National Lampoon Magazine
#v2#59
(June 1983)
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 94
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1983
- 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 83-90.
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
- If I were you I'd go to the country for a while...
- Genre
- humor; medical
- Synopsis
- A doctor give a patient some advice, then realizes the patient isn't as rich as he is.
- Keywords
- doctor
Indexer Notes
Page. 6.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
- Pencils
- John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
- Inks
- John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Me too...I'm an oppressed dissident novelist being kept here for political reasons.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two patients in a psychiatric ward try to say they are political prisoners, but that may not be the case.
- Keywords
- political prisoners; psychiatric ward
Indexer Notes
Page 10.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
- Pencils
- ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
- Inks
- ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You suggest honest. Good for you, sir. Mrs. Sullivan please write down 'honesty.'
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A speaker at a business convention asks for suggestions.
- Keywords
- business
Indexer Notes
Page 12.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Bernard Schoenbaum (signed)
- Pencils
- Bernard Schoenbaum (signed)
- Inks
- Bernard Schoenbaum (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm afraid, Mr. Botnick, this is just a bit too cutesie for us.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A publishers tells a rough-looking, dour writer that his manuscript is too light-hearted for them.
- Keywords
- publisher; writer
Indexer Notes
Page 16.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Bob Mankoff (signed as Mankoff)
- Pencils
- Bob Mankoff (signed as Mankoff)
- Inks
- Bob Mankoff (signed as Mankoff)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, I really couldn't tell whether it was good or bad, but I think it's worth the price of admission...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- When asked his opinion of the movie he just saw, a man is very noncommittal, and just gives a definition of how a movie works.
- Keywords
- critic; movie
Indexer Notes
Page 28.
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rub-a-dub dub. De dum dub dub
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man rubs a lamb and a female genie appears, who is not fluent in English. The man does not make good choices in phrasing his wishes.
- Keywords
- genie; wishes
Indexer Notes
Page 36.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- ? [as O'Neill] (signed)
- Pencils
- ? [as O'Neill] (signed)
- Inks
- ? [as O'Neill] (signed)
- Letters
- ? [as O'Neill] (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say, you know it's my birthday.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A dog is expecting some special food for its birthday, but the owner is reaching for a can of something he doesn't like.
- Keywords
- birthday; dog; food
Indexer Notes
Page 40.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Peter Steiner (signed as P. Steiner)
- Pencils
- Peter Steiner (signed as P. Steiner)
- Inks
- Peter Steiner (signed as P. Steiner)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our entire management team has been enchanted. I alone was spared this fate because of my seniority.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The board of directors at a stockholder's meeting take the stage as four animals and a man. The man says he escaped enchantment because of his senority.
- Keywords
- enchantment; seniority
Indexer Notes
Page 42.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Oliver Christianson (signed as Revilo)
- Pencils
- Oliver Christianson (signed as Revilo)
- Inks
- Oliver Christianson (signed as Revilo)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tri-corder readings indicate the presence of hot bitches, Captain!
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Kirk; Mr. Spock
- Synopsis
- Kirk, Spock, and another crewman are checking out a desolate planet when Spock notes something of interest.
- Keywords
- Star Trek
Indexer Notes
Page 47. Star Trek parody.
Mr. T's Paradoxical Hypnodisc Riviera Enlightenment
comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say Senator T. I like your new legislative assistant.
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Mr. T; Buzz
- Synopsis
- Mr. T is a United States Senator and gets involved with hypnodiscs.
- Keywords
- hypnosis; senator
Indexer Notes
Pages 50-53. Pages have six or seven tiers of panels.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Leo Cullum (signed)
- Pencils
- Leo Cullum (signed)
- Inks
- Leo Cullum (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why not drop by Tuesday and we'll discuss your socks.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man answers the phone while sitting in a office where the "desk" consists of a washing machine and a dryer, side-by-side.
- Keywords
- dryer; washing machine
Indexer Notes
Page 54.
A Child's Garden of Gross
cartoon / 4 pages
- Script
- Sam Gross (credited) (signed as Gross)
- Pencils
- Sam Gross (credited) (signed as Gross)
- Inks
- Sam Gross (credited) (signed as Gross)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Thirteen cartoons featuring nursery rhyme characters.
- Keywords
- gingerbread boy; Hansel and Gretel; Humpty Dumpty; Jack and the Beanstalk; match girl; nursery rhyme; three bears; three little pigs; wolf
Indexer Notes
Page 56-59.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 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
- Howard, pick up your Twinkie wrapper--there's a crying Indian staring at us.
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A couple on a picnic are shamed into picking up their litter by an Indian.
Indexer Notes
Page 66. The premise is based on a television public service announcement from 1971 that had a Native American canoeing through a heavily-polluted river in a desolate urban landscape.
The National Lampoon Festival of Foreign Film: Entry Number One. "...c'est naturel!"
photo story / 6 pages
- Script
- L. Dennis Plunkett (credited)
- Pencils
- Jean-Pierre Muhlstein (photographs) (credited)
- Inks
- Jean-Pierre Muhlstein (photographs) (credited)
- Colors
- ? (hand-tinted)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The city arise itself within the morning...
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A parody of "New Wave" European films, complete with subtitles. This one pretends to have deep symbolism, but in reality is just a soft-core porno flick.
- Keywords
- nudity; symbolism
Indexer Notes
Pages 70-75. "Directed on the scene by Jean-Pierre Muhlstein. Art Direction by Francois Bouet."
[My Cafe]
cartoon / 0.2 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
- That's right, mine! All mine! Mine, mine, mine!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The owner of a small café is obsessed with owning it and it carries over to the signage on the building.
- Keywords
- diner; obsession
Indexer Notes
Page 79. Pantomime cartoon.
Ask Zippy
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
- I have opinions!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zippy; Lance Lamonica; Shelf-Life; Jerry Lewis
- Synopsis
- Zippy is a guest on a talk show and is answering questions from the audience.
- Keywords
- airplane; Baltimore; Dallas; talk show
Indexer Notes
Page 83.
[no title indexed]
Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Pencils
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Inks
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Letters
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It would be nice to build a tree house up here.
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Trots (dog); Bonnie
- Synopsis
- Bonnie and a boy are sitting in a tree. The boys gives his reasons for not wanting to get romantically involved. Meanwhile, at the base of the tree, Trots is having a romantic encounter with another dog.
Indexer Notes
Page 84.
[no title indexed]
Politenessman / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Ron Barrett (signed)
- Pencils
- Ron Barrett (signed)
- Inks
- Ron Barrett (signed)
- Letters
- Ron Barrett (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In an attempt to garner women's votes, for his reelection bid, President Reagan undergoes a sex change operation!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Politenessman; President Ronald Reagan
- Synopsis
- After President Reagan undergoes a sex change operation, the President of France kisses her hand; which leads to a rebuke from Politenessman.
- Keywords
- etiquette; hand-kissing; sex-change
Indexer Notes
Page 85.
[no title indexed]
Popular Problems / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For 23 years my wife believed I made my fortune selling Bibles.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A husband and wife are both living a lie.
- Keywords
- guns; police; secrets
Indexer Notes
Page 85.
[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
- Our story: To facilitate moving his dead friend about, Ray puts roller skates on him.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ray; Joe; Tillie
- Synopsis
- Ray saves Joe from Tillie's clutches, but as Ray rolls Joe across a street, Joe is hit by a car.
- Keywords
- herpes; roller skates
Indexer Notes
Page 86. Part of a continued story.
Memory Tricks
Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Some restaurants require that you take orders without writing them down.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- How to remember customers' orders without writing them down.
- Keywords
- memory; waitress
Indexer Notes
Page 87.
[Chocolate Mousse]
Aunt Mary's Kitchen / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Pencils
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Inks
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Letters
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We'll be making Chocolate Mousse as soon as this show is over.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Aunt Mary
- Synopsis
- Aunt Mary watches a soap opera on television.
- Keywords
- doctors; nurses; soap opera; television
Indexer Notes
Page 87. Part of a continued story. Title from previous episode's "Next Month" blurb.
[no title indexed]
Xico "X" Agente Superior / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The grand covert mission of Xico "X," most expert spying operative of all Mexico...
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- Xico "X"; Mr. Subterraneo
- Synopsis
- Xico "X" is thrown into a Russian jail, but is able to escape and finally finds his contact, Mr. Subterraneo.
- Keywords
- jail; pistol; Russia; shooting; spy
Indexer Notes
Page 88. Part of a continued story. This is presented as a translated foreign strip, with Tod Carroll listed as translator and all the text done in a typewriter monospace font.
Police Beat
Excursions / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Pencils
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Inks
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Letters
- Rick Geary (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Working the "Evening Watch" with Rex and Jesus.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rex; Jesus
- Synopsis
- What goes on during a small town police shift.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- police
in Indexer Notes
Page 88.
[no title indexed]
King of the Castle / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Sean Kelly (credited); Ted Mann (credited)
- Pencils
- P. Craig Russell (credited) (signed as PCR)
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell (credited) (signed as PCR)
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The colors--the browns are so much browner--and the smells...
- Genre
- humor; historical; satire-parody
- Characters
- Frodo Bonhomme; Jacques Bonhomme; Blind King Garth
- Synopsis
- Frodo Bonhomme is high from eating ergot. He gets thrown out of his parents' house, but meets up with Blind King Garth of Scotland who is single-handedly laying siege to the castle of Sir William King. Frodo gives the King some ergot which restores his sight and convinces the King to wander off to a distant plain.
- Keywords
- blind; castle; drugs; ergot; king; Scotland
Indexer Notes
Page 88. A parody done in the style of the classic Prince Valiant Sunday newspaper strips.
[no title indexed]
Timberland Tales / 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
- In the cabin of Dr. Rogers, the group of friends has gathered to listen to the Doctor's symphonic record collection.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dr. Rogers; Kathleen; Maurice; Constable Tom; Foamy (dog)
- Synopsis
- Convinced that Maurice's new dog has rabies, Dr. Rogers takes it into the forest to shoot it. But the dog scares off a bear, so it gets a reprieve.
- Keywords
- bear; Canada; dog; Mountie; rabies; rifle
Indexer Notes
Page 90. Part of a continued story.
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman disrobes while spouting Marxist philosophy. It's all a clever plot by the Communists.
- Keywords
- communists; propoganda
Indexer Notes
Page 94.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
["If I were you I'd go to the country for a while..."]
-
2.
["Me too...I'm an oppressed dissident novelist being kept here for political reasons."]
-
3.
["You suggest honest. Good for you, sir. Mrs. Sullivan please write down 'honesty.'"]
-
4.
["I'm afraid, Mr. Botnick, this is just a bit too cutesie for us."]
-
5.
["Oh, I really couldn't tell whether it was good or bad, but I think it's worth the price of admission..."]
-
6.
["Rub-a-dub dub. De dum dub dub"]
Foto Funnies -
7.
["Say, you know it's my birthday."]
-
8.
["Our entire management team has been enchanted. I alone was spared this fate because of my seniority."]
-
9.
["Tri-corder readings indicate the presence of hot bitches, Captain!"]
-
10.
Mr. T's Paradoxical Hypnodisc Riviera Enlightenment
-
11.
["Why not drop by Tuesday and we'll discuss your socks."]
-
12.
A Child's Garden of Gross
-
13.
["Howard, pick up your Twinkie wrapper--there's a crying Indian staring at us."]
-
14.
The National Lampoon Festival of Foreign Film: Entry Number One. "...c'est naturel!"
-
15.
[My Cafe]
-
16.
Ask Zippy
Zippy -
17.
["It would be nice to build a tree house up here."]
Trots and Bonnie -
18.
["In an attempt to garner women's votes, for his reelection bid, President Reagan undergoes a sex change operation!!"]
Politenessman -
19.
["For 23 years my wife believed I made my fortune selling Bibles."]
Popular Problems -
20.
["Our story: To facilitate moving his dead friend about, Ray puts roller skates on him."]
Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend -
21.
Memory Tricks
Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School -
22.
[Chocolate Mousse]
Aunt Mary's Kitchen -
23.
["The grand covert mission of Xico "X," most expert spying operative of all Mexico..."]
Xico "X" Agente Superior -
24.
Police Beat
Excursions -
25.
["The colors--the browns are so much browner--and the smells..."]
King of the Castle -
26.
["In the cabin of Dr. Rogers, the group of friends has gathered to listen to the Doctor's symphonic record collection."]
Timberland Tales -
27.
["The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production."]
Foto Funnies
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- Luther Weaver
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