'La Baionnette' is a magazine that was
introduced in France during the Great War, (World War I) to cater
to soldiers' sense of humor. It was patterned after other humorous
Parisian print magazines by introducing eye-catching and colorful
illustrations both on the cover pages as well as inside. It contained
large-sized cartoons, drawings and illustrations as well as short
stories, commentaries and articles. It contained material by
the leading commercial artists of the day such as Herouard, Fabiano,
,Icart, Hautot, Leonnec and many others
Most issues of La Baionnette were built
around a common theme, 'War and Women' - issues familiar with
it readers at the time. The humor was typical to that day and
age and was not vindictive toward the German enemy and at the
same time remaining fiercely patriotic.