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Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2015 Wit Larded with Malice*: The Satire of Puck Magazine *Quote from Shakespeare about satire. Unless otherwise noted, all images are from Puck magazine, courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540, USA By Marguerite HouseMedia Coordinator As men neither fear nor respect what […]
Originally published in Points West magazine in Summer 2015 Buffalo Bill, Friend of the American Child By Martin Woodside It’s no secret that William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody was a hero to generations of American children. Cody’s reputation as an affable father figure grew rapidly in his later years—notably from the turn of the twentieth […]
From the English Punch magazine of the mid-1800s, to the Harvard Lampoon, Mad magazine, New Yorker, and the Web’s Onion, satire has served the dual purposes of humor and making a point. Poking fun at public policy, society, culture, or politicians is downright amusing—especially from those who do it well. One of the most successful […]