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| Latest Book: | Punch v149 3886 | Uploaded: Apr 20, 2020 |
| Categories: | Humor |
| Publication History: | Issues: 999 | Sequence: #1 - #999 | Dates: - |
| Punch was founded on 17 July 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells, on an initial investment of £25. It was jointly edited by Mayhew and Mark Lemon. It was subtitled The London Charivari in homage to Charles Philipon's French satirical humour magazine Le Charivari. Reflecting their satiric and humorous intent, the two editors took for their name and masthead the anarchic glove puppet, Mr. Punch, of Punch and Judy; the name also referred to a joke made early on about one of the magazine's first editors, Lemon, that "punch is nothing without lemon". Mayhew ceased to be joint editor in 1842 and became "suggestor in chief" until he severed his connection in 1845. In December 1842 due to financial difficulties the magazine was sold to Bradbury and Evans, both printers and publishers. The illustrator Archibald Henning designed the cover of the magazine's first issues. The cover design varied in the early years, though Richard Doyle designed what became the magazine's masthead in 1849. Artists who published in Punch during the 1840s and 50s included John Leech, Richard Doyle, John Tenniel and Charles Keene. This group became known as "The Punch Brotherhood", which also included Charles Dickens who joined Bradbury and Evans after leaving Chapman and Hall in 1843. Circulation broke the 100,000 mark around 1910, and peaked in 1947 - 1948 at 175,000 to 184,000. Sales declined steadily thereafter; ultimately, the magazine was forced to close in 2002 after 161 years of publication. Punch was widely emulated worldwide and was popular in the colonies. The colonial experience, especially in India, influenced Punch and its iconography. Tenniel's Punch cartoons of the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny led to a surge in the magazine's popularity. Colonial India was frequently caricatured in Punch and was an important source of knowledge of India for British readers. Punch material was collected in book formats from the late nineteenth century, which included Pick of the Punch annuals with cartoons and text features, Punch and the War (a 1941 collection of WWII-related cartoons), and A Big Bowl of Punch - which was republished a number of times. Many Punch cartoonists of the late 20th century published collections of their own, partly based on Punch contributions. Punch magazine ceased publishing in 1992. (source: wikipedia) | |
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Punch v149 3873 | 34 | krotrek | Apr 9, 2020 | 31.00 | 1939 | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Punch v149 3874 | 36 | krotrek | Apr 9, 2020 | 29.00 | 1080 | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Punch v149 3877 | 36 | krotrek | Apr 9, 2020 | 63.00 | 1171 | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Punch v149 3880 | 36 | krotrek | Apr 9, 2020 | 60.00 | 1004 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Punch v149 3883 | 36 | krotrek | Apr 9, 2020 | 64.00 | 1625 | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Punch v149 3884 | 36 | krotrek | Apr 19, 2020 | 55.00 | 1319 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Punch v149 3885 | 36 | krotrek | Apr 20, 2020 | 61.00 | 1170 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Punch v149 3886 | 32 | krotrek | Apr 20, 2020 | 53.00 | 1719 | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
