Humor magazine

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A humor magazine is a magazine specifically designed to deliver humorous content to its readership. These publications often offer satire, but some put an emphasis on cartoons, one-liners or humorous essays.

Out-of-print humor magazines [edit]

Title Language Country Years published Frequency Medium Classification
Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine English USA 1943-1960s Monthly Paper Cartoons; verse; jokes
Cracked English USA 1958–2007 Monthly (paper) Paper (1958–2007) Online (2009-) Satire; comics
Crazy Magazine English USA 1973–1983 Monthly Paper Satire; comics
Punch English UK 1841–2002 Weekly Paper Satire

Contemporary humor magazines [edit]

Title Language Country Years published Frequency Medium Classification
Fish Rap Live! English USA 1985-1988, 1990-present 9 per year Paper Satire, absurdism, theme issues
Harvard Lampoon English USA 1876–present Five per year Paper Satire
Krokodil Russian Russia 1922–1991, 2005–present Weekly Paper Satire
Le Canard enchaîné French France 1915–present Weekly Paper Satire
Mad English USA 1952–present Monthly (1952–2009), Quarterly (2009-) Paper Satire; comics
Princeton Tiger English USA 1882–present Quarterly Paper (1882-) Online (2009-) Satire
Private Eye English UK 1961–present Biweekly Paper Satire
Rumpus English USA 1992–present Six per year Paper Satire/tabloid
The Wittenburg Door English USA 1971–present Bimonthly Paper Christian satire
The Yale Record English USA 1872–present 8 per year Paper Satire, theme issues
Jester of Columbia English USA 1991–1997, 2005–present Quarterly Paper Satire, absurdism
The Northern Star English Canada 2010–present weekly magazine Satire, jokes, comics