Galago is a Swedish comics and illustrations magazine published in Sweden. It specializes in alternative comics, and has traditionally had a left-leaning slant.
Galago is a Swedish comics and illustrations magazine published in Sweden. It specializes in alternative comics, and has traditionally had a left-leaning slant.
Galago was created in 1979 [1] by Rolf Classon, Olle Berg and Kerold Klang. [2] The magazine was first published by Tago Publishers [2] and later by Atlantic Publishing. The publisher is Ordfront. [1] It appears with six issues a year. [1] The headquarters is in Stockholm. [3]
The present editor (as of 2020) is Rojin Pertow. With issue 136 Galago celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2019.
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Notable events of 1955 in comics.
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