O Pasquim

O Pasquim was a Brazilian weekly newspaper published in Rio de Janeiro from 1969 to the mid-1970s.[1][2] It was critical of the military dictatorship and it is considered the founding periodical of Brazil's alternative press.[1][2]

The idea for the periodical began in 1968 after a meeting of cartoonist Jaguar with journalists Tarso de Castro and Sérgio Cabral. They were looking for an alternative to substitute Sergio Porto's tabloid A carapuça. The name was Jaguar's idea, inspired in the Italian folk-tale character Pasquino, who, according to the legend, used to write and tell stories in a major public square.

As the time went by, prominent figures such as Walter Campos de Carvalho, Ziraldo, Millôr Fernandes, Prósperi and Fortuna joined the team.

History

O Pasquim was established in 1969.[3] The first edition was published on June 26, 1969. From an initial circulation of twenty thousand copies, the periodical jumped to two hundred thousand copies in the mid-1970s. The paper ceased publication in 1991.[3]

Miscellaneous

The periodical was featured in an exhibition at SESC Ipiranga in 2019.[4]

All of O Pasquim issues were digitalized and can be read on the National Library of Brazil website.[5]

References
  1. "IMPRENSA MARGINAL – Tropicália". Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  2. "O Pasquim (1969-1991) | Brasiliana". library.brown.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  3. "Rare Magazines and Newspapers". Brown University Library. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  4. "Meio século do O Pasquim é celebrado em mostra no Sesc Ipiranga". Guia Folha (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  5. "O Pasquim". Biblioteca Nacional Do Brasil Digital (in Portuguese).


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