Punch, or
The London Charivari was a British weekly
magazine of
humour and
satire established in 1841 by
Henry Mayhew and engraver
Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 1850s, when it helped to coin the term "
cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. After the 1940s, when its circulation peaked, it went into a long decline, closing in 1992. It was revived in 1996, but closed again in 2002.