Cover of the September, 1925 issue.

College Humor was an American humor magazine published from 1920 to 1943.

History

College Humor was published monthly by Collegiate World Publishing.[1] It began in 1920[2] with reprints from college publications and soon introduced new material, including fiction. The headquarters were in Chicago.[1]

Personnel

Contributors

Contributors included Carl Sandburg, Paul Rhymer, Walter Winchell, George Ade,[1] Robert Benchley, Heywood Broun, Groucho Marx, Ellis Parker Butler, Katharine Brush, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald.[3] Editor H.N. Swanson later became Fitzgerald's Hollywood agent.

The magazine featured cartoons by Johnny Gruelle, James Montgomery Flagg, Franklin Booth, John T. McCutcheon,[1] Sam Berman, Ralph Fuller, John Held Jr., Otto Soglow and others.

Staff

The first editor was H. N. Swanson. After he resigned in 1932, managing editor Patricia Reilly took over.[4] The magazine's sports editor was Les Gage in 1930–31.

1930s–40s

The cover price in 1930 was 35 cents (for 130 pages of content). Dell Publishing acquired the title for a run that began in November, 1934. In the late 1930s, it was purchased by Ned Pines and turned into a girlie magazine. Collegian Press, Inc. was the publisher in the early 1940s.[5] The magazine was retitled College Humor & Sense for parts of 1933 and 1934.

The magazine ceased publication in Spring 1943.[5]

Other uses

References

  1. ^ a b c d Patricia Hall. Raggedy Ann and Johnny Gruelle: A Bibliography of Published Works. Pelican Publishing. p. 53. ISBN 978-1455610846. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  2. ^ John T. Hetherington (2014). Vic and Sade on the Radio: A Cultural History of Paul Rhymer's Daytime Series, 1932–1944. McFarland. p. 11. ISBN 978-0786463039. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. ^ See Fitzgerald, F. Scott and Zelda. "The Girl with Talent," College Humor, April 1930.
  4. ^ M. W. Childs, "She Gave Up 'Serious Thinking' and Became an Editor," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 4, 1932.
  5. ^ a b "Magazine Issues. College Humor". Magazine Data File. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  6. ^ J.C. (June 28, 1941). "Movie-Radio Guide Visits: Radio's Variety Show, "College Humor"" (PDF). Movie-Radio Guide. Vol. 10, no. 38. Triangle Publications Inc. p. 36.
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