The earliest Polish-language humour magazines in North America. Part I: From Osa to Kikier
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Polish press in the USA in the 19th century, humour and satire magazines, Julian Czupka (1854–1923), Henryk Nagiel (1859–1899), Zygmunt Słupski (1851–1928)Abstract
Echo z Polski (Echo from Poland) published in New York in 1863 was the first Polish-language newspaper to appear in the Western hemisphere. The oldest Polish humour magazine in the United States was Osa (The Wasp), started in New York by Julian Czupka in 1886. It lasted only a few months, but soon after its closure similar 'funny papers' — Bocian (The Stork), Kukuryku (Cock-a-doodle-do), Śmiech (Laughter), Zabawny Kuryerek (A Funny Little Courier), Kikier (The Squinty Eye) — sprang up in other American cities. This article outlines a history of the six oldest humour and satire magazines published for Polish readers in the USA in the 19th century and a handful of profiles of their editors.
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