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.

[edit] Out-of-print humor magazines

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

[edit] Contemporary humor magazines

Title Language Country Years published Frequency Medium Classification
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
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