Punch (magazin)

Punch je bio britanski sedmični magazin humora i satire izdavan od 1841. do 1992. godine, te od 1996. do 2002. godine.

Omot magazina Punch, 1867. godine

Historija

Punch je osnovan 17. jula 1841. godine od strane Henrya Mayhewa i Ebenezera Landellsa.

Povratak 1996. godine

Rano u 1996. godini, egipatski biznismen Mohamed Fayed kupio je pravo na ime magazina, te ga ja ponovo pčeo objavljivati kasnije te iste godine.

2004. godine, većina arhive, uključujući poznati Punchov stol, prodata je britanskoj biblioteci.

Ljudi koji su dali doprinos

Urednici Puncha su bili:

• Mark Lemon (1841-1870)
• Henry Mayhew (1841-1842)
• Charles William Shirley Brooks (1870-1874)
• Tom Taylor (1874-1880)
• Sir Francis Burnand (1880-1906)
• Sir Owen Seaman (1906-1932)
• E.V. Knox (1932-1949)
• Kenneth Bird (1949-1952)
• Malcolm Muggeridge (1953-1957)
• Bernard Hollowood (1958-1968)
• William Davis (1969-1977)
• Alan Coren (1978-1987)
• David Taylor (1988)
• David Thomas (1989-1992)
• Peter McKay (Septembar 1996-1997)
• Paul Spike (1997)
• James Steen (1997-2001)
• Richard Brass (2001-2002)

Vanjski linkovi

• Punch cartoon library, including a history of the magazine
• Gallery of Punch cartoons at Punchcartoons.com
• List of issues available on-line from Project Gutenberg
• Mr Punch at the British Library, an article from the British Library website
• John Leech Sketch archives from Punch, a fan's website with more than 600 of Leech's sketches
• Punch magazine to fold, a May 2002 BBC article