Puck (magazine)
Puck was the first successful satirical magazine in the US in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It contained cartoons , caricatures, and political satire . The magazine was published from 1871 to 1918.
history
The weekly magazine was founded by Joseph Ferdinand Keppler in St. Louis . The magazine was published in March 1871 in an English and a German edition. Five years later, the editorial team of the German-language puck moved to New York City , where the first magazine was published on September 27, 1876. The English-language edition was edited on March 14, 1877.
The English magazine continued its operations for more than 40 years under various owners and editors. In 1916 the magazine was taken over by William Randolph Hearst's publishing company . After that, the magazine was only published for two more years. The last edition appeared on September 5, 1918.
Known contributors
Authors
Cartoonists
Puck Magazine has employed numerous well-known cartoonists over the years : Louis Dalrymple, Bernhard Gillam, Livingston Hopkins, Frederick Burr Opper , Louis Glackens, Albert Levering, Frank Nankivell, John Samuel Pughe , Rose O'Neill, Charles Taylor, James Wales and Eugene Zimmerman .
literature
- Richard Samuel West: Satire On Stone. University of Illinois Press , 1988, ISBN 0-252-01497-9
- Samuel J. Thomas: Mugwump Cartoonists, the Papacy, and Tammany Hall in America's Gilded Age in: Religion and American Culture Summer 2004, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 213-250
- Michael Alexander Kahn and Richard Samuel West: What Fools These Mortals Be !: The Story of Puck; America's First And Most Influential Magazine of Color Political Cartoon , IDW, San Diego 2004, ISBN 978-1-63140-046-9 .
Web links
- Puck Magazine in Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington