List of satirical magazines

The following is a list of satirical magazines from around the world.

Overview

Name Country Place of publication First edition Lasted till Comments
Academia Cațavencu Romania Bucharest 1991 ongoing
L'Asino Italy Rome 1892 1925
L'Assiette au beurre France Paris 1901 1912
Bałamut Russian Empire Saint Petersburg 1830 1836 Polish satirical magazine published in Russian Empire
Il Becco Giallo Italy Rome 1924 1931
El Be Negre Spain Barcelona 1931 1936[1] briefly revived 1979 under the title Amb potes rosses
Berliner Wespen Germany Berlin 1868 1891 precursor Hamburger Wespen, successor Deutsche Wespen
Bertoldo Italy Milan 1936 1943
Boxer Italy 1997 1998
La Campana de Gràcia Spain Barcelona 1870 1934 publication suspended in 1872, 1874 and 1890, and substituted by L'Esquella de la Torratxa
Candido Italy Milan 1945 1961
Cannibale Italy Rome 1977 1979
La Caricature France Paris 1830 1843
La Caricature France Paris 1880 1904
Le Canard enchaîné France Paris 1915 ongoing
Le Charivari France Paris 1832 1937
Charlie Hebdo France Paris 1969 ongoing publication suspended between 1981 and 1992; a mass killing of contributors at its offices in 2015 causes one issue to appear late, but fails to stop publication
The Chaser Australia 1999 2005
The Clinic Chile Santiago 1998 ongoing
Cu-Cut! Spain Barcelona 1902 1912 briefly revived 1913–14[2]
Cuore Italy Rome 1989 1996
Cyrulik Warszawski Poland Warsaw 1926 1934 associated with the Skamander literary circle; the title Cyrulik Warszawski translates as "The Barber of Warsaw".
Ad-Dabbour Lebanon Beirut 1922 ongoing [3]
The Daily Mash United Kingdom 2007 ongoing
Dikobraz Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic (from 1993)
1945 1995 from 1990 under the title Nový Dikobraz; briefly revived 20042005 under the title Dikobraz a Zabaveno; the title Dikobraz translates as "Old World Porcupine"
Der Drache Germany Leipzig 1919 1925
Düsseldorfer Monatshefte Germany Düsseldorf 1847 1861
Eulenspiegel Germany 1848 1853
L'Esquella de la Torratxa Spain Barcelona 1890 1939 spin-off of La Campana de Gràcia[4]
Eulenspiegel East Germany/Germany Berlin 1954 ongoing the only satire magazine of East Germany
Frischer Wind East Germany Berlin 1946 1954 precursor of the Eulenspiegel
Faking News India Delhi 2008 ongoing
Figaro Austria Vienna 1857 1919
Il Fischietto Kingdom of Sardinia/Italy Turin 1848 1916
Fliegende Blätter Germany Munich 1845 1944
Frank Canada Halifax 1987 2008
Frigidaire Italy Giano dell'Umbria 1980 ongoing
Fun United Kingdom London 1861 1901
Gırgır Turkey Istanbul 1972 1989
Grönköpings Veckoblad Sweden 1902 ongoing
La Grosse Bertha France 1991 1993
Der Groyser Kundes United States New York 1909 1927
Il Guerin Meschino Italy Milan 1882 1950
Hamburger Wespen Germany Hamburg 1862 1868
Hara-Kiri France Paris 1961 1985 reappeared briefly in 1993 and 2000. Additional weekly magazine published in 1969–1970.
Harvard Lampoon United States Cambridge 1876 ongoing
Hosteni Albania Tirana 1945 ongoing published monthly until 1991, quarterly onward
The Inconsequential United Kingdom Northeastern England 2005 ongoing Originated from a one-issue pamphlet entitled The Shabby Hare. Published every two to three months up to 2015, then monthly thereafter.[5]
El Jueves Spain Barcelona 1977 ongoing
Karuzela Poland Łódź 1957 1992
Kikeriki Austria Vienna 1861 1933
Kladderadatsch Germany Berlin 1848 1944
Krokodil Soviet Union
Russian Federation (from 1991)
Moscow 1922 2004 from 2001 under the title Novyi Krokodil («Новый Крокодил»); the only satirical magazine in the world to be honoured with a musical composition: "5 Romances to the Words from the Crocodile Magazine" («5 романсов на слова из журнала „Крокодил“») by Dmitri Shostakovich (1965).
Il Lampione Grand Duchy of Tuscany/Italy Florence 1848 1877
The Lemon Press United Kingdom York 2009 ongoing
La Lente Grand Duchy of Tuscany Florence 1856 1861
Leuchtkugeln Germany Munich 1848 1851
Liberum Veto Poland Kraków 1903 1905
M Italy Rome 2007 2009
Il Male Italy Rome 1978 1982
Il Misfatto Italy Rome 2010 2013
Moskovskaya Komsomolka Russia Moscow 1999 2001
Mouthfrog United States 2012 ongoing
Mucha Poland Warsaw 1868 1952
Münchener Punsch Germany Munich 1848 1871
Nebelspalter Switzerland Zürich
Rorschach (from 1921)
Basle (from 1996)
Horn (from 1998)
1875 ongoing world's second oldest satirical magazine, after The Yale Record (1872–present)
proscribed in Nazi Germany
Noseweek South Africa 1993 ongoing
Il Nuovo Male Italy Giano dell'Umbria 2011 ongoing
The Onion United States Chicago 1988 2013 remains active online as a website
'U Panarijdde Italy Taranto 1902 1953
Par Condicio Italy 2004 2005
Pardon Germany 1962 1982
Il Pasquino Kingdom of Sardinia/Italy Turin 1856 1930
Der Postillon Germany Fürth 2008 ongoing
Private Eye United Kingdom London 1961 ongoing
Przegięcie Pały Poland 1988 1989 founded by Krzysztof Skiba
associated with the Ruch Społeczeństwa Alternatywnego & Orange Alternative movements
Punch United Kingdom London 1841 1992
Różowe Domino Poland
(under Austrian partition)
Lwów
(now Lviv)
1882 1890 whole print runs frequently confiscated by the censorship of Austria-Hungary; the title translates as "Pink Domino".
Simplicissimus Germany Munich 1896 1944
Siné Mensuel France Paris 2011 ongoing succeeded to the weekly magazine Siné Hebdo published from 2008 to 2010
Spy United States 1986 1998
Lo Stenterello Grand Duchy of Tuscany Florence 1848 1849
Süddeutscher Postillon Germany Munich 1882 1910
Svikmøllen Denmark 1915 ongoing
Szpilki Poland Warsaw
(Łódź 19451947)
1935 1994 founded by Eryk Lipiński & Zbigniew Mitzner; publication suspended during the Second World War between September 1939 and March 1945, and again for a few months during the dictatorship of General Jaruzelski
The Phoenix Ireland Dublin 1983 ongoing
Tango Italy Rome 1986 1988
Teacher's Diary United Kingdom London 2004 2004 a brief Private Eye spin-off
Towfiq Iran Teheran 1923 1971
Ulenspiegel Germany Berlin 1945 1950
Ulk Germany Hamburg 1872 1933
Titanic Germany Frankfurt 1979 ongoing
Il Vernacoliere Italy Livorno 1982 ongoing
La voce della fogna Italy 1974 1983
Der Wahre Jacob Germany Stuttgart 1879 1933
Watzmann Austria 1982 1985
Weekly World News United States 1979 2007
Wiadomości Brukowe Poland
(under Russian partition)
Wilno
(now Vilnius)
1816 1822 closed by the censorship of the Russian Empire; continued surreptitiously as Bałamut until 1836; the oldest satirical magazine in the world; the title Wiadomości Brukowe translates as "Gutter-rag News".
The Yale Record United States New Haven 1872 ongoing
Eine Zeitung Germany Bremen 2005 ongoing
100Most Hong Kong Hong Kong 2013 ongoing

See also

References

  1. Solà i Dachs, Lluís: El be Negre i els seus homes Barcelona: Edhasa, 1977
  2. Cu-cut! Sàtira política en temps trasbalsats (1902-1912) - Exhibition prospect at Arxiu Històric de la Ciutat de Barcelona
  3. http://en.qantara.de/content/the-lebanese-satirical-magazine-ad-dabbour-hornets-nest-in-beirut
  4. Solà i Dachs, Lluís: L'Esquella de la Torratxa (1879-1939) Barcelona: Bruguera, 1970
  5. Graham C Hodgson, Joint Editor-in-Chief

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