''Charlie Mensuel'' (or simply ''Charlie'', "mensuel" being a French term for a monthly periodical) was a French monthly

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magazine. Its publication began in February 1969, and ceased in February 1986. Tagged ''"The newspaper full of humour and comic strips"'', it also adopted the slogan, ''"The newspaper one reads on the couch while munching chocolate"''. ''Charlie'' was originally the French version of a contemporary Italian magazine, ''

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''. Like its Italian counterpart, it took its name from one of the characters of the comic strip ''

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. The comics featured in ''Charlie'' included French originals as well as translations of American strips — ''Peanuts'' and others — and of Italian stories originally published in ''Linus''.

History

''Charlie'' was first published on 1 February 1969, founded by Delfeil de Ton (with

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's Editions du Square); del Ton was its first editor-in-chief. Several people succeeded to the position of editor-in-chief, most notably

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, from 1970 to 1981. The position had also been held by

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and Mandryka. In 1970, it gave its name to ''

Charlie Hebdo ''Charlie Hebdo'' (; meaning ''Charlie Weekly'') is a French satirical weekly magazine, featuring cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes. Stridently non-conformist in tone, the publication has been described as Anti-racism, anti-racist, sceptica ...

'' (English: ''Charlie Weekly''), successor to '' L'Hebdo Hara-Kiri'', following the prohibition of that publication.McNab, James P. (2006). "Bloc-notes Culturel: l'année 2005". ''The French Review'' 80 (1): 16–29. . ''Charlie Mensuel'' ceased publication for the first time in September 1981, but was purchased by Éditions Dargaud and reappeared in April 1982. On 1 February 1986, the final issue was published and the magazine merged with ''

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'' magazine. A new magazine began publication on 1 March under the name ''Pilote et Charlie'', but this lasted only until the magazine reverted to ''Pilote'' on 1 September 1988.

Notes and references

''Charlie Mensuel'' publications by the year
BD oubliées

External links

La mémoire de ''Charlie Mensuel''
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