Dadzis

{{Short description|Latvian magazine (1957–1995)}}

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Dadzis ("bur") was a Latvian satire magazine which was launched in January 1957.{{cite book|title=Dadzis

|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2241798|via=WorldCat|oclc=2241798 |accessdate=8 June 2015}} The magazine had its headquarters in Rīga. It frequently featured cartoons, humors, satirical articles about criticizing bureaucrats. However, it was a semi-official publication of the communist government during the Soviet occupation of Latvia.{{cite web|author=Frederic T. Harned|title=Local Media |url=https://latvians.com/index.php?en/CFBH/AttitudesNationalities/LATVb-08-B-02-Media_Local-Media.ssi|publisher=Latvia and the Latvians |year=1973}}

Latvian-Israeli-American artist {{Ill|Māris Bišofs|lv}} is among the former contributors of the magazine.{{cite news|title=The State Art Museum displays satirical drawings by Maris Bishofs|url=http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/component/content/article?id=5650:the-state-art-museum-displays-satirical-drawings-by-maris-bishofs-bns|access-date=8 June 2015|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia|date=2 December 2014}} It sold 76,400 copies in 1970. The original edition of Dadzis folded in 1995, however the magazine was relaunched in October 2005.{{cite news|title=What did people laugh about when reading the magazine "Dadzis"?|access-date=14 September 2022|url=https://baltics.news/2021/10/10/what-did-people-laugh-about-when-reading-the-magazine-dadzis/|work=Baltics News|date=10 October 2021}} The second edition of Dadzis ceased publication in February 2009.