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Defunct Polish satirical magazine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1][2]
The magazine was founded and edited by bookseller Józef Kaufman, followed by other owners.[1] It included caricatures, jokes and humorous verses and short stories.
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.[1]
Among its many writers, editors, and illustrators were Franciszek Kostrzewski and Bolesław Prus, however the vast majority of contributions were anonymous.[1]
The pre-1939 version was known for its right-wing, nationalistic, and xenophobic topics.[1][2] The level of the humor was rather low;[1] examples:[3]
Scans of Mucha may be found in the searchable online library polona.pl.[3]
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