''Safarir'' is a defunct

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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

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from October 1987 until 2001, and thereafter in

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by Éditions Les Artistocrates. Notable writers and artists who contributed to ''Safarir'' included

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; and

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and Dubuc, whose '' Les Nombrils'' was introduced in ''Safarir'' in 2004. The magazine ceased publication in July 2016. In 1997, Safarir was publish in English all around North America under the name NUTS.

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