In an era when totalitarian regimes seem to be on the rise and in the year that marks the 50th anniversary of the 25 April 1974 revolution, which marked the end of the dictatorship in Portugal, it is essential to reflect on how people lived under the old regime from various points of view. In this way, it is appropriate to refer to the Almanaque magazine as a metaphorical and subversive graphic object in a period marked by censorship and the need to circumvent it. This periodical, with graphic direction by the renowned Portuguese designer Sebastião Rodrigues, had 18 issues, published between October 1959 and May 1961, and was assumed as ironic and critical. Our study carried out through a literature review, direct observation and analysis of magazine copies, seeks to characterise the work graphically and understand the graphic “metaphors” used. In this article, we focus on the covers (in a parallel study, we do the same for the inside).