Barrabás (magazine)

Barrabás
CategoriesSatirical magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Publisher
  • ELF Ediciones
  • TISA
Founded1972
First issue3 October 1972
Final issueJuly 1977
CountrySpain
Based inBarcelona
LanguageSpanish

Barrabás was a weekly graphical humor and political satirical magazine focusing on football news published in Barcelona between 1972 and 1977.

History and profile

Barrabás was launched in Barcelona on 3 October 1972 as a weekly.[1][2] The magazine was established by Josep Llario who also started other titles such as Por Favor and Interviú.[3] Its founding publisher was Elf Ediciones which produced El Papus, too.[4] The company was part of the La Vanguardia Española group headed by Javier Godó Muntañola.[1] From the issue 124 the publisher became the TISA company.[2]

The magazine like other satirical titles of the period presented news on current events through cartoons, and its focus was on football.[1] Major cartoonists included Ivà (Ramón Tosas) and Óscar Nebreda.[1] The circulation of Barrabás was nearly 113,450 copies from February 1973.[1]

The magazine began to decline in August 1976 and folded in July 1977.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Frances Salgado de Dios (September 2020). "The market for satirical magazines in late Francoism and the Transition (1970-84): Dissent and political opposition". International Journal of Iberian Studies. 33 (2–3): 167–168, 202. doi:10.1386/ijis_00028_1. S2CID 234671562.
  2. ^ a b "Barrabás". tebeosfera.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ Ilan Stavans (2019). "This Way to the Ovens, Señoras y Señores: Holocaust Cartoons in Latin America". The Journal of Holocaust Research. 33 (3): 217. doi:10.1080/25785648.2019.1631575. S2CID 199938300.
  4. ^ Rhiannon McGlade (2016). Catalan Cartoons: A Cultural and Political History. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-78316-805-7.