Punch (magazine)
See also: Punch
Punch is a weekly satirical gazette British published between 1841 and 1992 then of 1996 with 2002.
Founded the July 17th 1841 by Henry Mayhew and the engraver Ebenezer Landells, the newspaper is initially subtitle The London Charivari in reference to the jounal the Hullabaloo . After 150 years of publication, the declining sales of the newspaper force it to cease appearing. In 1996, the Egyptian business man Mohamed Al-Fayed tries to make revive the title but the experiment will last only six years.
William Makepeace Thackeray, the author of Barry Lyndon and of the Book of the Snobs , was a collaborator of Punch .
Aldine Cecil and Phil May provided caricatures to Punch.
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