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.