List of humor magazines

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An edition of American humor magazine Crazy, Man, Crazy from 1956

A humor magazine is a magazine specifically designed to deliver humorous content to its readership. These publications often offer satire and parody, but some also put an emphasis on cartoons, caricature, absurdity, one-liners, witty aphorisms, surrealism, neuroticism, gelotology, emotion-regulating humor, and/or humorous essays. Humor magazines first became popular in the early 19th century with specimens like Le Charivari (1832–1937) in France, Punch (1841–2002) in the United Kingdom and Vanity Fair (1859–1863) in the United States.

Contemporary humor magazines

TitleLanguageCountryYear foundedNotable ContributorsFrequencyMediumClassification
Academia Cațavencu RomanianRomania1991 Mircea Dinescu, Sorin Ovidiu Vântu WeeklyPaperSatire
The American Bystander EnglishUS2015 Michael Gerber, Brian McConnachie, Jack Handey, Kate Beaton QuarterlyPaperSatire, Parody
The Brown Jug EnglishUS1920 S.J. Perelman, Nathanael West, Jordan Carlos, Ben "Bean Kid" Doyle QuarterlyPaperSatire
Le Canard enchaîné FrenchFrance1915 René Pétillon, Jean Effel, Cabu, Lefred Thouron WeeklyPaperSatire, cartoons
Charlie Hebdo FrenchFrance1969 Philippe Val, François Cavanna, Cabu, Le Professeur Choron WeeklyPaperSatire, cartoons
The Civilian EnglishNew Zealand2013Ben UffindellvariedOnlineSatire
The Clinic SpanishChile1998Patricio Fernández ChadwickWeeklyPaperSatire
CollegeHumor EnglishUS1999 Ricky Van Veen, Jake Hurwitz, Amir Blumenfeld, Streeter Seidell DailyOnlineHumor
The Comic News EnglishUS1984Thom Zajac, John GovskyMonthlyPaperPolitical Cartoons
The Cornell Lunatic EnglishUS1978 Joey Green, Adam-Troy Castro, Naren Shankar 2 per yearPaperSatire
Cracked.com EnglishUS2009Jack O'Brien, Seanbaby, Daniel O'Brien DailyOnlineHumor
The Daily Currant EnglishUS2012VariedOnlineSatire
The Daily Mash EnglishUK2007Paul Stokes, Neil RaffertyDailyOnlineSatire
Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern EnglishUS1908 Dr. Seuss, Buck Henry, Chris Miller, Mindy Kaling 4 per yearPaperSatire
The Michigan Every Three Weekly EnglishUS1997 Megan Ganz MonthlyPaper and OnlineSatire
Eulenspiegel-Das Satiremagazin GermanEast Germany, Germany1946Mathias WedelMonthlyPaperSatire
Faking News EnglishIndia2008Rahul RoushanDailyOnlineSatire
Fish Rap Live! EnglishUS1985Skyler Hanrath, Ryan Schreiber9 per yearPaperSatire, absurdism, theme issues
Frank EnglishCanada1987 Michael Coren, Michael Bate, David Bentley, Fabrice Taylor BiweeklyPaperSatire
Frigidaire ItalianItaly1980 Andrea Pazienza, Tanino Liberatore, Vincenzo Sparagna, Massimo Mattioli MonthlyPaperComics
Funny Times EnglishUS1985Susan Wolpert, Raymond LesserMonthlyPaperSatire, cartoons
The Georgetown Heckler EnglishUS2003 Jack O'Brien variedPaperSatire
Le Gorafi FrenchFrance2012Jean-René BuissièreDailyOnlineSatire
Grönköpings Veckoblad SwedishSweden1902 Nils Hasselskog MonthlyPaperSatire
Harvard Lampoon EnglishUS1876 Doug Kenney, George Meyer, Conan O'Brien, Robert Benchley,

Kurt Andersen,

John Updike

Five per yearPaperSatire
Heuristic Squelch EnglishUS19916–8 per yearPaperSatire
Humor Times EnglishUS1991 Will Durst, Dan Piraro, Ruben Bolling MonthlyPaperSatire
The InconsequentialEnglishUK2005Graham C Hodgson, Stephen McCartneyQuarterlyPaper (2005)

Online (2012)

Satire, Verse, Short Stories, Cartoons, Absurdism
Jester of Columbia EnglishUS1901–1997, 2005 Allen Ginsberg, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Tony Kushner, Ted Rall QuarterlyPaperSatire, absurdism
El Jueves SpanishSpain1977 Joan Vizcarra, J.L. Martín, Jordi SellasWeeklyPaperSatire
The Lemon Press (University of York) EnglishUK2009Joe Regan, Ryan Fitzgerald, Chris Burgess, Dave Walker4 or 5 times per yearPaperSatire
Light EnglishUS1992 X. J. Kennedy, Willard R. Espy, Tom Disch, John Updike QuarterlyPaper (1992–2012) Online (2012–) Light verse
Mad EnglishUS1952 Harvey Kurtzman, Al Jaffee, Sergio Aragonés, Mort Drucker Monthly (1952–2009), Quarterly (2009-2012), Bi-monthly (2012-)PaperSatire; comics
McSweeney's Internet Tendency EnglishUS1998 Dave Eggers, Michael Ian Black, Tim Carvell, Nick Hornby DailyOnlineSatire
The Milking Cat EnglishUS2018WeeklyOnlineTeen Humor, Satire, Comics
Nebelspalter GermanSwitzerland1875 René Gilsi, Franz Hohler, Heinrich Danioth, Marco RatschillerWeeklymagazineSatire
Neurococi RomanianRomania2018Radu BarsanDailyOnlineSatire, Parody
NonsenseEnglishUS1983Butch D'Ambrosio, Billy Scafuri, John Milhiser, Serious Lunch6 times a yearPaper (1983-2011), Online (2012-present)Satire, Parody
Noseweek EnglishSouth Africa1993 Martin Welz MonthlymagazineSatire
Onion.com EnglishUS1996 David Javerbaum, Ben Karlin, Scott Dikkers, Carol Kolb dailyOnlineSatire
The Oxymoron EnglishUK20083 per yearPaperSatire
The Pennsylvania Punch Bowl EnglishUS1899 Ezra Pound, Morton Livingston Schamberg, John Valentine Lovitt, Leo Yanoff3 per yearPaper (1899) Online (2007)Satire
The Phoenix EnglishIreland1983Paddy Prendeville, John MulcahyFortnightlyPaperSatire, Politics
The Plumber's FaucetEnglishCanada1984TriweeklyPaper and onlineHumor, satire, cartoons
PhrothEnglishUS19092 per yearPaperSatire, humor
Points in Case EnglishUS1999 Amir Blumenfeld DailyOnlineSatire, humor
Princeton Tiger EnglishUS1882 Booth Tarkington, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Caro, John McPhee QuarterlyPaper (1882–) Online (2009–)Satire
Private Eye EnglishUK1961 Peter Cook, Ian Hislop, Richard Ingrams, John Wells BiweeklyPaperSatire
De Rechtzetting  [ nl ] (The Correction)FlemishNetherlands2010IndiyanDailyOnlineFake News
De Speld (The Pin) DutchNetherlands2007DailyOnlineFake News
Satyr Magazine EnglishUS1970DailyOnlineSatire
Savage Henry Independent Times EnglishUS2010 Sarah Godlin, Sonny Wong (artist), Zack Newkirk, Chris Durant MonthlyPaper, OnlineSatire
The Serpopard EnglishUS & Germany2017Luger James, Ricarda Stevenson, Andrea Julia Smith, Zac de la Vigne
DailyOnlineSatire
The Stanford Chaparral EnglishUS1899 Josh Weinstein, Doodles Weaver, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston 6 per yearPaperSatire
Stanford Flipside EnglishUS2008MonthlyOnlineSatire
Svikmøllen DanishDenmark1915Sven BraschAnnualPaperSatire
Titanic GermanGermany1979 Martin Sonneborn MonthlyPaperSatire
The UnReal Times EnglishIndia2011Ashwin Kumar, CS Krishna, Karthik Laxman, Ajayendar ReddyDailyOnlineSatire
Viz EnglishUK1979 Chris Donald, Simon Donald, Joel Morris, Christina Martin 6 per yearPaperComics
The Yale Record EnglishUS1872 Garry Trudeau, Cole Porter, Peter Arno, Vincent Price 8 per yearPaperSatire, cartoons
The Zamboni EnglishUS1989Josh Wolk, Luke Burns, Graham StarrMonthlyPaper (1989–)/Online (2014–)Humor. Satire, Installation Art, Parody, Cartoons, Mixed Media, sketch
Toons Mag EnglishNorway2009 Arifur Rahman DailyOnlineCartoon, Comics, Caricature, Satire
Blandaren SwedishSweden1863 Pontus Hultén, Gunnar Asplund AnnuallyPaperdadaistic, absurdist, satirical and surrealist

Out-of-print humor magazines

TitleLanguageCountryYears publishedNotable ContributorsFrequencyMediumClassification
Army Man EnglishUS1988–1990 George Meyer, John Swartzwelder, Jack Handey, Mark O'Donnell 3 issuesPaperSatire
L'Asino (The Donkey) ItalianItaly1892–1925 Guido Podrecca (Goliardo), Giosuè Carducci, Gabriele Galantara (Ratalanga) WeeklyPaperSatire
Bałamut (Philanderer) PolishRussian Empire1830–1832/36 Michal Konarski, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski WeeklyPaperSatire
Il Becco Giallo (Yellow Beak) ItalianItaly1924–1926 Alberto Giannini WeeklyPaperSatire
El Be Negre (The Black Sheep) CatalanSecond Spanish Republic1931–1936Josep Maria Planes i Martí, Amadeu HurtadoWeeklyPaperSatire
Bertoldo ItalianItaly1920s–1930s Saul Steinberg, Marcello Marchesi WeeklyPaperSurrealist Humor
The Blind Man EnglishUS1917–1917 Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché, Beatrice Wood, Mina Loy 2 issuesPaperDada, Humor, Art
California Pelican EnglishUS1903–1988 Rube Goldberg, Ron Goulart, Earle C. Anthony 8 per yearPaperSatire
La Campana de Gràcia (Gràcia's Bell) Catalan, SpanishSpain1870–1934Innocenci López i Bernagosi, Prudenci Bertrana, Antoni SerraWeeklyPaperSatire
Cannibale (Cannibal) ItalianItaly1977–1979 Stefano Tamburini, Massimo Mattioli, Filippo Scòzzari, Andrea Pazienza Varied (9 issues)PaperSatire, Underground Comics
The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror EnglishEngland1806-1818? G.M.Woodward, Thomas Rowlandson, Charles Williams, Isaac Cruikshank, George Cruikshank, William Elmes, Piercy Roberts BiweeklyPaperSatire
La Caricature FrenchFrance1830–1843 Charles Philipon, Louis Desnoyers, Honoré de Balzac, Grandville WeeklyPaperSatire
CARtoons Magazine EnglishUSCa. 1959–1991 William Stout, Alex Toth, Russ Manning 8 times a yearPaperCartoons
Cartoon MagazineEnglishUSCa. 1900–1912 Clifford Berryman, Homer Davenport PaperSatire, Political cartoons
Le Charivari FrenchFrance1832–1937 Charles Philipon, Honoré Daumier, Gustave Doré, Nadar Daily (1832–1936)/Weekly (1937)PaperSatire, cartoons
Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine EnglishUS1943–1960s Bill Ward, Al Wiseman MonthlyPaperCartoons; verse; jokes
The Chaser EnglishAustralia1999–2005FortnightlyPaperSatirical news
Le Chat Noir (The Black Cat) FrenchFrance1882–1897 Rodolphe Salis, Jean Lorrain, Paul Verlaine, Jean Richepin WeeklyPaperSatire
Chunklet EnglishUS1993–2005Henry OwingsPaperalternative humor, parody
El Coitao (Sex) SpanishSpain1908–1908 Miguel de Unamuno, Gustavo de Maeztu, Tomás Meabe, José Arruda Weekly (7 issues)PaperSatire
Cracked EnglishUS1958–2007 Will Elder, John Severin, Daniel Clowes, Jack Davis MonthlyPaperSatire; comics
Le Crapouillot FrenchFrance1915–1996 Jean Galtier-Boissière, Roland Gaucher PaperSatire
Crazy Magazine EnglishUS1973–1983 Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Art Buchwald, Harlan Ellison MonthlyPaperSatire; comics
¡Cu-Cut! (Cuckoo!) CatalanSpain1902–1912 Josep Abril i Virgili, Joan Junceda, Lola Anglada, Bagaria PaperSatire
Cyrulik Warszawski (The Barber of Warsaw) PolishPoland1926–1934 Jan Lechon, Jerzy Paczkowski, Marian Hemar, Julian Tuwim WeeklyPaperSatire
L'Esquella de la Torratxa CatalanSpain1872–1939 Prudenci Bertrana, Pere Calders, Santiago Rusiñol, Isidre Nonell WeeklyPaperSatire
The eXile EnglishRussia1997–2008 Matt Taibbi, Mark Ames BiweeklyPaperSatire
Feral Tribune CroatianYugoslavia, Croatia1984–1993 Viktor Ivančić, Boris Dežulović, Drago Hedl WeeklyPaperSatire
Fliegende Blätter (Flying Leaves) GermanGermany1845–1944 Wilhelm Busch, Julius Klinger, Hermann Vogel, Count Franz Pocci WeeklyPaperSatire
Fun EnglishUK1861–1901 W. S. Gilbert, Ambrose Bierce, H.J. Byron, Matt Morgan WeeklyPaperSatire
Girgir (Broom) TurkishTurkey1972–1993 Oğuz Aral, M. K. Perker, tr:Tekin AralTekin Aral, Galip Tekin, Ergün Gündüz WeeklyPaperSatire
Hara-Kiri FrenchFrance1960–2000; (banned in 1961 and 1966) Georges Bernier, François Cavanna, Fred, Jean-Marc Reiser MonthlyPaperSatire, cartoons
Help! EnglishUS1960–1965 Harvey Kurtzman, Terry Gilliam, Woody Allen, Robert Crumb MonthlyPaperSatire
Humbug EnglishUS1957–1958 Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel MonthlyPaperSatire, parody
Judge EnglishUS1881–1947, 1953 S.J. Perelman, Harold Ross, James Albert Wales, Victor Lasky Weekly, Monthly from 1932–1947PaperSatire
Judy EnglishUnited Kingdom1867–1907 Alfred Bryan, Adelaide Claxton, Charles Henry Ross, Marie Duval WeeklyPaperSatire
Karuzela (Carousel) PolishPoland1957–1992 Jerzy Wróblewski, Adam Ochocki, Stanisław Gratkowski, Jacek Sawaszkiewicz BiweeklyPaperSatire
Krokodil (Crocodile) RussianSoviet Union, Russia1922–2006 Vladimir Mayakovsky, Kukryniksy, Yuliy Ganf 3 per monthPaperSatire
Liberum Veto Polish Polish Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire 1903–1906 Franciszek Czaki PaperSatire
Life EnglishUS1883–1936 Charles Dana Gibson, Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, Robert E. Sherwood WeeklyPaperHumor and General Interest
Il Male (Evil) ItalianItaly1977–1982 Pino Zac, Vincino, Angelo Pasquini, Cinzia Leone WeeklyPaperSatire
Modern Humorist EnglishUS2000–2003 John Aboud, Michael Colton, John Warner, Daniel Chun DailyOnlineSatire
Marc'Aurelio ItalianItaly1931–1958 Federico Fellini, Castellano & Pipolo, Ettore Scola, Furio Scarpelli DailyPaperSatire
Molla Nasraddin Azeri, RussianRussian Empire, Persian Socialist Soviet Republic, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic1906–1931 Jalil Mammadguluzadeh PaperSatire
Monocle EnglishUS1950s–1965 Victor Navasky, Calvin Trillin, C. D. B. Bryan, Neil Postman MonthlyPaperSatire
Moskovskaya Komsomolka RussianRussia1999–2001 Boris Berezovsky, Dmitry Bykov, Eduard Limonov, Marina Lesko WeeklyPaperSatire
Mucha (The Fly) PolishPoland1868–1939; 1946–1952 Antoni Orłowski, Franciszek Kostrzewski, Boleslaw Prus MonthlyPaperSatire
National Lampoon EnglishUS1970–1998 Douglas Kenney, Michael O'Donoghue, John Hughes, Bruce McCall, Henry Beard, Mike Reiss, Larry Sloman, Shary Flenniken, Dan Clowes, Chris Ware MonthlyPaperSatire
Nickelodeon Magazine EnglishUS1990–2010 Art Spiegelman, Gahan Wilson, Robert Leighton, Robert Sikoryak Quarterly (1990–1994); 6 per year (1994–1995); 10 per year (1995–2010)PaperChildren's Magazine (1990); Humor, Comics (1993–2010)
Omnibus ItalianItaly1937–1939 Leo Longanesi, Mino Maccari, Alberto Savinio, Eugenio Montale WeeklyPaperSatire
The Onion EnglishUS1988–2013 Scott Dikkers, Carol Kolb, David Javerbaum, Ben Karlin weeklyPaperSatire
Panic EnglishUS1954–1956 Al Feldstein, Wally Wood, Basil Wolverton, Will Elder monthlyPaperSatire, cartoons, parody
Pèl & Ploma (Hair & Feather)CatalanSpain1899–1903 Ramon Casas, Miquel Utrillo, Emili Vilanova and March, Eduard Marquina i Angulo Monthly (1899–1900), Bimonthly (1900–1901), Monthly (1901–1903)PaperLiterature, Art, Satire
PoliticksEnglishUSCa. 1977–1979 Dick Morris PaperSatire
Przegięcie Pały PolishPoland1988–1989 Krzysztof Skiba, Paweł Konnak, Piotr Trzaskalski QuarterlyPaperSatire
Puck English, GermanUS1871–1918 Joseph Ferdinand Keppler, Livingston Hopkins, Frederick Burr Opper, Rose O'Neill WeeklyPaperSatire; comics
Punch EnglishUK1841–2002 A. A. Milne, P. G. Wodehouse, William Makepeace Thackeray, Kingsley Amis WeeklyPaperSatire
Quatre Gats (Four Cats) CatalanSpain1899–1899 Santiago Rusiñol i Prats, Ramon Casas i Carbó, Joaquim Mir i Trinxet, Josep Puig i Cadafalch 15 issuesPaperSatire, Literature, Art
The Realist EnglishUS1958–2001 Paul Krassner, Lenny Bruce, Terry Southern, Ken Kesey WeeklyPaperSatire
Różowe Domino (Pink Dominoes) Polish Austro-Hungarian Empire 1882–1890 Maria Konopnicka, Włodzimierz Zagórski, W. Maniecki, AJ WaruszyńskiWeeklyPaperSatire
Sick EnglishUS1960–1980 Joe Simon, Angelo Torres, Jack Davis, Bob Powell MonthlyPaperSatire
Simplicissimus GermanGermany1896–1967 Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hermann Hesse, Thomas Theodor Heine Weekly; Biweekly (1964–1967)PaperSatire
Spy EnglishUS1986–1998 Kurt Andersen, Graydon Carter, Patricia Marx, Mark O'Donnell, Lisa Birnbach, Larissa MacFarquhar, Louis Theroux, Paul Simms, Paul Rudnick, Walter Kirn MonthlyPaperSatire
Szpilki (Studs) PolishPoland1935–1994 Zbigniew Mitzner, Eryk Lipiński, Jan Galuba, Andrzej Dudziński PaperSatire
Trump EnglishUS1957–1957 Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, Will Elder Paperparody, satire, cartoon
Ulk (Practical Joke) GermanGermany1872–1933 Hans Reimann, Kurt Tucholsky, Lyonel Feininger, Heinrich Zille WeeklyPaperSatire
Vanity Fair EnglishUS1859–1863 Thomas Bailey Aldrich, William Dean Howells, Fitz James O'Brien, Charles Farrar Browne WeeklyPaperSatire, Political cartoons
Vim MagazineEnglishUSCa. 1898–? Leon Barritt PaperSatire, Political cartoons
Weekly World News EnglishUS1979–2007 Bob Lind, Ed Anger, Ernie Colón WeeklyPaperFake News, Tabloid
Wiadomości Brukowe (Paving News) PolishPoland1816–1822 Towarzystwo Szubrawców (The Society of Rogues) WeeklyPaperSatire, Political cartoons
The Wits Magazine and Attic Miscellany EnglishEngland1818-1818 Thomas Rowlandson, George Cruikshank MonthlyPaperHumour

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