Ángel David Revilla

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Ángel David Revilla
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Dross Rotzank in an interview of July 2019.
Born (1982-07-16) July 16, 1982 (age 39)
Caracas, Venezuela
NationalityVenezuelan
EducationMass communication Universidad Santa María
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
AwardsMartín Fierro Awards
YouTube information
Channel
Years active1998–present
GenreHorror (2013-present)
Subscribers21.8 million[2]
(September 23, 2021)
Total views5.36 billion[2]
(September 1, 2021)
NetworkMitú[3]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers 2012
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg 1,000,000 subscribers 2013
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg 10,000,000 subscribers 2017
Updated: September 23, 2018
Websiteeldiariodedross.com
Signature
Dross Rotzank Autograph.png

Ángel David Revilla Lenoci (born July 16, 1982), better known as DrossRotzank or simply Dross, is a Venezuelan YouTuber and writer who currently resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina since 2005.[4]

Early life[]

Ángel David Revilla Lenoci was born on July 16, 1982[5] in Caracas, Venezuela. His father was an airplane pilot and his mother was a gastronomy-oriented businesswoman.[6] Ángel David Revilla, whose ancestry comes from Italy, Spain,[6] and United States,[7] he studied at Santa Maria University, Venezuela where he graduated from Social Communication in 2007. In addition, he worked as a journalist for a medical magazine.[6]

Revilla started writing game reviews for websites like MeriStation or GameFAQs, but quickly moved to creating blog content at El Diario de Dross (The Diary of Dross), created in 1998. Revilla made some posts on the Meristation and Vandal forums under the name "Dross", a username based on the then wrestler Drozdov (whom Revilla mistakenly refers to as «Warren Droz»), but which was misspelled with two "s".[1]

I remembered a WWE wrestler (at that time the WWF) named Warren Droz and I was wrong and I put it with two "s" and the rest is history.

— Ángel David Revilla in an interview.[8]

Career[]

Internet career[]

Capture of the video "Dross te contesta 12" (Dross answers 12), uploaded on January 22, 2012.

David created his YouTube account in 2006. In 2007, he moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he currently resides.[1] 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 decided to delete, among them is one that was re-uploaded by user Lucas Pedraza in which he calls a hacker.[9] Her look consisted of wearing long hair, dark glasses and a straw hat with a leopard print.[10] In mid-2013, he turned to horror videos.[11] In 2015, Dross participated in a project called "Dross Dark Tales of Terror", where he told contemporary horror stories.[1]

Revilla currently runs two additional YouTube channels: Los Vlogs de Dross (Dross's Vlogs) and Mi Querido Mussolini (My Dear Mussolini), in which he uploads videos of his pet fish, Mussolini,[6] whose name comes from the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. 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 the 17th, 18th and 19th of March.[12] In 2018, his work as a digital content creator and social media influencer was recognized when he won a Martin Fierro Award.[13] In December 2021, the Martín Fierro Digital Award awarded him as Best YouTuber.[14][15][16]

Writer career[]

His first novel, Luna de Plutón (Pluto's Moon), was published by the editorial Planeta in Spain and Latin America in 2015[17] and became a best seller in a few weeks.[4][18] His second book, El Festival de la blasfemia (The Festival of Blasphemy) was released in 2016,[19] 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.[20] and Valle de la Calma (Valley of Calm) was published in 2018.[21][22]

On August 5, 2019, the author launched his most recent work, El libro negro (The Black Book), in it explores the topics of the Deep Web,[23] and cosmic horror.[24] As of September 6, 2019, El libro negro it became the best-selling book in some countries of The Americas,[25] like, Argentina, in which I head the number one of the best-selling books in that country from August 25 to September 1, 2019.[26] In September 2021, he released a book titled "Escape",[27][28] all his books were published by Planeta.[29]

Filmography[]

Year Title 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) Valle de la calma. Planeta. ISBN 978-950-730-206-0.
  • (2019) El libro negro. Planeta. ISBN 978-950-870-153-4.
  • (2021) Escape. Planeta. ISBN 950-870-18-46.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Mtz, Alejandro Cruz. "▷ Biografía de Dross ◁ Edad, estatura, libros, Badabun". laletrade.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "About DrossRotzank". YouTube.
  3. ^ ""Nos están estafando": youtubers denuncian a la network Mitú (VIDEO)". Radio Fórmula (in Spanish). January 20, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Miguel Ángel Teposteco. "Dross, el youtuber de los 6 millones de seguidores" [Dross, the Youtuber with 6 million followers]. El Universal (in Spanish).
  5. ^ "Dross Rotzank. Éste fue su primer video en YouTube". www.milenio.com (in Spanish). October 9, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d Omaña, Henysbel. "Dross Rotzank, el youtuber que busca aterrorizar a los demás con sus historias". laneta.com. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  7. ^ "Dross, el youtuber de los 6 millones de seguidores". El Universal (in Spanish). September 26, 2015. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  8. ^ "¿Quién es Dross y por qué es toda una celebridad en YouTube?". RPP (in Spanish). July 18, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  9. ^ "Dross Rotzank. Éste fue su primer video en YouTube". Milenio. November 9, 2020.
  10. ^ López, Carolina (July 10, 2021). ""Esto no es un top..." son las dos fotografías de Dross que muestran su drástico cambio físico". Radio Fórmula. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  11. ^ ""Escape", el libro en el que Dross creó a su propio antihéroe". El Universal. November 6, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  12. ^ "Confirma youtuber Dross visita a México". El Universal (in Spanish). January 23, 2017.
  13. ^ "Youtuber Dross ganó premio Martín Fierro al artista digital más influyente". El Universal (in Spanish). December 11, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  14. ^ "Martin Fierro Digital 2021: el youtuber Dross ganó el oro en Neuquén - TyC Sports". TyC Sports. December 19, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  15. ^ "Martín Fierro de Oro para La Chepi y Dross en la cuarta entrega de la versión digital en Neuquén". El Destape (in Spanish). December 19, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  16. ^ "Martín Fierro Digital: Dani La Chepi y Dross recibieron las dos estatuillas de oro | Espectáculos". Los Andes (in Spanish). December 20, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  17. ^ "Dross, una estrella de YouTube, presenta su primera novela" [Dross, a YouTube star, releases his first novel]. Clarín (in Spanish). October 1, 2015.
  18. ^ "Los 10 libros más vendidos en la primera semana del 2016" [The 10 best selling books in the first week of 2016]. Dinero en imagen (in Spanish). Mexico. January 9, 2016.
  19. ^ "'Dross' en Lima: ¿De qué trata 'Festival de la blasfemia'?" ['Dross' in Lima: What's 'Festival de la blasfemia' about?]. El Comercio (in Spanish). July 6, 2016.
  20. ^ "Dross habla de la trama de su nuevo libro" [Dross talks about the plot of his new book]. El Universal (in Spanish). Notimex. April 1, 2017.
  21. ^ Florencia Suárez (July 8, 2018). "Séptimo Día: Dross: La puerta al infierno" [Dross: The door to Hell]. El Día (in Spanish).
  22. ^ "Instagram viral: Dross demuestra con este video que es un maestro del clickbait" [Viral Instagram: Dross demonstrates with this video that he's a master of clickbait]. Trome (in Spanish). June 8, 2018.
  23. ^ El libro negro - Dross | Planeta de Libros. planetadelibros.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  24. ^ Papelería, Panamericana Librería y. "El libro negro: Deep Web y horror cósmico". www.panamericana.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  25. ^ "Los 10 libros más vendidos". Archived from the original on October 2, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  26. ^ www.eldia.com, Diario El Dia de La Plata (September 3, 2019). "Diario El Dia de La Plata www.eldia.com". www.eldia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  27. ^ "El popular youtuber Dross lanza su nuevo libro: "Escape"". Futuro (in Spanish). September 22, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  28. ^ "Envió afectuoso saludo a Chile: Dross reveló detalles de su nuevo libro y sus próximos proyectos". 24 horas (in Spanish). September 29, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  29. ^ Depablos, Omarela (October 31, 2019). "El terror que parió a Dross". elestimulo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 26, 2021.

External links[]

Dross Dark Tales of Terror at IMDb (11-episode series in which Dross narrated horror stories)
DrossRotzank at YouTube
Los Vlogs de Dross
Mi Querido Mussolini
DrossRotzank at YouNow
El Diario de Dross at Twitter

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