''Croc'' was a

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humour magazine published monthly in

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, 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

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s of the era, many of whom were able to launch their careers through the magazine's help, including animator

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. ''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

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ones. For a number of reasons, ''Croc'' ceased publication in April 1995 after 189 issues.

References

* Mira Falardeau, ''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 A ...

, 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 Montreal French-language magazines published in Canada Humour magazines published in Canada Magazines about comics Magazines established in 1979 Magazines disestablished in 1995 Monthly magazines published in Canada Parodies Quebec comics Satirical magazines published in Canada Satirical comics

Publication history

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