Safarir

Former Canadian periodical

*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

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

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

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)

Canadian comics

Quebec comics

English

Comic books	Brok Windsor Captain Canuck Cerebus Champions of Hell Chiaroscuro Clockwork Girl Ed the Happy Clown Glamourpuss Louis Riel Neil the Horse Nelvana of the Northern Lights Northguard Palookaville Scott Pilgrim Skim Thieves and Kings Underwater Yummy Fur
Strips	The Avridge Farm Backbench Ben Betty Between Friends Capitalist Piglet The Chosen Family Cornered Deflocked Doc and Raider Fisher For Better or For Worse Galaxion GLitcH! Herman It Happened in Canada Nightschool The Other Coast Pooch Café Space Moose User Friendly VG Cats Weltschmerz