6 A Comic Empire: The Global Expansion of Punch as a Model Publication, 1841-1936. 1 Richard Scully The historical scholarship of the weekly comic magazine Punch; m; the , %! ' London Charivari (1841-1992; 1996-2003) (Fig.l) is without peer in terms of . l'LEBITE, .I.SD· OUR l.ODG&H$. .. . av W.ltic • · U 1 1!.:=rtrtt.tfr .. l-rlu·.2l. Ut ANTONY AND OO'l'AVIUS, l"I:Ht TB!I 3T1!DY • BV WALTER SAVAG!t tAiiDOR. ..,D .£1"iY.\ U, Fig. 1. Richard Doyle. Cover illustration. Punch; or, the London Charivari. March 1856. its extent and its enduring fascination for experts and laypeople alike. Punch's contents are still a saleable commodity, fully one decade after it folded (Walasek, 2012), and appeal to a worldwide readership. Many full-scale histories of the comic are still widely-read (Spielmann, 1895; Price, 1957; Prager, 1979); the JJOCA, Fall2013