History and profile
''O Tico Tico'' was founded by journalist Luis Bartolomeu de Souza e Silva, inspired by foreign magazines such as the French ''La Semaine de Suzette''. The date of its first issue was October 11, 1905. Luis Bartolomeu de Souza e Silva also launched a satirical magazine, ''O Malho''. O Tico Tico was published by the O Malho group. The magazine published comics by Brazilian artists such as ''Reco-Reco, Bolão e Azeitona'', by Luis Sá and ''Lamparina'', by J. Carlos and foreign comics, such as Richard Outcault's ''Buster Brown'', (known as ''Chiquinho'' in Brazil; its stories were loosely adapted by Brazilian writers), ''Popeye'', ''Felix the Cat'' and ''Mickey Mouse'' (then known as ''Ratinho Curioso'' — "Curious Mouse"). The magazine declined after the 1930s, with the competition of other comics magazines, such as ''Suplemento Juvenil'' and ''O Gibi''. It stopped circulating in 1957, only with special editions being released until 1977, when ''O Tico-Tico'' ceased to exist.References
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