| Frequency: | Weekly |
| Category: | Satirical magazine |
| Firstdate: | February 1978 |
| Finaldate: | 1982 |
| Country: | Italy |
| Based: | Rome |
| Language: | Italian |
Il Male (Italian: Evil) was a satirical magazine published in Rome, Italy, between 1978 and 1982.
Il Male was first published in February 1978 as a biweekly tabloid format political satire magazine.[1] [2] The magazine originated from Italian cartoonist Pino Zac's idea.[3] Tommaso Chiaretti was the first editor-in-chief.[3]
The magazine became later weekly.[3] It started with a circulation of 20.000 copies and reached peaks of 48,000 copies.[2] Its fake covers of prominent newspaper were sensational media pranks;[1] the authors even distributed a fake Pravda in Russia during communist rule. The magazine also published a fake Corriere dello Sport in 1978.[1]
Il Male ceased publication in 1982.[1]
