Hara Kiri magazine covers
 

The stupid and evil French magazine of the 60s - Hara Kiri

Hara Kiri was the highly controversial satirical French magazine published by humorist Georges Bernier, author François Cavanna and comic artist (and artistic director)Fred Aristidès in the 1960s. The magazine's subtitle Journal bête et méchant
which literally translates to Stupid and evil magazine and this was not an understatement. They were renowned for sticking it to the powers that be and at times during their publishing history, their controversial attitudes saw them being temporarily banned by the French Government.

Their front covers were famously perverted, bizarre and highly creative and at the time, and in fact even by today's standards in a league of their own... Below is a collection of some of these cover.

In France Georges Bernier is known with the name of Professeur Choron

He also threw the idea of sexy photos love stories in his pages

(sorry for my bad english )

I try a test : my first pic :o

more of Hara Kiri :)

This is some pretty great stuff. Nudity for the sake of comedy right on a magazine cover. I love it.

Thanks

Fango

more of Hara Kiri with the older covers
the 1st is the firqt cover with photos (befor it was drawn) and the second is Professor Choron himself

it is in 1964

enjoy :D

:) Now this cover is funny. Sexy, no, but it did make me laugh.

exactly

1st covers were funny but it is fast going to become sexier but never politicly correct :D
you go to see the difference with the following ones ;)

and I put only those whose need we have not to understand the text :rolleyes:

you want to see more ?

yeah more for sure. good work.

found these
 

they are double pics, so some are repost.

more
1972 at 1975
the France has an other president ......... and the magazine is less censured :D

a new set :1976 to 1982

more

more

and the last for today

the last one is the special 25 years' birthday

but very important problems in the magazine and Professeur Choron is not in the staff :(

do you want more ?

the last numbers and all specials numbers

Wow, I didn't expect the '80s covers to be sexier and have more nudity than the '60s and '70s covers, yet that seems to be the case. Great stuff. Please post the rest of what you've got.

Thanks

Fango

Thanks for loving this work :)

the last sexies covers with name Hara Kiri

soon the specials numbers and bonus :D

As promised , the covers of the special numbers,

:)

more

the dress handkerchiefs of 2 published videos as well as 2 numbers published by alone Choron

I go to see if I manage to find there still or if I forgot it

I hope that these series pleased you and that you appreciated this thread dedicated to a certain shape of French humor

Here is maintaining some pages found in Hara Kiri
so that you can appreciate the black humor of this magazine :D

Distort advertisements and diverted images ......that is Hara Kiri:rolleyes:

If someone want to have a translate of a pic...... I can try to do it with my poor english :(