Safarir

Safarir
Editor in ChiefMichel Bouchard
CategoriesComics
Humour
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherÉditions Les Artistocrates
FounderSylvain Bolduc
Serge Boisvert DeNevers
Founded1987
First issueOctober 1987
Final issueJuly 2016
CountryCanada
Based inMontreal
LanguageFrench
Websitewww.safarir.com
ISSN0835-7919

Safarir is a defunct Canadian French-language humour magazine. The name is derived from "safari" and French "ça fait rire", "it makes you laugh". It was in circulation between 1987 and 2016

History and profile

Safarir was established in 1987 by Serge Boisvert deNevers and Sylvain Bolduc.[1] It was published monthly in Quebec City from October 1987 until 2001, and thereafter in Montreal by Éditions Les Artistocrates.

Notable writers and artists who contributed to Safarir included Éric Thériault; and Delaf and Dubuc, whose Les Nombrils was introduced in Safarir in 2004. The magazine ceased publication in July 2016.[1]

In 1997, Safarir was publish in English all around North America under the name NUTS.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "French humour magazine Safarir closing its doors". Montreal Gazette. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

Further reading

  • Official website
  • Mira Falardeau, La bande dessinée au Québec, éditions du Boréal, 1994 (in French)
  • Bernard Dubois, Bande dessinée québécoise : répertoire bibliographique à suivre, éditions D.B.K., 1996 (in French)
  • Michel Viau, BDQ, Répertoire des publications de bandes dessinées au Québec des origines à nos jours, éditions Mille-Îles, 1999 (in French)
  • Mira Falardeau, Histoire de la bande dessinée au Québec, VLB éditeur, 2008 (in French)


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