 Mucha's cover page from 1871 | |
| Categories | Satire |
|---|---|
| Format | Magazine |
| Founder | Józef Kaufman |
| Founded | 1868 |
| Final issue | 1952 |
| Country | Poland |
| Based in | Warsaw |
| Language | Polish |
Mucha (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmu.xa] ) was a Polish satirical magazine published in Warsaw in the periods 1868-1939 and 1946–1952. In 1953 it was merged into another satirical one, Szpilki.
History
The magazine was founded and edited by bookseller Józef Kaufman, followed by other owners. It included caricatures, jokes and humorous verses and short stories.
Title
While mucha means "fly" in Polish, actually the magazine was named after a daredevil acrobat Antoni Mucha, whose caricatures were prominent in the first issues.
Contributors
Among its many writers, editors, and illustrators were Franciszek Kostrzewski and Bolesław Prus, however the vast majority of contributions were anonymous.
Content
The pre-1939 version was known for its right-wing, nationalistic, and xenophobic topics. The level of the humor was rather low; examples:
- – Doctor, please help, my wife ate too much during the holiday and now it hurts her!
- – Indeed?
- – No, in the belly!
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- – Mr. advocate, sir, did you have happy holidays?
- – They were happy for me, indeed: three cases of battery, two of insult, and three dozens of rejected promissory notes!
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- – Horror! Yesterday a young girl jumped from a bridge!
- – Did she fall in love badly?
- – No, in Vistula.
Scans of Mucha may be found in the searchable online library polona.pl.
References
- ^ "Prasa satyryczna i humorystyczna w XIX i XX wieku" (Retrieved 18 January 2017)
- ^ "„Mucha”, czyli polskie „Charlie Hebdo” okresu przedwojennego" (Retrieved 18 January 2017)
- ^ A scan of Mucha no. 13, 1894
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