June of 1988 marked the beginning of the Private Eye’s fifth year in publication, and in a note upon the pages of that opening issue, the staff wrote that they considered it “a miracle” to have lasted this long, a miracle for which they had their readers and advertisers to thank.

June of 1988 marked the beginning of the Private Eye’s fifth year in publication, and in a note upon the pages of that opening issue, the staff wrote that they considered it “a miracle” to have lasted this long, a miracle for which they had their readers and advertisers to thank. “Lord knows this work is not easy,” they wrote, “and Lord knows we have wanted to quit many times.”…