''Safarir'' is a defunct
Canadian
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French-language
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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.
It was published monthly in
Quebec City
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from October 1987 until 2001, and thereafter in
Montreal
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by Éditions Les Artistocrates.
Notable writers and artists who contributed to ''Safarir'' included
Éric Thériault
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Biography
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; and
Delaf
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and
Dubuc, whose ''
Les Nombrils'' was introduced in ''Safarir'' in 2004. The magazine ceased publication in July 2016.
See also
*
Canadian comics
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*
Quebec comics
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References
Further reading
Official website*
Mira Falardeau, ''La bande dessinée au Québec'', éditions du Boréal, 1994
*Bernard Dubois, ''Bande dessinée québécoise : répertoire bibliographique à suivre'', éditions D.B.K., 1996
*Michel Viau, ''BDQ, Répertoire des publications de bandes dessinées au Québec des origines à nos jours'',
éditions Mille-Îles, 1999
*Mira Falardeau, ''Histoire de la bande dessinée au Québec'', VLB éditeur, 2008
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2016 disestablishments in Quebec
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2016 comics endings
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