Judy (satirical magazine)

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Judy; or the London Serio-Comic Journal
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Drawing from November 27, 1901, issue of Judy
Editor Charles Henry Ross
FrequencyWeekly
FormatHumour
PublisherGilbert Dalziel
First issueMay 1, 1867
Final issueOctober 23, 1907
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Judy was a British satirical humour magazine of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The full name was Judy; or the London Serio-Comic Journal.

The magazine's first issue was cover dated May 1, 1867, and the last issue October 23, 1907. [1] The name "Judy" was in reference to Punch and Judy, and alluded directly to its more established rival, Punch magazine, which had been founded in 1841.

In its August 14, 1867, issue, Judy introduced "Ally Sloper", [1] [2] who was one of the first – possibly the first – comic strip characters [2] (the seminal Yellow Kid, for instance, was not published until almost three decades later, in 1895). Sloper was later the first comic strip character to get his own regular weekly magazine, Ally Sloper's Half Holiday , the first issue having a cover date of May 3, 1884. [2] [3] Sloper was heavily merchandised, and may have been the first comic strip character featured in a popular song ("Ally Sloper's Christmas Holidays", 1886) or adapted to film (1898). [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 John Adcock (28 January 2010). "Judy's "Jolly Books"". Yesterday's Papers. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Don Markstein. "Ally Sloper". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. Lord Baker of Dorking (2001). "History of Cartoons & Comics". Cartoon Museum. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  4. Denis Gifford (23 September 2004). "Ally Sloper group" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/66301. ISBN   978-0-19-861412-8.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)