National Lampoon Magazine
#v2#54
(January 1983)
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 88
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- The Humor Magazine for Adults
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- NL Communications Inc.
- Editing
- Kevin Curran; Fred Graver
Issue Notes
Funny Pages on pages 81-86.
The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The story I tell is true--only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
- Genre
- non-fiction; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A man at a bar uses a disclaimer before telling his companion a story.
- Keywords
- bar; Dragnet
Indexer Notes
Page 12. Cartoon is signed but not legible. The caption is from the introduction to the Dragnet radio and television series: "The story you are about to hear/see is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent."
[He Scatters Sea Shells at the Sea Shore.]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Leo Cullum (signed)
- Pencils
- Leo Cullum (signed)
- Inks
- Leo Cullum (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man is scattering sea shells on a beach.
- Keywords
- beach; sea shells
Indexer Notes
Page 20. Pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're Siamese twins. We share a single pair of breasts.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man and woman are supposedly Siamese twins, but it's just an excuse the man uses to rub against the woman's breasts.
- Keywords
- Siamese twins
Indexer Notes
Page 31.
[A Mermaid Selling Pennants]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Mort Gerberg (signed)
- Pencils
- Mort Gerberg (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Gerberg (signed)
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A sailboat sails past a mermaid sitting on a rock, hawking pennants with the names Charybdis and Scylla on them.
- Keywords
- mermaid; myths; pennants; sailboat; sea monsters
Indexer Notes
Page 48. Pantomime cartoon. Scylla and Charybdis were mythical sea monsters and choosing between them was deciding between two bad choices.
Professional Golfers on Ludes
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Tod Carroll (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Sienkiewicz (credited)
- Inks
- Bill Sienkiewicz (credited)
- Colors
- Steve Oliff
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just because professional golf doesn't have a reputation for action...
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; sports
- Characters
- Tom Watson (as Tom W.); Arnold Palmer; Jack Nicklaus; Lee Trevino; Sam Snead
- Synopsis
- All the famous golfers at a professional tournament are high on Quaaludes and totally disrupt the proceedings.
- Keywords
- caddy; drugs; golf cart; professional golf; Quaaludes
Indexer Notes
Pages 49-53. The golfers are all identified by their full names, except for Tom Watson, who is only called Tom W. All are realistic caricatures of the golfers they are supposed to represent.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Tom Cheney (signed as Cheney)
- Pencils
- Tom Cheney (signed as Cheney)
- Inks
- Tom Cheney (signed as Cheney)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't like the looks of this.
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Synopsis
- Army soldiers in a fort are have a volley of arrows shot at them, and all the arrows have the same shape as the "arrow through the head" gimmick used by comedian Steve Martin.
- Keywords
- arrows; fort; soldiers; Steve Martin
Indexer Notes
Page 56.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I really don't need any magazines. How about locks, do you have any locks?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A salesman calls on a man in an apartment. The paranoid occupant asks if the salesman has any locks, despite already having eight locks on his apartment door.
- Keywords
- apartment; door locks; salesman
Indexer Notes
Page 64.
Gang Distribution: Africa
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Michael Crawford (signed as M Crawford)
- Pencils
- Michael Crawford (signed as M Crawford)
- Inks
- Michael Crawford (signed as M Crawford)
- Letters
- Michael Crawford (signed as M Crawford)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A map of Africa, with each country given the name of a fictional gang.
- Keywords
- Africa; gangs
Indexer Notes
Page 66. Pantomime cartoon.
Dim Memories
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Mick Stevens (signed as M. Stevens)
- Pencils
- Mick Stevens (signed as M. Stevens)
- Inks
- Mick Stevens (signed as M. Stevens)
- Letters
- Mick Stevens (signed as M. Stevens)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Birth
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A person's hazy memories of birth, favorite toys, first love, and last weekend.
- Keywords
- memories
Indexer Notes
Page 68. Pantomime cartoon.
Zippy Visits his Nephew "Shelf-Life"
Zippy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Letters
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nixon was bad! What's that smell?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zippy; Shelf-Life; S. L. Junior
- Synopsis
- Zippy visits his nephew Shelf-Life and his son and gives them a suitcase full of negotiable bonds.
- Keywords
- Avon Convention; bonds; Dallas; Tokyo
Indexer Notes
Page 81.
On the Street
Excursions / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Pencils
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Inks
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Letters
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Social nuisances.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- firearms; rocket launcher; sidewalk
in Indexer Notes
Page 82.
[no title indexed]
Zeb Piker / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ? [as Holliger) (signed)
- Pencils
- ? [as Holliger) (signed)
- Inks
- ? [as Holliger) (signed)
- Letters
- ? [as Holliger) (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Officer Walsh approaches Zeb, who is loitering in the park, as usual.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zeb Piker; Officer Walsh
- Synopsis
- Zeb has mooned Officer Walsh's grandmother by mistake.
- Keywords
- park
Indexer Notes
Page 82.
[no title indexed]
Popular Problems / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Ron Hauge (credited)
- Pencils
- Ron Hauge (credited)
- Inks
- Ron Hauge (credited)
- Letters
- Ron Hauge (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 20 years ago I lost a cufflink on the grade school playground.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man loses a cufflink at a playground as a child. As an adult, he goes back to see if he can find it.
- Keywords
- cufflink; playground; swings
Indexer Notes
Page 83.
[no title indexed]
Politenessman / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Ron Barrett (credited)
- Pencils
- Ron Barrett (credited)
- Inks
- Ron Barrett (credited)
- Letters
- Ron Barrett (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When a man's on the Rock all he thinks about, day and night, is how to get off.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Politenessman
- Synopsis
- A pair of convicts have escaped from prison, but Politenessman sends them back because they left their cell untidy.
- Keywords
- escape; etiquette; gas chamber; prison
Indexer Notes
Page 83
[no title indexed]
Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Pencils
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Inks
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Letters
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The story: The undertaker has just finished embalming Joe, Ray's dead friend...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ray; Joe; Mr. Calabrese
- Synopsis
- After Joe is embalmed at the funeral parlor, Ray takes him home.
- Keywords
- embalming; funeral home; telephone
Indexer Notes
Page 84. Part of a continued story.
Love and Duty
Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Mimi Pond (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Mimi Pond (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Mimi Pond (credited, signed)
- Letters
- Mimi Pond (credited, signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Marcie, he didn't come home at all last night!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- It is not very professional to mix your personal life with business.
- Keywords
- boyfriend; waitress
Indexer Notes
Page 85. Strip is titled "Lessons in Life" above the comic.
[Finger Pies in the Afternoon]
Aunt Mary's Kitchen / comic story / 0.1 page
- Script
- M. K. Brown (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- M. K. Brown (credited, signed)
- Inks
- M. K. Brown (credited, signed)
- Letters
- M. K. Brown (credited, signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Today my nephew Mark and I are making Finger Pies, and while the ice cream softens, we're going to watch one of my shows.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Aunt Mary; Mark
- Synopsis
- Aunt Mary and her nephew are watching a soap opera when the television goes on the fritz.
- Keywords
- soap opera; television
Indexer Notes
Page 85. Part of a continued story. Title is from the previous episode's "Next Month:" blurb.
[no title indexed]
The Appletons / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- B. K. Taylor (signed)
- Pencils
- B. K. Taylor (signed)
- Inks
- B. K. Taylor (signed)
- Letters
- B. K. Taylor (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The scene opens as we find Mrs. Appleton alone at home showering in the upstairs bathroom.
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Norm Appleton; Helen Appleton
- Synopsis
- Norm scares his wife by pretending to be a prowler.
- Keywords
- bathroom; role playing; shower; taxi
Indexer Notes
Page 86.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
["The story I tell is true--only the names have been changed to protect the innocent."]
-
2.
[He Scatters Sea Shells at the Sea Shore.]
-
3.
["We're Siamese twins. We share a single pair of breasts."]
Foto Funnies -
4.
[A Mermaid Selling Pennants]
-
5.
Professional Golfers on Ludes
-
6.
["I don't like the looks of this."]
-
7.
["I really don't need any magazines. How about locks, do you have any locks?"]
-
8.
Gang Distribution: Africa
-
9.
Dim Memories
-
10.
Zippy Visits his Nephew "Shelf-Life"
Zippy -
11.
On the Street
Excursions -
12.
["Officer Walsh approaches Zeb, who is loitering in the park, as usual."]
Zeb Piker -
13.
["20 years ago I lost a cufflink on the grade school playground."]
Popular Problems -
14.
["When a man's on the Rock all he thinks about, day and night, is how to get off."]
Politenessman -
15.
["The story: The undertaker has just finished embalming Joe, Ray's dead friend..."]
Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend -
16.
Love and Duty
Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School -
17.
[Finger Pies in the Afternoon]
Aunt Mary's Kitchen -
18.
["The scene opens as we find Mrs. Appleton alone at home showering in the upstairs bathroom."]
The Appletons
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- Steven Samuels
- Luther Weaver
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