LeComic-Finance was a French illustrated satirical and financial weekly newspaper, published in
Paris, France from 1868 to 1937.[1] It was edited from 1868 to 1911 by Ernest Schrameck (1844–1911), who wrote under the pseudonym "Sergines".[2]
Comic-Finance was published weekly, on Thursdays. It included humorous articles, and caricatures of prominent businessmen, as well as serious news articles on financial matters.[3]
Some of the illustrated biographical pieces published in Comic-Finance were republished in bound volumes by its editor-in-chief (Sergines, Silhouettes financières, 4 volumes, Paris, 1872–1874).[3]
In 1877, Comic-Finance's circulation was estimated at 1,000 copies according to a police report.[4]
One of the newspaper's main contributors was Edmond Benjamin. In 1879, he left Comic-Finance to found La Finance pour rire, whose banner and thumbnails were illustrated by another former contributor to Comic-Finance, the designer E Doré.[5]
Publication of Comic-Finance was temporarily interrupted during the
Franco-German War of 1870, the
Paris Commune in 1871 and the
First World War (1914–18). It appeared fortnightly or monthly from 1920 until 1937, when it ceased publication.[6]