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''Croc'' was a
French-language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...
humour magazine published monthly in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1979 until 1995.


Publication history

''Croc'' ("Fang" in French) was begun in October 1979 by Jacques Hurtubise, Hélène Fleury, and Roch Côté, with the help of an $80,000 grant from the ''ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec'' ("Québec Ministry of Cultural Affairs"). It printed the work of many leading
cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...
s of the era, many of whom were able to launch their careers through the magazine's help, including animator
Claude Cloutier Claude Cloutier is a Canadian film animator and illustrator based in Quebec. Cloutier to date has made seven short films with the National Film Board of Canada. Cloutier began his animation career with the 1988 short ''The Persistent Peddler (Le ...
. ''Croc'' begat another magazine, ''Titanic'', dedicated entirely to comics. Croc's publishers briefly distributed a localised edition of MAD magazine from 1991 to 1992, which adapted and translated existing MAD articles by replacing New York City references with Montreal ones. For a number of reasons, ''Croc'' ceased publication in April 1995 after 189 issues.


See also

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Canadian comics Canadian comics refers to comics and cartooning by citizens of Canada or Permanent residency in Canada, permanent residents of Canada regardless of residence. Canada has Official bilingualism in Canada, two official languages, and distinct comic ...
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Quebec comics Quebec comics (french: bande dessinée québécoise, or BDQ) are French language comics produced primarily in the Canadian province of Quebec, and read both within and outside Canada, particularly in French-speaking Europe. In contrast to Englis ...
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Safarir ''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 ...
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Further reading

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Mira Falardeau Mira Falardeau (born 1948) is a French Canadian historian, professor, and author of comic strips (French: ''bande dessinée'', BD). Falardeau has devoted works to Québec animated films, Québec comic strips and caricatures in Québec, focusing ...
, ''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 Éditions Mille-Îles is a Canadian French-language publisher of comics founded in 1988. History Mille-Îles began in 1988 with Tristan Demers' ''Gargouille'', a series for children, and the adult comics album ''La Vie qu'on mène'' by Line Arse ...
, 1999 *Mira Falardeau, ''Histoire de la bande dessinée au Québec'', VLB éditeur, 2008 {{Canadian comics 1979 comics debuts 1979 establishments in Quebec 1995 disestablishments in Quebec Defunct magazines published in Canada French-language magazines published in Canada Humour magazines published in Canada Magazines about comics Magazines established in 1979 Magazines disestablished in 1995 Magazines published in Montreal Monthly magazines published in Canada Parodies Quebec comics Satirical magazines published in Canada Satirical comics