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O Pasquim

O Pasquim is the name of a Brazilian periodical which was the first and most important to resist against the Brazilian military dictatorship. The idea for the periodical began in 1958 after a meeting of cartoonist Jaguar and journalist Tarso de Castro and Sérgio Cabral. They were looking for an alternative to substitute Sergio Porto's (who had just died) tabloid A carapuça. The name was a Jaguar's idea inspired in the story of a character called 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 Ziraldo, Millor, Prosper and Fortuna joined the team and the first edition was published in June 26th a 1969.

History

From an initial circulation of twenty thousand exemplaries, the periodical jumped to two hundred thousand copies in the mid '70s.

External links

• Pasquim, A subversão do humor (Portuguese)
• Entrevista com Ziraldo (Portuguesse)
• Entrevista com Lupicínio Rodrigues (Portuguese)
• Brasileiros em Roma (Portuguese)