“We wanted to create something you’d actually want to read on a Sunday morning with coffee,” says [fictional co-founder] Lucía Fernández. “Not something you’d skim while stressed on the subway.”
: It hosted work by prominent illustrators such as Gin (Jordi Ginés Soteras), Vicar , and Alfons Figueras . 🎨 Artistic Significance revista cosquillas
| Survey Item (Mean ± SD) | Interpretation | |--------------------------|----------------| | “Reading Cosquillas makes me feel more critical of everyday news.” | 4.3 ± 0.6 – high agreement; humor appears to catalyse critical thinking. | | “I feel part of a community when I engage with the magazine’s tickle‑games.” | 4.5 ± 0.5 – strong sense of belonging. | | “The magazine’s humor helps me cope with digital overload.” | 4.2 ± 0.7 – suggests affective relief. | | “I have shared Cosquillas content with friends who do not subscribe.” | 3.9 ± 0.8 – moderate diffusion beyond the subscriber base. | “We wanted to create something you’d actually want
| Theme | Key Contributions | Relevance to Cosquillas | |-------|-------------------|--------------------------| | | García & Pérez (2019) – “Print’s Resurgence in the Digital Age”; Fernández (2020) – “DIY Zines and Community Building”. | Provides a framework for situating Cosquillas within broader DIY press movements. | | Humor as Critical Discourse | Bergson (1911) – Laughter ; Billig (2005) – Laughter and Ridicule . | Offers theoretical grounding for analyzing satire as a vehicle for dissent. | | Affective Politics | Ahmed (2014) – The Promise of Happiness ; Rancière (2004) – The Politics of Aesthetics . | Guides the exploration of “ticklishness” as an affective intervention. | | Participatory Media | Jenkins (2006) – Convergence Culture ; Bruns (2018) – “Participatory Journalism”. | Informs the study of Cosquillas ’ co‑creation practices. | | Visual Semiotics | Barthes (1977) – Image‑Music‑Text ; Eco (1979) – Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language . | Supports the decoding of the magazine’s graphic tropes. | | | “I feel part of a community
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Since its debut in 2012, the Spanish‑language periodical Revista Cosquillas has carved a distinctive niche within the landscape of independent print media. Combining satire, visual art, and participatory “tickle‑games” ( juegos de cosquillas ), the magazine foregrounds humor as a critical tool for negotiating identity, politics, and digital fatigue. This paper analyses Cosquillas through three complementary lenses: (1) historical positioning within the Spanish‑language alternative press; (2) semiotic and aesthetic strategies that mobilise “ticklishness” as a metaphor for affective disruption; and (3) its hybrid production model that intertwines print, web, and community‑driven content‑co‑creation. Drawing on content analysis of the first ten issues (2012‑2020), semi‑structured interviews with the editorial collective, and a readership survey (N = 312), the study reveals that Cosquillas functions both as a site of collective amusement and as a subtle site of sociopolitical critique. Findings suggest that the magazine’s playful format engenders a heightened sense of agency among readers, positioning humor not merely as entertainment but as a form of affective resistance in the age of algorithmic content curation.