Krokodil's red crocodile functioned as a symbol for the magazine, but also a character in some of its images and the imagined editor of the publication. Other magazines had/have similar avatars. I'm interested in whether any scholarly study has considered this phenomenon.
Punch magazine's Mr Punch.
Simplicissimus's bulldog
Private Eye's knight
Krokodil's red crocodile
Do we know why did the magazine chose a croc as their symbol? Do crocs have a special meaning to Russians? Last time I check, there are no crocs in Russia.
ReplyDelete