National Lampoon Magazine
#v2#68
(March 1984)
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 92
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1984
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- The Humor Magazine for Adults
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- NL Communications Inc.
- Editing
- Kevin Curran; Fred Graver; Peter Gaffney
Issue Notes
The Sixties' Greatest Hits. Funny Pages on pages 79-85. A one page ad for Miller Brewing Co. on page 5 is entitled "Miller Brewhahas" and is done in the same photo story format as Foto Funnies, except it is in color.
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 / 0.33 page
- Script
- ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
- Pencils
- ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
- Inks
- ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't take it so hard, Billy. I'm sure even professional ball players sometimes shit their pants when they're sliding into second.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A mother consoles her son after an embarrassing incident while playing baseball.
- Keywords
- baseball
Indexer Notes
Page 8.
[Donaldson's Brake Shop]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Bill Plympton (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Plympton (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Plympton (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An auto brake shop shows the effects of being hit by cars with no brakes.
- Keywords
- automobiles; brakes
Indexer Notes
Page 14. Pantomime cartoon.
[No Networking in Subway]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A subway car has a sign on the wall listing acts that are forbidden, like smoking or littering. At the bottom it says "No Networking".
- Keywords
- subway
Indexer Notes
Page 16. Pantomime cartoon. Cartoon is signed, but signature is not legible.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Sidney Harris (signed as S. Harris)
- Pencils
- Sidney Harris (signed as S. Harris)
- Inks
- Sidney Harris (signed as S. Harris)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But if you do have asbestosis, you'll be glad to know that your lungs can never catch on fire.
- Genre
- humor; medical
- Synopsis
- A doctor gives a patient the good side of a probable diagnosis of asbestosis.
- Keywords
- asbestosis; doctor
Indexer Notes
Page 20. Asbestosis is a lung disease caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Michael Crawford (signed as M. Crawford)
- Pencils
- Michael Crawford (signed as M. Crawford)
- Inks
- Michael Crawford (signed as M. Crawford)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're warm now, Alec--very, very warm.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A boy at a blackboard is trying to add 2 + 2. He is getting encouragement from his teacher as he writes 3.9999...
- Keywords
- addition; blackboard; school; teacher
Indexer Notes
Page 24.
[Harry Lippercut defense]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Phil Schwartz (signed)
- Pencils
- Phil Schwartz (signed)
- Inks
- Phil Schwartz (signed)
- Letters
- Phil Schwartz (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man's thoughts break small talk at a party into moves like a chess game.
- Keywords
- chess; party
Indexer Notes
Page 26.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 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
- What do they want from me?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman sits in an overstuffed chair reading the newspaper, while her dog, cat, caged bird, and goldfish all stare at her.
- Keywords
- bird; cat; chair; dog; fish; newspaper
Indexer Notes
Page 28.
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Asking Me for Subway Fare
cartoon / 0.67 page
- Script
- Kevin Curran ?; Fred Graver ?
- Pencils
- Bob Camp (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Camp (credited)
- Colors
- Bob Camp (credited)
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Sixties offered the Antihero.
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- George Wallace; Jerry Lee Lewis
- Synopsis
- Parody comics covers done in the style of 1960s comics. "Civil Rights Activist" in the Gil Kane style of DC's The Atom; "Sugar Cubey" in the generic late Dell style; "The Adventures of Jerry Lee Lewis" in the same style as DC's "The Adventures of Jerry Lewis," and "The Amazing Hippie Man" in the style of Marvel's "Amazing Spider-Man."
- Keywords
- 1960s; civil rights; hippies; LSD; parody
Indexer Notes
Page 44. Part of larger article parodying events and fads of the 1960s written by Kevin Curran and Fred Graver. The top and bottom of the parody covers section has DC's "Go-Go Checks" pattern.
Oy Vey!
cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Keywords
- banker; bar; doctor; hats; homosexual; hospital; nurse; prayer; prostitute; television
Indexer Notes
Pages 46-49. Eleven cartoons on various subjects by P. C. Vey.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- Bill Woodman (signed as Woodman)
- Pencils
- Bill Woodman (signed as Woodman)
- Inks
- Bill Woodman (signed as Woodman)
- Letters
- Bill Woodman (signed as Woodman)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This guy walks like he's got a load in his pants.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A low class family makes fun of the contestants on the TV program "Family Feud."
- Keywords
- Family Feud; television
Indexer Notes
Page 54.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Frank Cotham (signed as Cotham)
- Pencils
- Frank Cotham (signed as Cotham)
- Inks
- Frank Cotham (signed as Cotham)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Granberry, you're about to suffer a near-death experience.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A boss is very upset with his employee.
- Keywords
- boss; desk
Indexer Notes
Page 66.
[Pranking the Grim Reaper]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- John Jonik (signed as Jonik)
- Pencils
- John Jonik (signed as Jonik)
- Inks
- John Jonik (signed as Jonik)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Grim Reaper
- Synopsis
- An old man in bed has rigged a bucket of water to fall when the Grim Reaper comes for him.
- Keywords
- death; prank
Indexer Notes
Page 70. Pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I smuggled in everything you need to break out of this prison.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A prisoner's girlfriend brings an assortment of tool to aid his escape, including the traditional cake with a file in it.
- Keywords
- cake; drill; escape; file; girlfriend; gun; hacksaw; prison; shovel
Indexer Notes
Page 71.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 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
- I hope you've been keeping your eye on the red king, Brotsky. Pick it and that raise is yours; fail and you're out on your ear.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A sadistic boss uses a game of three-card monte to determine the fate of his employee.
- Keywords
- boss; raise; three-card monte
Indexer Notes
Page 72.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Sam Gross (signed as S. Gross)
- Pencils
- Sam Gross (signed as S. Gross)
- Inks
- Sam Gross (signed as S. Gross)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm sorry, madam. Those dolls are out of stock again. May I make a suggestion? Why don't you go home and fuck a cabbage and try to make one of your own?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A harried department store manager has a crude suggestion for a woman wanting a Cabbage Patch doll.
- Keywords
- Cabbage Patch Kids; department store; doll
Indexer Notes
Page 78. Cabbage Patch Kids dolls were a hot item in the early 1980s.
Zippy and the Stupidity Patrol
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
- One day, Shelf-Life & his sister, Vizeen Nurney, visited Zippy in his hotel room.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zippy; Shelf-Life; Vizeen Nurney; Ann Jillian (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Zippy, Shelf-Life, and Vizeen tour America and Europe, making fun of various fads and people.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Cabbage Patch Kids; cruise missles; football; gravity boots; nuclear reactors; t-shirts; Three Mile Island
Indexer Notes
Page 79.
[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
- Where do you think you're going, young lady?
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Trots (dog); Bonnie; Bonnie's mother; Bonnie's father; Janet Gannett
- Synopsis
- Bonnie's mother criticizes Bonnie's clothes and choice of movie and friends and eventually sends her to her room. Bonnie sneaks out and potentially ends up at something much worse than her original choices.
- Keywords
- cigarettes; clothes; movies; smoking
Indexer Notes
Page 80.
[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
- Politenessman has been living on the island of Lawna-Mowa teaching the natives courtesy.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Politenessman
- Synopsis
- A group of natives are fleeing a volcano when they come to a narrow bridge over a crocodile-infest river. Politenessman's rigid etiquette orders end up with the whole tribe consumed by the crocodiles.
- Keywords
- crocodiles; etiquette; racist; stereotypes; volcano
Indexer Notes
Page 81.
[no title indexed]
Popular Problems / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think Mr. Buckley has raised some important question here.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- William F. Buckley
- Synopsis
- During William F. Buckley's television show, he raises a question, but nobody has been paying attention and no one can remember what he was talking about (including him.)
- Keywords
- television broadcast
Indexer Notes
Page 81. Strip is not signed, but is the same artist as previous issues.
[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
- It's me, Joe. I brought home a mushroom pizza for our--I mean my supper...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ray
- Synopsis
- Joe has been kidnapped and the culprits want $5,000 to give the body back to Joe. They start sending it back in little pieces.
- Keywords
- kidnapping; ransom; UPS
Indexer Notes
Page 82. To be continued.
Say What?
Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the restaurant business, you're called upon to be more than a simple servant.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- How a waitress must be a good listener.
- Keywords
- pun; waitress
Indexer Notes
Page 83.
Mysteries of the Universe
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
- I say there is more to this old universe than meets the eye.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The oddities of the world.
- Reprints
-
in Rick Geary's Wonders and Oddities (Dark Horse, 1988 series) (December 1988) - in Housebound With Rick Geary (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) (September 1991)
- in Rick Geary: The Lampoon Years 1979-1992 (Rick Geary, 2012 series) (2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Page 83.
[no title indexed]
New Wave Comics / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Mark Marek (signed as Mr. Marek)
- Pencils
- Mark Marek (signed as Mr. Marek)
- Inks
- Mark Marek (signed as Mr. Marek)
- Letters
- Mark Marek (signed as Mr. Marek)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- High up in the snowy Himalayas, in an ancient zen monastery...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A zen master uses a computer to find the answer to his students' question.
- Keywords
- computer; Himalayas; Malibu Beach; monastery; zen
Indexer Notes
Page 84.
[no title indexed]
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
- High Noon at the Koffee Klatch--
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Aunt Mary
- Synopsis
- Right after Aunt Mary orders lunch at the Koffee Klatch, a flying saucer appears and there is a strong vibration.
- Keywords
- flying saucer; police; telephone
Indexer Notes
Page 84. Part of a continued story.
[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
- It's party time in the backyard of the Appletons' home.
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Norm Appleton; Bobby Appleton; Tony
- Synopsis
- Mr. Appleton plays a clown for Bobby's birthday party and, as usual, ruins the party with his antics.
- Keywords
- birthday party; blindfold; clown; pipe; smoking
Indexer Notes
Page 85.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Miss Munn, I won't be taking any more calls today. I threw my phone out the window.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An irate business man throws his telephone through his office window.
- Keywords
- telephone
Indexer Notes
Page 87. Artist signature is not legible.
[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
- It all happened so fast....I burst into my apartment, waved a gun in my face, and demanded money....There was a struggle...I fled....i really didn't get a good look at myself.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An apparently confused man describes a home invasion to the police.
- Keywords
- police; robbery
Indexer Notes
Page 88.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
["Don't take it so hard, Billy. I'm sure even professional ball players sometimes shit their pants when they're sliding into second."]
-
2.
[Donaldson's Brake Shop]
-
3.
[No Networking in Subway]
-
4.
["But if you do have asbestosis, you'll be glad to know that your lungs can never catch on fire."]
-
5.
["You're warm now, Alec--very, very warm."]
-
6.
[Harry Lippercut defense]
-
7.
["What do they want from me?"]
-
8.
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Asking Me for Subway Fare
-
9.
Oy Vey!
-
10.
["This guy walks like he's got a load in his pants."]
-
11.
["Granberry, you're about to suffer a near-death experience."]
-
12.
[Pranking the Grim Reaper]
-
13.
["I smuggled in everything you need to break out of this prison."]
Foto Funnies -
14.
["I hope you've been keeping your eye on the red king, Brotsky. Pick it and that raise is yours; fail and you're out on your ear."]
-
15.
["I'm sorry, madam. Those dolls are out of stock again. May I make a suggestion? Why don't you go home and fuck a cabbage and try to make one of your own?"]
-
16.
Zippy and the Stupidity Patrol
Zippy -
17.
["Where do you think you're going, young lady?"]
Trots and Bonnie -
18.
["Politenessman has been living on the island of Lawna-Mowa teaching the natives courtesy."]
Politenessman -
19.
["I think Mr. Buckley has raised some important question here."]
Popular Problems -
20.
["It's me, Joe. I brought home a mushroom pizza for our--I mean my supper..."]
Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend -
21.
Say What?
Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School -
22.
Mysteries of the Universe
Excursions -
23.
["High up in the snowy Himalayas, in an ancient zen monastery..."]
New Wave Comics -
24.
["High Noon at the Koffee Klatch--"]
Aunt Mary's Kitchen -
25.
["It's party time in the backyard of the Appletons' home."]
The Appletons -
26.
["Miss Munn, I won't be taking any more calls today. I threw my phone out the window."]
-
27.
["It all happened so fast....I burst into my apartment, waved a gun in my face, and demanded money....There was a struggle...I fled....i really didn't get a good look at myself."]
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