Punch

Punch was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire founded in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and
engraver Ebenezer Landells.
1 At its founding it was jointly edited by Mayhew and Mark Lemon.
2 Initially it was subtitled ‘The London Charivari’, this being a reference to a satirical
humour magazine published in France under the title Le Charivari.
3 The masthead was an anarchic glove puppet, Mr. Punch.
4 In early 1996, the Egyptian businessman Mohamed Fayed bought the rights to the
name, and it was re-launched later that year.
5 It was reported that the magazine was intended to be a spoiler aimed at Private Eye, which had published
many items critical of Fayed. The magazine ceased publication in 2002.