If we take into consideration that not any satiric magazine had been publishing in Azerbaijan since 1932, beginning of publishing satiric magazine “Kirpi” in 1952 was the demand of that time. Publishing of the magazine “Kirpi” played exceptional role in the development of caricature genre and stimulated the creation of new traditions in this field. Mainly, notwithstanding that the magazine served to the Soviet ideology it could collect professional cartoonists belonging to the various generations. Caricatures drawn by artists like Najafgulu, Ziya Karimbayli, Pyotr Shandin, Hasan Hagverdiyev, Sharifzadeh, Vsevolod, Ternavski, Rizvan Guliyev, Alakbar Zeynalov, Adil Elchin remained in memory with their meaning and socio-political value.
Najafgulu Ismayilov (1923-1990)
The publication of “Kirpi”magazine (1952)