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Punch

Punch was an influential British weekly magazine of humour and satire, published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002.

1867 cover

Editors[edit]

Contributors[edit]

Punch was known for its short articles and frequent part- or full-page cartoons. Among the well-known cartoonists that contributed to Punch are:

And among the writers:

Books Reviewed in Punch[edit]

One regular feature in Punch was "Our Booking Office", a book review column. This provides an interesting glimpse into the 'middlebrow' literature of the time, rather than the highbrow material reviewed by literary journals.

Information on the Books Reviewed by Punch.

Volumes[edit]

Scans of all public domain volumes of Punch are available from the Internet Archive.

The only volume with a currently active transcription project on Wikisource is:

The following volumes have been worked on in the past, but are not currently actively being transcribed: