Frigidaire (magazine)

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Frigidaire
CategoriesComics magazine
Founded1980
First issueNovember 1980
Final issue2008
Country Italy
Based in Rome
Language Italian
Website Frigidaire

Frigidaire was a comics magazine published in Rome, Italy. The magazine had significant effects on graphic design, illustrations and written speech in the country during the 1980s. [1] In 2008 it folded, and from 2009 it became a supplement of Liberazione , a defunct communist newspaper.

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History and profile

Frigidaire was established in 1980. [1] [2] The first issue appeared in November. [3] The founders were Vincenzo Sparagna, Stefano Tamburini, Filippo Scòzzari, Andrea Pazienza, Massimo Mattioli, and Tanino Liberatore. [4] [5] The magazine had its headquarters in Rome. [2]

In addition to cartoons Frigidaire featured avant-garde reportages and interviews [1] and covers articles on visual art. [2] It also included investigative reports. [2] Over time the magazine became a mouthpiece for left-wing counterculture in the country. [2]

At the beginning of the 2000s the frequency of Frigidaire was switched to bi-monthly. [3] In 2003 Vincenzo Sparagna sold the publisher of the magazine, [6] which was temporarily ceased publication from April–May 2003 to 2006. [3]

In 2005, Sparagna moved the magazine's headquarters from Rome to a rural area near Giano. The estate, dubbed the 'Republic of Frigolandia', housed the magazine's museum. The estate acted like a micro-country, and was established with a constitution that values inclusion. [7]

On 25 April 2009 the magazine began to be published as an insert of Liberazione, a communist daily. [3]

In September 2002, the covers and some selected pages of the magazine were exhibited at the 7th International Comics Festival in Athens. [1] Frigidaire’s archives are housed at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. [7]

In 2020, a local right-wing party attempted to evict Sparagna from the Republic of Frigolandia, threatening the museum and its archives. [7]

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