 Cover ofGrip's last issue, December 29, 1894 | |
| Editor | John Wilson Bengough (1873–1892) Thomas Phillips Thompson (1892–1894) |
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| Publisher | Grip Ltd |
| First issue | May 24, 1873 |
| Final issue | December 29, 1894 |
| Country | Canada |
| ISSN | 0702-3987 |
| OCLC | 604715074 |
Grip was asatirical magazine published in Toronto byJohn Wilson Bengough between 1873 and 1894.[1]
Grip's first issue was released on May 24, 1873.[1] The magazine's title was taken from the name of araven inBarnaby Rudge, a novel byCharles Dickens.[1] Its weekly circulation peaked at approximately 7,000 copies per week.[2]Ramsay Cook argues that the magazine first entered mainstream consciousness during thePacific Scandal.[3]
Bengough took inspiration from the cartoons ofThomas Nast,[4][3] particularly those mockingWilliam M. Tweed, aTammany Hall boss, that appeared inHarper's Weekly.[5] Cumming argues that Grip was strongly influenced byPunch, a British magazine of political satire.[6]
Mendelson suggests thatGrip's political line was strongly influenced by the political economy ofHenry George, who argued forfree trade and a single land tax.[7] Mendelson also points out that the publication espousedracist,antisemitic, andnativist views by perpetuating stereotypical portrayals of Black and Jewish people, non-white immigrants, and others.[8]Grip generally hadGrit leanings.[9]
Thomas Phillips Thompson becameGrip's editor in 1892 after Bengough was removed.[10]
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