Punch

For over a century, Punch was the defining voice of British satire, a weekly institution published by Bradbury, Evans & Co. that ran for an astonishing 4,552 issues from 1842 to 1969. It shaped the modern comic format with its blend of sharp political cartoons, humorous essays, and social commentary, most famously associated with the talents of artists like John Tenniel and writers like P.G. Wodehouse. As the birthplace of the term "cartoon" in its modern sense, Punch mattered as a cultural touchstone, chronicling and mocking Victorian and Edwardian life before evolving through two world wars. Its legacy endures not just in its pages, but in the very DNA of British humor.