Candido (magazine)

Candido was started in 1945 as a successor of another satirical magazine Bertoldo.

[1][2][3] It was cofounded by Giovannino Guareschi, Giaci Mondaini and Giovanni Mosca on the request of the Italian publisher Angelo Rizzoli.

[1][7] Giovannino Guareschi also served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine and resigned from the post in 1957.

[3][6] For the magazine editors Catholics and communists were in continuous and inflexible opposition.

[10] It frequently published cartoons featuring the major political figures of the period, including Christian democrat Alcide De Gasperi and communist Palmiro Togliatti.