Guest • Login • Register • Sitemap • Privacy • About • Contact • Help
in house dollar bill thumbnail
Home > Newspapers and Magazines > Adult Humor & Wit
 Total: 43,545 books
 New: 89 books



Thumbnail for Adult Humor & WitThis section is a repository various publications that are of a similar ilk to Fawcett's Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang, which gained enough popularity that various titles like Hot Dog, Gloom, Cap'n Joey's Jazza-Ka-Jazza and The Quirt popped up all over the United States.
You are WELCOME to enjoy our site & read ALL our books online. But to download & join our forum please create a FREE account or login

Adult Humor & Wit

Hot Dog Regular Fellows Monthly

Thumbnail for Hot Dog Regular Fellows Monthly
Title:Hot Dog Regular Fellows Monthly
Issues Available:8
Latest Issue:Hot Dog v2 2 | Uploaded: Jun 28, 2017
Categories:Humor
Comic Book Plus In-House Image

Jim Jam Jems

Thumbnail for Jim Jam Jems
Title:Jim Jam Jems
Issues Available:4
Latest Issue:Jim Jam Jems (1922-04) | Uploaded: Mar 6, 2018
Categories:Humor

Punch

Thumbnail for Punch
Title:Punch
Issues Available:8
Latest Issue: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)
#
Name
Cover
Date
Pages
Contributor
Date
Added
Size
(mb)
View
Down
loads
Rated
2 Beauty Parade v09 02 41 Archive.org Mar 11, 2019 121.00 5669 123
487 Blighty 0487 24 unknown Oct 21, 2013 15.00 10623 121
2 Cap'n Joey's Jazza Ka Jazza v01 02 56 Cap'n Joey Jun 21, 2017 16.00 3217 45
4 Cap'n Joey's Jazza Ka Jazza v01 04 52 Cap'n Joey Jun 7, 2017 15.00 3435 78
2 Gloom: The Devil's Book 2 68 The Devil Jun 7, 2017 17.00 5327 80
1 Hit! v01 01 34 D&M Oct 3, 2013 48.00 9819 235
1 Spice O' Life v01 01 52 Darwination Jun 29, 2017 76.00 4653 63
32 The Quirt v02 32 66 Archive Jun 2, 2017 38.00 4484 54
  
Comic Book Plus In-House Image
Mission: Our mission is to present free of charge, and to the widest audience, popular cultural works of the past. These are offered as a contribution to education and lifelong learning. They reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. We do not endorse these views, which may contain content offensive to modern users.

Disclaimer: We aim to house only Public Domain content. If you suspect that any of our material may be infringing copyright, please use our contact page to let us know. So we can investigate further. Utilizing our downloadable content, is strictly at your own risk. In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.