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