Lo Scolaro
{{Short description|Defunct weekly children's magazine in Italy (1912–1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox magazine
| logo =
| logo_size =
| image_file = Lo Scolaro Cover.jpg
| image_size =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| editor =
| editor_title =
| category = Children magazine
| frequency = Weekly
| circulation =
| publisher =
| founder = G. B. Barletta
| founded = 1912
| firstdate =
| finaldate = May 1972
| company =
| country = Italy
| based = Genoa
| language = Italian
| website =
| issn =
| oclc =
}}
Lo Scolaro ("The Schoolboy") was a weekly magazine dedicated to school children and published from 1912 to 1972. The magazine was headquartered in Genoa, Italy.{{cite book|title=Annuario genovese guida amministrativa, commerciale, industriale e marittima ecc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Keof7yRO9LgC&pg=PA1929| language=it|page=1929}}
History and profile
The magazine was founded by G. B. Barletta and started its publications with the name Facciamo gli Italiani ("Let's do the Italians"), changing its name in Lo Scolaro in 1915. It came out weekly during the school year, and fortnightly/monthly during the summer. It was distributed on newsstands and in over three thousand schools.Gianni Bono. Guida al fumetto italiano. Volume II. Epierre, 2003. pp. 1694–1697. The magazine alternated topical headings and curiosity columns, short stories and serials, games, articles on school or teaching topics and comics. Some important Italian cartoonists collaborated to the magazine, including Luciano Bottaro (who here introduced the Pon Pon character), Franco Aloisi, Giovan Battista Carpi, Giulio Chierchini, Paolo Piffarerio, Gallieno Ferri, Guido Zamperoni. In addition to humorous and adventurous comics, in deference to the educational function of the magazine, there were published numerous comics which adapted famous novels, biographies and historical events.
Given to a sales crisis, in January 1970 the magazine changed name to Lo Scolaro D'Europa ("The Schoolboy of Europe") and started mainly publishing previously published material, but the new course was short lived and the magazine finally closed in May 1972 after a sixty-year history and more than 1,000 issues published.
See also
Notes
{{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scolaro}}
Category:1912 establishments in Italy
Category:1972 disestablishments in Italy
Category:Defunct children's magazines published in Italy
Category:Comics magazines published in Italy
Category:Defunct Italian-language magazines
Category:Magazines established in 1912