Buen Humor

Buen Humor
Buen Humor cover dated 9 April 1922
Categories
  • Satirical magazine
  • Literary magazine
FrequencyWeekly
FounderSileno
Founded1921
Final issue1931
CountrySpain
Based inMadrid
LanguageSpanish

Buen Humor (Spanish: Good Humor) was a satirical and literary magazine published in Madrid, Spain, between 1921 and 1931. It was among the most read satirical magazines in the country during its lifetime in addition to Gutiérrez.[1][2]

History and profile

Buen Humor was established by graphic artist and cartoonist Pedro Antonio Villahermosa y Borao, who was also called Sileno, in 1921.[3][4] Sileno edited the magazine, which covered short stories, sketches and drawings.[4] It was published on a weekly basis.[5] Its headquarters was in Madrid.[6] The magazine ceased publication in 1931.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ William Foster Carr (2018). "Overpowered by Laughter"? Spanish Humor under Franco (PhD thesis). University of California, Irvine. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-392-00212-4. ProQuest 2201854641.
  2. ^ Rhiannon McGlade (2016). Catalan Cartoons: A Cultural and Political History. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-78316-805-7.
  3. ^ a b "Buen Humor". 50 Watts. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Juan Herrero Senes (2014). "A Caricature of Futurism in the Spanish Magazine, Buen Humor (1923)". In Günter Berghaus (ed.). International Yearbook of Futurism Studies. 2014. Berlin; Boston, MA: De Gruyter. p. 91. ISBN 978-3-11-033410-4.
  5. ^ Anthony M. Pasquariello; John V. Falconieri, eds. (1977). "Biographical Sketch". LA Otra Orilla. New York: Irvington Publishers. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-89197-324-9.
  6. ^ Louise Reichstetter (2014). "Poignant Past. How Interwar Satirical Magazines in Germany, France and Spain Used History to Criticise Their Times". In Elisabeth Cheauré; Regine Nohejl (eds.). Humour and Laughter in History: Transcultural Perspectives. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. p. 80. ISBN 978-3-8394-2858-0.