Portal:Punch
Editors
- Mark Lemon (1841–1870)
- Henry Mayhew (1841–1842)
- Charles William Shirley Brooks (1870–1874)
- Tom Taylor (1874–1880)
- Francis Burnand (1880–1906)
- Owen Seaman (1906-1932)
- E.V. Knox (1932-1949)
Contributors
Punch was known for its short articles and frequent part- or full-page cartoons. Among the well-known cartoonists that contributed to Punch are:
- Richard Doyle
- John Leech
- Charles Keene
- John Tenniel
- Edward Linley Sambourne
- George du Maurier
- Bernard Partridge
And among the writers:
- Douglas William Jerrold
- George du Maurier
- John McCrae
- A. A. Milne
- Anthony Powell
- W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman
- Thackeray
- Henry Lucy
- Artemus Ward
- Somerset Maugham
- P.G. Wodehouse
- Keith Waterhouse
- Quentin Crisp
- Olivia Manning
- Sylvia Plath
Books Reviewed in Punch
One regular feature in Punch was "Our Booking Office", a book review column. This provides an interesting glimpse into the 'middlebrow' literature of the time, rather than the highbrow material reviewed by literary journals.
Information on the Books Reviewed by Punch.
Volumes
Scans of all public domain volumes of Punch are available from the Internet Archive.
Completed
- Volume 147 (July-December 1914) (transcription project)
Active
- Volume 148 (January-June 1915) (transcription project)
- Volume 149 (July-December 1915) (transcription project)
Others
The following volumes have been worked on in the past, but are not currently actively being worked on or transcribed:
- Volume 1 (1841)
- Volume 79
- Volume 122 (1902) (transcription project)