Safarir

*Safarir*
Editor in Chief	Michel Bouchard
Categories	Comics; Humour
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	Éditions Les Artistocrates
Founder	Sylvain Bolduc; Serge Boisvert DeNevers
Founded	1987
First issue	October 1987
Final issue	July 2016
Country	Canada
Based in	Montreal
Language	French
Website	www.safarir.com
ISSN	0835-7919

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[edit]

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.

References[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

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)