Mickey Zacchilli

{{Short description|American cartoonist and voice actor}}

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Mickey Zacchilli is an American comics artist and voice actor, currently known for portraying the character Little Destiny in the adult animated television series Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. She has been nominated for three Ignatz Awards, including as an editor for Outstanding Anthology with Lovers Only in 2018,{{cite web|title=Rounding up the 2018 Ignatz Award Winners and SPX Controversies|date=21 September 2018 |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/rounding-up-the-2018-ignatz-award-winners-and-spx-controversies/|publisher=Comics Beat}} Outstanding Graphic Novel with RAV in 2015,{{cite web|title=Your 2015 Ignatz Award Winners!|url=https://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/your_2015_ignatz_award_winners/|publisher=The Comics Reporter}} and Outstanding Minicomic with RAV #6 in 2012.

Biography

Zacchilli grew up in Massachusetts before attending Rhode Island School of Design for screen printing in Providence, Rhode Island, where she currently resides.{{cite web|title=Mickey Zacchilli|url=https://issuu.com/forgeartmag/docs/issuu17|author=Matthew James-Wilson|date=November 2017 |publisher=FORGE Art Magazine}}

Her interest in comics began with newspaper comic strips and X-Men before reading Skeleton Key and discovering manga and anime, including Ranma ½.

Zacchilli self-published her first comic series, Bullshit Frank and Gorilla Joe, while working at a café. Editions of her work, including her series RAV, were risograph-printed and had screen-printed covers, which helped attract attention to her work at comic book conventions including Small Press Expo.

Zacchilli, also a musician, has performed with the band Clear Leader, and as a solo artist under the name Dungeon Broads.

Zacchilli is a practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu,{{cite web|title='Uhhh I Haven't Heard This, About Me Being an Artistic Hero Haha': A Conversation with Mickey Zacchilli|date=18 January 2019 |url=https://www.tcj.com/uhhh-i-havent-heard-this-about-me-being-an-artistic-hero-haha-a-conversation-with-mickey-zacchilli/|publisher=The Comics Journal}} and earned her black belt under instruction from former Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor Eric Spicely.

Bibliography

  • Bullshit Frank and Gorilla Joe (2011), self-published
  • RAV 1st Collection (2014), Youth in Decline
  • RAV 2nd Collection (2017), Youth in Decline
  • Space Academy 123 (2018), Koyama Press

Voice acting filmography

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Year

! Title

! Role

2021

| Tuca & Bertie

| Bartender (season 2, episode 5 "Vibe Check")

rowspan="2" | 2023

| Glorious Wrestling Alliance

| Miranda Fury

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

| Little Destiny, additional voices

References