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''Mucha'' () was a Polish satirical magazine published in
Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
in the periods 1868-1939 and 1946–1952. In 1953 it was merged into another satirical one, ''
Szpilki ''Szpilki'' (, ) was a Polish satirical magazine. It was established in 1936 by a group of lettered leftists, including Eryk Lipiński, , and (chief editor).J. Łojek, J. Myśliński, W. Władyka, ''Dzieje prasy polskiej'', Warszawa 1988, p. 103 ...
''."Prasa satyryczna i humorystyczna w XIX i XX wieku"
(Retrieved 18 January 2017)
"„Mucha”, czyli polskie „Charlie Hebdo” okresu przedwojennego"
(Retrieved 18 January 2017)


History

The magazine was founded and edited by bookseller Józef Kaufman, followed by other owners, including Feliks Fryze, Władysław Buchner, Bolesław Michalski, Antoni Orłowski and Ludwik Nawojewski. It included caricatures, jokes and humorous verses and short stories.


Title

While mucha means "
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" 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 Franciszek Kostrzewski (19 April 1826, Warsaw – 30 September 1911, Warsaw) was a Polish illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist, comics artist Bolesław Prus Aleksander Głowacki (20 August 1847 – 19 May 1912), better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus (), was a Polish journalist, novelist, a leading figure in the history of Polish literature and philosophy, and a distinctive voice in world ...
, 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! :- :– Mr.
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, sir, did you have happy holidays? :– They were happy for me, indeed: three cases of
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, two of insult, and three dozens of rejected
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s! :- :– Horror! Yesterday a young girl jumped from a bridge! :– Did she fall in love badly? :– No, in
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. Scans of ''Mucha'' may be found in the searchable online library polona.pl.A scan of ''Mucha'' no. 13, 1894
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References

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