Punch Magazine 7/13/83
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scans_dailyPunch magazine was founded in 1841, and enjoyed over a century as a weekly humor magazine, satirical but not "low." It was immensely popular and influential in its day, featuring many famous cartoonists and humor writers.
By the time I was in England, Punch was long past its glory days, and would cease publication in 1992, but I still found it amusing enough to save an issue or two. Here's some bits from the July 13, 1983 issue.
Ah, youth. Every generation has its bizarre fashion choices, to be sure.
The moon-faced fellow is Mr. Punch, the violent puppet after whom the magazine was at least partly named.
I've always enjoyed the twisted fairy tales subgenre of humor. You may remember this tale as the basis of the opera "Der Freischutz", or as a passing reference in "Hellsing."
The lower cartoon was the main reason I hung onto this issue. During my time in England, I was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford, not far from Oxford. Like the more famous Greenham Common, we had a Peace Camp of anti-nuclear/anti-war protestors stationed outside the main gate. Every so often (usually once a month), they'd get up a major demonstration and block the gates, so the base would go on full alert for a day or two. The pub in Lower Heyford down the road was off-limits to us US Air Force types as it was the peace protestors' hangout.
And I have just found out via Wikipedia that RAF Upper Heyford has been closed, and the runway is now used to store Audis. Sic transit gloria mundi.
A recurring feature column, which I think is absolutely hilarious if read out loud in the proper accent.
Much of the early Punch output is in the public domain, one site that may be of interest is http://www.punchcartoons.com/ .
By the time I was in England, Punch was long past its glory days, and would cease publication in 1992, but I still found it amusing enough to save an issue or two. Here's some bits from the July 13, 1983 issue.
Ah, youth. Every generation has its bizarre fashion choices, to be sure.
The moon-faced fellow is Mr. Punch, the violent puppet after whom the magazine was at least partly named.
I've always enjoyed the twisted fairy tales subgenre of humor. You may remember this tale as the basis of the opera "Der Freischutz", or as a passing reference in "Hellsing."
The lower cartoon was the main reason I hung onto this issue. During my time in England, I was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford, not far from Oxford. Like the more famous Greenham Common, we had a Peace Camp of anti-nuclear/anti-war protestors stationed outside the main gate. Every so often (usually once a month), they'd get up a major demonstration and block the gates, so the base would go on full alert for a day or two. The pub in Lower Heyford down the road was off-limits to us US Air Force types as it was the peace protestors' hangout.
And I have just found out via Wikipedia that RAF Upper Heyford has been closed, and the runway is now used to store Audis. Sic transit gloria mundi.
A recurring feature column, which I think is absolutely hilarious if read out loud in the proper accent.
Much of the early Punch output is in the public domain, one site that may be of interest is http://www.punchcartoons.com/ .
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Date: 2009-11-08 04:47 pm (UTC)