Title
The Judge
Coverage
New York
Publisher
The Judge Publishing Co.
Date
October 29, 1881
Subject
Volume 1, number 1
Description
Judge was founded by a dissatisfied Puck artist, James Albert Wales, and later revitalized by Republican Party money in response to Puck’s effective attacks on their 1884 presidential candidate James G. Blaine. It is liberally illustrated with political cartoons and evolved into a quarto-sized monthly in a format similar to Life. Its humor, and illustration, and that of its offshoots, was more conservative (and overtly racist) than its competitors.