The Gargoyle

The Gargoyle is the official and premiere humor publication of the University of Michigan. We print two issues every fall and winter semester and distribute copies for free throughout campus. Our magazine features short stories, satire, illustrations, and comics.

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The Gargoyle Humor Magazine, a.k.a The GMOAT (Greatest Magazine of All Time), a.k.a the inspiration for MAD, the Harvard Lampoon, and all humor publications across the country, was established in the storied year of 1909. Legend has it that the Garg was the light in a dark time, the savior of this country rivaling the other prevailing invention of the year, the airplane, with Lee A. Wright going down in the history books right next to and even above the Brothers Wright. Since then, the Gargoyle has been known as the premiere humor magazine not only in its hometown of Ann Arbor, but across the world, with billions of devoted readers flocking to Ann Arbor twice a semester in the hopes of picking up one of only 2,000 copies produced. This, naturally, has meant that the price of each magazine has risen exponentially over the years, despite the marxist nature of the organization, to the point where such devoted readers are willing to dole out millions for a single copy.