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<p>Kjell Knudde: Categorized.</p> <hr /> <div>{{Infobox comics character<br /> |character_name=Don Zauker<br /> |image= DZ trequarti.jpg<br /> |converted=y<br /> |caption=<br /> |publisher=Vernacoliere<br /> |debut=2003<br /> |creators=Emiliano Pagani (texts)&lt;br&gt;Daniele Caluri (drawings)<br /> |alter_ego=<br /> |species=Human<br /> |alliances=[[Roman Catholic Church]]<br /> |aliases=<br /> |powers=<br /> }}<br /> '''Don Zauker''' is a fictional comic book character. He was created in 2003 by [[Emiliano Pagani]] who writes the text and [[Daniele Caluri]]&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.danielecaluri.com/ Daniele Caluri's website]&lt;/ref&gt; who does the drawings.&lt;ref&gt;Joint Emiliano Pagani-Daniele Caluri web site http://www.donzauker.it/, formerly http://paguri.blogspot.com/&lt;/ref&gt; It was first published and until recently was published by ''[[Il Vernacoliere]]'',&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.vernacoliere.com/ ''Il Vernacoliere'' website]&lt;/ref&gt; a satirical monthly magazine printed in [[Livorno]], [[Italy]].<br /> <br /> ==Character==<br /> Don Zauker is an old criminal lunatic [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] exorcist that uses his status to obtain what he wants, which most of the time is sexual intercourse with young ladies and legal impunity. He often complains that the &quot;[[eight per thousand]]&quot; contribution and donations are not sufficient to pay for prostitutes or buy him enough [[Viagra]]. As a younger man he also had sex with fellow prisoners of some prison. He can be fatally violent and has a shady past, which to date is unknown (although he has said to have been born in the steppe of [[Kazakhstan]]), even if the reader can guess he toured the world in his former criminal career, being a convict in many prisons and being sought after by [[yakuza]] (even if this could just be some idea his paranoid mind made up). He can be very arrogant with the weak, but turns into a prudent cowardice when faced with influent opponents.&lt;ref&gt;Episode XXVI: Brasil&lt;/ref&gt; The name of the character comes from the Japanese television cartoon series ''[[Daitarn 3]]'', whose main villain's name was translated to Don Zauker in the Italian version.<br /> <br /> ==Relevance==<br /> Much of the relevance of the satirical character comes from the implied scathing criticism of the Roman Catholic Church, thus it has also been successful in other Catholic countries like [[France]] and [[Spain]] where it was recently published. Don Zauker is portrayed as sex-obsessed, violent, racist, greedy and occasionally murderous; he constantly takes advantage of the gullibility and submissiveness of Catholic faithfuls. To a part of the Italian population, these are also the most obnoxious flaws of the Roman Catholic Church worshippers, often portrayed as nearly paganish.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Zauker, Don}}<br /> [[Category:Comics characters introduced in 2003]]<br /> [[Category:2003 comics debuts]]<br /> [[Category:Italian comics titles]]<br /> [[Category:Italian comics characters]]<br /> [[Category:Fictional exorcists]]<br /> [[Category:Fictional Kazakhstani people]]<br /> [[Category:Fictional criminals]]<br /> [[Category:Fictional priests and priestesses]]<br /> <br /> {{Italy-comics-stub}}<br /> {{comics-char-stub}}</div>

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