Croc (magazine)

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Croc
File:Croc magazines.jpg
Editor in Chief Pierre Huet
Categories Comics, Humour
Frequency Monthly
Publisher Éditions Ludcom
Founder Jacques Hurtubise
First issue October 1979
Final issue April 1995
Country Canada
Language French
ISSN 0226-6083

Croc was a Canadian French-language humour magazine published monthly in Montreal, Quebec from 1975 until 1995.

Publication history[edit | edit source]

Croc ("Fang" in French[1]) 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"[2]).[3] It printed the work of many leading cartoonists of the era, many of whom were able to launch their careers through the magazine's help.[4]

Croc begat another magazine, Titanic, dedicated entirely to comics.[3]

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

See also[edit | edit source]

Further reading[edit | edit source]

  • Mira Falardeau, La bande dessinée au Québec, éditions du Boréal, 1994 (French)
  • Bernard Dubois, Bande dessinée québécoise : répertoire bibliographique à suivre, éditions D.B.K., 1996 (French)
  • Michel Viau, BDQ, Répertoire des publications de bandes dessinées au Québec des origines à nos jours, éditions Mille-Îles, 1999 (French)
  • Mira Falardeau, Histoire de la bande dessinée au Québec, VLB éditeur, 2008 (French)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Spalding, Eric (1995). Lorimer, Rowland. ed. "La bande dessinée au Québec" (in English). Canadian Journal of Communication 20 (4). ISSN 1499-6642. http://www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/viewArticle/899/805. Retrieved 201-01-16. 
  2. Potvin, Gilles. "Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Viau, Michel (2002-06-24). "Breaking into the Quebec Market". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2012-01-13. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Swift, William. "French Comic Strips". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2012-01-24.  External link in |publisher= (help)