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Fun (magazine)
''Fun'' was a Victorian weekly magazine, first published on 21 September 1861.〔''Fun'', volume 1.〕 The magazine was founded by the actor and playwright H. J. Byron in competition with ''Punch'' magazine.
==Description==
Like ''Punch'', the journal published satiric verse and parodies, as well as political and literary criticism, sports and travel information. These were often illustrated or accompanied by topical cartoons (often of a political nature). The ''Punch'' mascot, Mr. Punch and his dog Toby were lampooned by Fun's jester, Mr. Fun, and his cat.〔(''Fun'' (1861–1901) ), Bodleian Library, accessed 21 July 2012〕 The magazine was aimed at a well educated readership interested in politics, literature, and theatre.〔Vann, J. Don, "Comic Periodicals," in ''Victorian Periodicals & Victorian Society'' (Aldershot: Scholar Press, 1994), pp. 284-5)〕
''Fun'' was sold for a penny and was sometimes characterised as a 'poor man's ''Punch. Thackeray called it "Funch".〔Sullivan, Alvin, ''British Literary Magazines: The Victorian and Edwardian Age'', 1837-1913 (London: Greenwood Press, 1984), p. 135)〕 ''Fun'' silenced its critics by publishing lively fare, whereas ''Punch'' was criticised as dull and tired. One area in which ''Fun'' clearly bested its rival was in its close connection to popular theatre.
Byron and his successor as editor, Tom Hood, the son of the first ''Punch'' contributor, assembled a vivacious, bohemian and progressive staff. Notable contributors included playwrights Tom Robertson, Hood, Clement Scott, F. C. Burnand (who defected to ''Punch'' in 1862), satirist Ambrose Bierce, G. R. Sims and especially W. S. Gilbert, whose Bab Ballads were almost all published in its pages, among other articles, poems, illustrations and drama criticism over a ten-year period.〔, p.11〕 Cartoonists included Arthur Boyd Houghton, Matt Morgan and James Francis Sullivan (1852–1936). The ''Fun'' gang frequented the Arundel Club, the Savage Club, and especially Evans's café, where they had a table in competition with the ''Punch'' 'Round table'.〔See (Schoch, Richard, ''Performing Bohemia'' (2004) ) (accessed March 13, 2007). See also Tom Robertson's play ''Society'', which fictionalised the evenings in Evans's café in one scene.〕 Even though ''Fun'' was seen as liberal in comparison with the increasingly conservative ''Punch'', it could cast satirical scorn or praise on either side of the political spectrum. For instance, Disraeli, whose unorthodox character and ethnic lineage made him a popular focus of attack, was praised in the magazine, including for his Reform Bill of 1867.〔
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