Osječki zbornik, Vol. Vol. 26 No. xx, 2002.
Original scientific paper
OSIJEK SATYRICAL MAGAZINES IN THE COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF SLAVONIA Osijek satyrical magazines in the collection of newspapers of the Museum of Slavonia
Marina Vinaj
; Muzej Slavonije Osijek
Abstract
In the newspaper collection of the Museum of Slavonia there are about 20 satirical magazines from Osijek. Many of these magazines haven't been found either in reference books dealing with history of newspapers or in those dealing with cartoons.
The period to which the above magazines refer is the end of the 19th century until the beginning of the Second World War.
There is also a collection of carnival magazines that had been published on the occasion of the carnival and they were announcing numerous costume parties in Osijek at the time of the carnival.
Among other magazines there is Der Lump (1892) and a Carnival Newsletter for the year 1925 (Pokladni list za godinu 1925),presuming that they had been published regularly and there is also a Special Carnival Newsletter for the year 1939.
The purpose of these magazines was to cheer the citizens of Osijek up and to make them, at least for a while, forget every day worries and problems.
Another collection contains regular editions of satirical weekly magazines which, apart from fun, answered many questions and dealt with problems in the
city in an original way. In these magazines (usually published every two weeks) the anonymous critics-satirists mocked human stupidity, negligence and hypocrisy. Without exceptions, everyone could expect to see his name in the anagram. Very often, the magazines had been banned by local authorities, but in spite of that, they were published on regular basis until the beginning of the Second World War. Here are some of them: Buha ( Flea, 1920), Komarac (Mosquito, 1923), Potkova (Horseshoe, 1924), Kornjača (Turtle, 1937), Krokodil (Crocodile, 1937) and Čičak (Thistle, 1939).
Apart from satirical texts, there were also cartoons in the magazines, some of which were works of renowned authors.
School magazines, or more precisely one of them preserved in the collection Sumporača (1911), show the ability of school children to express their thought in a funny and satirical way, but obeying the rules of school moral.
On the pages of these magazines maybe even more real picture of the city at that time could be find. The text, funny and witty, could offer true information to real readers. It might give them an idea to do something similar. Even today, those magazines would have many readers in Osijek.
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Publication date:
5.12.2002.
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