Il Male (Italian: Evil) was a satirical magazine published in Rome, Italy, between 1978 and 1982.

Il Male
CategoriesSatirical magazine
FrequencyWeekly
First issueFebruary 1978
Final issue1982
CountryItaly
Based inRome
LanguageItalian

History and profile

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Il Male was first published in February 1978 as a biweekly tabloid format political satire magazine.[1][2][3] The magazine originated from Italian cartoonist Pino Zac's idea.[2] Tommaso Chiaretti was the first editor-in-chief.[2]

The magazine became later weekly.[2] It started with a circulation of 20.000 copies and reached peaks of 48,000 copies.[3] Its fake covers of prominent newspaper were sensational media pranks;[1] the authors even distributed a fake Pravda in Russia during communist rule. The magazine also published a fake Corriere dello Sport in 1978.[1]

Il Male ceased publication in 1982.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Salvatore Attardo (2014). Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. SAGE Publications. p. 475. ISBN 978-1-4833-4617-5.
  2. ^ a b c d Gino Moliterno (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. p. 492. ISBN 978-1-134-75877-7.
  3. ^ a b Simone Castaldi (2010). Drawn and Dangerous: Italian Comics of the 1970s and 1980s. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-60473-777-6.
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