After the death of Joseph Stalin, Soviet-era Russia experienced a
flourishing artistic movement due to relaxed censorship and new
economic growth. In this new atmosphere of freedom, Russia's
satirical magazine Krokodil (The Crocodile) became rejuvenated.
John Etty explores Soviet graphic satire through Krokodil and its
political cartoons. He investigates the forms, production,
consumption, and functions of Krokodil, focusing on the period from
1954 to 1964. Krokodil remained the longest-serving and most
important satirical journal in the Soviet Union, unique in
producing state-sanctioned graphic satirical comment on Soviet and
international affairs for over seventy years. Etty's analysis of
Krokodil extends and enhances our understanding of Soviet graphic
satire beyond state-sponsored propaganda. For most of its life,
Krokodil consisted of a sixteen-page satirical magazine comprising
a range of cartoons, photographs, and verbal texts. Authored by
professional and nonprofessional contributors and published by
Pravda in Moscow, it produced state-sanctioned satirical comment on
Soviet and international affairs from 1922 onward. Soviet citizens
and scholars of the USSR recognized Krokodil as the most
significant, influential source of Soviet graphic satire. Indeed,
the magazine enjoyed an international reputation, and many
Americans and Western Europeans, regardless of political
affiliation, found the images pointed and witty. Astoundingly, the
magazine outlived the USSR but until now has received little
scholarly attention.
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