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''Caras y Caretas'' is a weekly magazine of
''Caras y Caretas'' was very popular during its first years of existence, with Mitre y Vedia as director, Pellicer as writer and Spanish artist Manuel Mayol as artist, doing most of the covers and interior illustrations for the magazine. José Sixto Alvarez (mostly known for its nickname ''Fray Mocho'') was one of the most frequent collaborators from 1898 until his death in 1903. Since 1924 ''Caras y Caretas'' published short tales from local writers, such as Roberto Payró, Arturo Capdevila, Carrizo and Gálvez.
Some of the prestigious cartoonists that worked for the magazine were Manuel Mayol, Julio Málaga Grenet, José María Cao Luaces, Lino Palacio (who published his first work in the magazine in 1912), Jorge Argerich, Dante Quinterno, Alejandro Sirio, Hermenegildo Sábat Lleó, among others.
Uruguayan writer
/ref> Quiroga not only wrote short tales but film reviews. In 1941 ''Caras y Caretas'' ceased to be published although the magazine would have two brief revivals in 1953 and 1982. In 1982 the magazine had a brief stint during the Malvinas Islands War. Some of the artists gave their contributions to the magazine were Miguel Rep,"El 7 de octubre de 1898 aparecía Caras y Caretas, popular revista de humor y crítica social"
on El Cívico.com, 7 Oct 2011 Gerardo Canelo, Enrique Pinti, Geno Díaz, and writers Oscar Bevilacqua, Fermín Chávez, Miguel Grinberg, Marco Denevi, Bernardo Kordon, Roberto Mero, Helvio Botana, Eugenio Mandrini and Jorge Claudio Morhain. During months of October and November 2004 the Illustration Museum of Buenos Aires held an exhibition named "Caras y Caretas: its illustrators" in the National Library, where about 150 original pieces by more than 40 artists were exhibited. A second event was held in 2006 in the Feria del Libro of Buenos Aires. In July 2005 a relaunch of ''Caras y Caretas'' was released, directed by historian Felipe Pigna and published by "Fundación Octubre", a company of Suterh, the union of building workers of Argentina."Vuelve ''Caras y Caretas''"
''La Nación'', 28 May 2005 The first number of the new era was a success, selling the total of 50,000 copies put into circulation. By 2008 ''Caras y Caretas'' sold an average of 29,000 copies per week.
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Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
published from 1898 to 1941 in its first period of existence. There was a previous version published in Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
between 1890 and 1897. ''Caras y Caretas'' was relaunched in 2005 under the direction of historian Felipe Pigna, having been published since then.
History
The ''Caras y Caretas'' was founded in Montevideo in 1890. Its main features werepolitical satire
Political satire is satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politics; it has also been used with subversive intent where political speech and dissent are forbidden by a regime, as a method of advancing political arguments where s ...
, humour and topical issues, visually displayed through cartoons and photographs. Eustaquio Pellicer (associated with French artist Charles Schütz) was the director since its first number (dated 20 July 1890) until #144. At the invitation of Argentine journalist Bartolomé Mitre Vedia, Pellicer moved to Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
, establishing the Argentine edition of the magazine there. The first number (released 19 August 1898) had 24 pages.
''Caras y Caretas'' was very popular during its first years of existence, with Mitre y Vedia as director, Pellicer as writer and Spanish artist Manuel Mayol as artist, doing most of the covers and interior illustrations for the magazine. José Sixto Alvarez (mostly known for its nickname ''Fray Mocho'') was one of the most frequent collaborators from 1898 until his death in 1903. Since 1924 ''Caras y Caretas'' published short tales from local writers, such as Roberto Payró, Arturo Capdevila, Carrizo and Gálvez.
Some of the prestigious cartoonists that worked for the magazine were Manuel Mayol, Julio Málaga Grenet, José María Cao Luaces, Lino Palacio (who published his first work in the magazine in 1912), Jorge Argerich, Dante Quinterno, Alejandro Sirio, Hermenegildo Sábat Lleó, among others.
Uruguayan writer Horacio Quiroga
Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza (31 December 1878 – 19 February 1937) was a Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer.
He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, used the supernatural and the bizarre to show the struggle of m ...
published his first tales in ''Caras y Caretas''."Caras y Caretas: La economía literaria del mercado" by Jorge Rivera/ref> Quiroga not only wrote short tales but film reviews. In 1941 ''Caras y Caretas'' ceased to be published although the magazine would have two brief revivals in 1953 and 1982. In 1982 the magazine had a brief stint during the Malvinas Islands War. Some of the artists gave their contributions to the magazine were Miguel Rep,"El 7 de octubre de 1898 aparecía Caras y Caretas, popular revista de humor y crítica social"
on El Cívico.com, 7 Oct 2011 Gerardo Canelo, Enrique Pinti, Geno Díaz, and writers Oscar Bevilacqua, Fermín Chávez, Miguel Grinberg, Marco Denevi, Bernardo Kordon, Roberto Mero, Helvio Botana, Eugenio Mandrini and Jorge Claudio Morhain. During months of October and November 2004 the Illustration Museum of Buenos Aires held an exhibition named "Caras y Caretas: its illustrators" in the National Library, where about 150 original pieces by more than 40 artists were exhibited. A second event was held in 2006 in the Feria del Libro of Buenos Aires. In July 2005 a relaunch of ''Caras y Caretas'' was released, directed by historian Felipe Pigna and published by "Fundación Octubre", a company of Suterh, the union of building workers of Argentina.
''La Nación'', 28 May 2005
Gallery
See also
* '' Fray Mocho''References
External links
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Political magazines published in Argentina
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