=Aegon |access-date=2025-07-01 |via=YouTube}}

Awards and nominations

Martín Fierro Awards

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2018

| Digital Artist

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2019

| Digital Vision Award

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2020

| Best YouTuber

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Filmography

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Year

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! Role

2006

| Voces anónimas

| Storyteller (2013–present)

2015

| Dross Dark Tales of Terror

| Storyteller

Works

  • (2015) Luna de Plutón. Planeta. {{ISBN|978-950-730-096-7}}.
  • (2016) Festival de la blasfemia. Planeta. {{ISBN|978-950-730-113-1}}.
  • (2017) Luna de Plutón II: La guerra de Ysaak. Planeta. {{ISBN|978-950-730-152-0}}.
  • (2018) El Valle de la Calma. Planeta. {{ISBN|978-950-730-206-0}}.
  • (2019) El libro negro. Deep web y horror cósmico. Planeta. {{ISBN|978-950-870-153-4}}.
  • (2021) Escape. Planeta. {{ISBN|950-870-18-46}}.

References

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