Satirical magazines

Academia Caţavencu (Caţavencu Academy) is a Romanian satirical magazine founded in 1991, famous for its investigations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Academia Caţavencu"

Albert Guillaume, born February 14, 1873 - died 1942, was a French painter and caricaturist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albert Guillaume"

The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) is a monthly magazine devoted to scientific humour, in the form of a satirical take on the standard academic journal. In each issue, AIR usually showcases at least one actual piece of scientific research being done on a very strange topic, but most of their articles concern real or fictional absurd experiments, such as a comparison of apples and oranges using gas chromatography. Other features include ratings of the cafeterias at scientific institutes. AIR awards the Ig Nobel Prizes for "results that cannot or should not be reproduced". ...more on Wikipedia about "Annals of Improbable Research"

Caran d'Ache ( pseudonym of Emmanuel Poiré — Moscow, 1858 - 1909) was a French satiric political cartoonist. He was the grandson of an officer in Napoleon's Grande Armée. While his first work glorified the Napoleonic era, he went on to create "stories without words" and as a contributor to newspapers like " Lundi du Figaro", he is sometimes hailed as one of the fathers of the comic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caran d'Ache"

Charles Lucien Léandre ( 1862 - 1934), French caricaturist and painter, was born at Champsecret ( Orne), and studied painting under Blin and Cabanel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Lucien Léandre"

Crazy is a humor magazine, an imitator of the popular MAD Magazine. It was published by Marvel Comics from 1973 to 1983 for a total of 94 regular issues (not counting various specials). ...more on Wikipedia about "Crazy (magazine)"

The Dartmouth Jack O'Lantern (sometimes spelled 'Jack-O-Lantern') was founded at Dartmouth College in 1908. The magazine, which boasts that it is Dartmouth's "only intentional humor magazine," is based in Robinson Hall. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dartmouth Jack O'Lantern"

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Frank is a bi-weekly Canadian scandal or satirical magazine, often compared to and inspired by the British Private Eye. One edition is sold in the Maritime provinces and the other recently relaunched from Ottawa, and is available on newsstands in the Capital, Toronto and other major centers. The two editions are separate. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frank (magazine)"

Fusion is a comedy magazine founded and edited by Glenn Beck and published in the United States. The title is a play on Beck's talk radio program's motto, The Fusion of Entertainment and Enlightenment. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fusion Magazine"

Gargoyle Humor Magazine or The Gargoyle is the official student-run humor magazine for the University of Michigan. It has been satirizing both local and national events for over 90 years. The magazine is part of the University's Student Publications , which also includes the campus newspaper, The Michigan Daily , as well as the yearbook, the Michiganensian . ...more on Wikipedia about "Gargoyle Humor Magazine"

Golden Words is a weekly humour newspaper produced by students at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Founded in 1967 by the university's Engineering Society, it is currently the only weekly humour newspaper in Canada. It boasts a circulation of about 9,000, distributed for free every Wednesday around campus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Golden Words"

In 1960, Georges Bernier, Cavanna and Fred Aristidès created the satirical journal Hara-Kiri. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hara-Kiri (magazine)"

The Harvard Lampoon is an undergraduate humor organization and publication founded in 1876 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The quarterly or monthly magazine, The Harvard Lampoon, was originally modelled on the former British satirical periodical Punch, and has outlived it to become the world's longest-running humor magazine. The organization also produces occasional humor books (the best known being the 1969 J.R.R. Tolkien parody Bored of the Rings) and parodies of national magazines. Much of the organization's capital is provided by the licensing of the "Lampoon" name to National Lampoon, begun by Harvard Lampoon graduates in 1970. ...more on Wikipedia about "Harvard Lampoon"

Humbug was a humor magazine edited by Harvey Kurtzman. It began August 1957 in a black-and-white comic-book size format. Despite a change to a regular magazine format with the tenth issue, it ceased publication with issue #11. ...more on Wikipedia about "Humbug (magazine)"

Il Vernacoliere is an old Italian satirical monthly magazine rooted in Livorno, Tuscany. While it began in the late 1960's as a purely vernacular magazine (called "Livornocronaca" until 1982), it slowly but steadily became famous beyond the borders of the Livorno province, and it is now read in most northern and central Italy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Il Vernacoliere"

Although anarchism is commonly associated with atheism and rejection of organized religion, and Islam is often associated with authoritarian regimes and criticised for human rights violations in some parts of the Islamic world, there have also been significant anarchist undercurrents throughout the history of Islam. This became increasingly the case at the end of the 20th century with the rise of liberal movements within Islam, when the concept of Muslim anarchism first appears. ...more on Wikipedia about "Islam and anarchism"

Jean Moulin ( June 20, 1899– July 8, 1943) was a high-profile member of the French Resistance during World War II. He is remembered today as an emblem of the Resistance because of his courage and the horrific death he met. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jean Moulin"

Joaquín Xaudaró y Echau ( August 17, 1872- 1933), Spanish cartoonist, illustrator, and caricaturist. His humorous depictions of the new technologies of his time –he published a volume of cartoons called The Perils of Flight (Les péripéties de l'aviation, Garnier Frères, Paris, 1911)- serve as an important link between the worlds of nineteenth-century illustration and twentieth-century cartooning. Xaudaró's observations on contemporary culture and technology, as well as his gentle but insightful sense of humor, are apparent in such cartoons as "El telégrafo sin hilos," "Un retrato futurista," "El auto que pasa," "Despertar en Biarritz," "El leopardo inglés en Spyon-Kop." ...more on Wikipedia about "Joaquín Xaudaró"

The Journal of Irreproducible Results (JIR) is a magazine of science humor, published in San Mateo, California as of 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "Journal of Irreproducible Results"

Krokodil (i.e., Crocodile) was a satirical magazine published in the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1922. At these times a large number of satirical magazines existed, such as Zanoza, Prozhektor. Nearly all of them eventually diappeared. ...more on Wikipedia about "Krokodil"

Le Canard enchaîné is a satirical newspaper published weekly in France, founded in 1915, featuring investigative journalism and leaks from sources inside the French government, the French political world and the French business world, as well as a large number of jokes and humorous cartoons. It has a circulation of 446,000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Le Canard enchaîné"

Le Charivari was an illustrated newspaper published in Paris, France from 1832 to 1937. ...more on Wikipedia about "Le Charivari"

Le Rire, meaning "Laughter," was a successful humor magazine published in Paris, France from October 1894 through the " Belle Epoque". ...more on Wikipedia about "Le Rire"

Leonetto Cappiello ( 1875- 1942) was an Italian poster art designer who lived in Paris. He started as a caricaturist illustrating in journals like Le Rire, Le Cri de Paris, Le Sourire, L'Assiette au Beurre, La Baionnette, Femina, and others. ...more on Wikipedia about "Leonetto Cappiello"

mental_floss is a bi-monthly American magazine that presents facts and trivia in a humorous way. It frequently features Albert Einstein on the cover. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mental floss" shortopedia - Go in quickly. Satirical_magazines

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