National Lampoon Magazine
#v2#67
(February 1984)
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 2.25 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; Peter Gaffney; Fred Graver; L. Dennis Plunkett (editor-in-chief); Sean Kelly (senior editor); Glenn Eichier (managing editor); Diane Giddis (copy editor); Carol Epstein (editorial assistant)
Issue Notes
"Special All-Comics Issue"
"The Surfer Scripts" text story by Will Jacobs and Gerard Jones on pages 73-79, dealing with plans for a movie starring the Silver Surfer. Title illustration by Bill Sienkiewicz.
"The Surfer Scripts" text story by Will Jacobs and Gerard Jones on pages 73-79, dealing with plans for a movie starring the Silver Surfer. Title illustration by Bill Sienkiewicz.
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.
Special All-Comics Issue
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Gary Hallgren (signed as Hallgren Display Co.)
- Inks
- Gary Hallgren (signed as Hallgren Display Co.)
- Colors
- Gary Hallgren (signed as Hallgren Display Co.)
- Letters
- Gary Hallgren; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! Hubba Hubba!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A worker is pasting over the printed cover with a billboard showcasing a topless girl.
- Keywords
- billboard; Fourth Wall
Indexer Notes
Front cover. A second worker breaks the Fourth Wall by complaining the other man's thought balloon is covering up the best part.
Editorial
photo story / 0.6 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, I'm Michael Grossman.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Michael Grossman (photos)
- Synopsis
- Art Director Michael Grossman explains how he was able to get an all-comics issue.
Indexer Notes
Page 4.
[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 know what to tell you, pal...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A policeman trying to persuade a man not to jump from the top of building is given convicting advice from a padre and from a photographer from a tabloid magazine.
- Keywords
- photographer; policeman; priest; suicide; tabloids
Indexer Notes
Page 6.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fuck your face, you whore!! ...Oh, excuse me, I thought you were my wife.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A businessman answers the phone with a curse, but it's not who he expected.
- Keywords
- swearing; telephone
Indexer Notes
Page 10.
[Piester's Pretzels]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
- Pencils
- ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
- Inks
- ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A contortionist serves as a model for workers twisting pretzels.
- Keywords
- contortionist; pretzels
Indexer Notes
Page 14. Pantomime cartoon.
[Mixed Message]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Script
- Bill Woodman (signed as Woodman)
- Pencils
- Bill Woodman (signed as Woodman)
- Inks
- Bill Woodman (signed as Woodman)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A boy with an apple on his head stands next to a dike in Holland that is springing a leak.
- Keywords
- apple; dike; Holland
Indexer Notes
Page 16. Pantomime cartoon.
[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
- Bob Mankoff (signed as Mankoff)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The following program contains adult material treated in a childish way, so call in the whole family.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The "Parental Guidance" statement before a television show is surprisingly honest.
- Keywords
- television
Indexer Notes
Page 20. Pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No... Dad's in Chicago; Mom got a wild hair up her ass and headed for Davenport, Iowa, a couple of months ago....
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A door-to-door salesman finds a young boy home by himself, drinking beer and watching cartoons.
- Keywords
- beer
Indexer Notes
Page 22.
The Masterpiece Theatre Gang
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
- Pencils
- John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
- Inks
- John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
- Letters
- John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Christ! They're on holiday again?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Three buddies are sitting on a couch, making comments about the current episode of "Masterpiece Theatre."
- Keywords
- beer; Masterpiece Theatre; PBS; television
Indexer Notes
Page 24.
[Instant Replay]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A couple are sitting in front of the television, watching a video-taped repeat of their last argument.
- Keywords
- argument; television; video-tape
Indexer Notes
Page 26. Pantomime cartoon. Cartoon is signed, but signature is not clear.
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ring! Ring!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A telephone comes up with a scam for its receiver to be held against a woman's breast.
- Keywords
- breast; telephone
Indexer Notes
Page 32.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 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
- I'd like to try something different--something that takes a lot of guts to eat.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A mild-mannered man decides to get adventurous at a restaurant.
- Keywords
- restaurant; waiter
Indexer Notes
Page 34.
Zippy's Guide to Sex, Death, and Between-Meal Snacks
Zippy / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Colors
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Letters
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Zippy recommends rigorous cranial activity at least 3 times a day.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zippy
- Synopsis
- Zippy gives his random comments on a number of subjects.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Pages 35-36.
[no title indexed]
Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Pencils
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Inks
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Letters
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The back-to-romance movement sucks.
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Trots (dog); Bonnie; Pepsi
- Synopsis
- Trots, Bonnie and Pepsi go to a wedding. Pepsi is prepared to disrupt the proceedings, but the ceremony doesn't play out like she thought it would.
- Keywords
- feminist; marriage
Indexer Notes
Pages 37-38.
[no title indexed]
Crazy, Man, Crazy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Gary Hallgren (credited as North Beach) (signed as Hallgren)
- Pencils
- Gary Hallgren (signed as Hallgren)
- Inks
- Gary Hallgren (signed as Hallgren)
- Colors
- Gary Hallgren (signed as Hallgren)
- Letters
- Gary Hallgren (signed as Hallgren)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dig it man, -- I just scored like 5,000 Bennies!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A beatnik-looking character has scored a lot of bennies (Benzedrine tablets) and offers some to his friend.
- Keywords
- beatniks; Benzedrine; drugs
Indexer Notes
Page 39. Comic has a "by North Beach" credit in the first panel, but is signed by Hallgren in the fourth panel.
[no title indexed]
Antarctic Journal / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- March 15, 9:30 a.m.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An old joke about a polar ice cap.
- Keywords
- Antarctica; igloo
Indexer Notes
Page 39
How Not to Pick Up Girls!
comic story / 0.25 page
- Script
- Mimi Pond (credited)
- Pencils
- Mimi Pond (credited)
- Inks
- Mimi Pond (credited)
- Letters
- Mimi Pond (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At the museum...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Three examples of a guy using a lame pick-up line.
- Keywords
- laundromat; museum; party; small talk.
Indexer Notes
Page 39.
The Origin of Politenessman
Politenessman / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Ron Barrett (signed)
- Pencils
- Ron Barrett (signed)
- Inks
- Ron Barrett (signed)
- Colors
- Ron Barrett (signed)
- Letters
- Ron Barrett (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Meet Matt and Emma Krude, members of the lower socio-economic strata.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Politenssman [Barton Krude]; Matt Krude; Emma Krude
- Synopsis
- Barton Krude is on the path to rudeness, when he is hit by truck and has a box of radioactive handkerchiefs fall on his head. He changes his ways and goes on to become the enforcer of etiquette--Politenessman!
- Keywords
- charm school; etiquette; hospital; origin; radioactive; truck
Indexer Notes
Pages 40-41. Color is done in monochrome red.
It's Great to Be Alive!
Excursions / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Pencils
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Inks
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Colors
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Letters
- Rick Geary (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's the town I live in...Not much, is it?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man tells of his adventures in his home town.
- Keywords
- computer; funeral; home town; pipe; railroad tracks; smoking
Indexer Notes
Pages 42-43.
The Streets of Vatican City
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Tod Carroll (credited)
- Pencils
- Kevin Nowlan (credited)
- Inks
- Kevin Nowlan (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Swiss guards Lalive and Kohl were working plainclothes when a suspicious vehicle was reported...
- Genre
- humor; religious; satire-parody
- Characters
- LaLive; Kohl; Devil
- Synopsis
- LaLive and Kohl are detectives battling the Devil in Vatican City.
- Keywords
- Catholic; Devil; Swiss guard; Vatican City
Indexer Notes
Pages 46-47.
[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
- How do you do!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ray; Joe; Joe's parents
- Synopsis
- Joe's parents visit Ray so they can see Joe and make plans in case something happens to Ray.
- Keywords
- burial plot; sun lamp
Indexer Notes
Page 48. Part of a continued story.
[no title indexed]
Crazy, Man, Crazy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Gary Hallgren (credited as Jim Muggles) (signed as Hallgren)
- Pencils
- Gary Hallgren (signed as Hallgren)
- Inks
- Gary Hallgren (signed as Hallgren)
- Colors
- Gary Hallgren (signed as Hallgren)
- Letters
- Gary Hallgren (signed as Hallgren)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Like, wow, man...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two beatniks watch a falling piano hit the sidewalk.
- Keywords
- beatniks; piano
Indexer Notes
Page 49. Strip has "by Jim Muggles" in the first panel, but is signed by Hallgren in the third panel.
An Anticlimax
comic story / 0.25 page
- Script
- Roz Chast (signed as R. Chast)
- Pencils
- Roz Chast (signed as R. Chast)
- Inks
- Roz Chast (signed as R. Chast)
- Letters
- Roz Chast (signed as R. Chast)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What happens if..
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A girl puts a newspaper hat on her head.
- Keywords
- hat
Indexer Notes
Page 49.
[no title indexed]
Antarctic Journal / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- March 16, 9:50 a.m.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A joke about Eskimos and a light bulb.
- Keywords
- Antarctica; igloo
Indexer Notes
Page 49.
A Different World
Aunt Mary's Kitchen / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Pencils
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Inks
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Colors
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Letters
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For many years Aunt Mary's kitchen has been a hotbed of activity.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Aunt Mary; Brother Leo; TV repairman; twin sister Dorothy; Bill Moronson; Lillian Moronson; Carol; Officer McNougat
- Synopsis
- A review of all the characters who've appeared in the strip to date. Then a flying saucer appears at the diner where Aunt Mary has stopped for lunch.
- Keywords
- doughnuts; flying saucer; police; telephone
Indexer Notes
Pages 50-51.
A Regular Day
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ? [as Capelle ?] (signed)
- Pencils
- ? [as Capelle ?] (signed)
- Inks
- ? [as Capelle ?] (signed)
- Letters
- ? [as Capelle ?] (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's the matter, pal?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- Anthropomorphic buildings await the daily exit of their workers.
- Keywords
- buildings
Indexer Notes
Page 52. Signed, but artist's name is not clear.
That Little Ole USA and His Uncle
comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- His eyes were bigger than his stomach.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Uncle Sam
- Synopsis
- Uncle Sam feeds various groups of immigrants to an anthropomorphic USA in the shape of a map.
- Keywords
- Chinese; Germans; Greeks; immigrants; Irish; Italians; Jews; Poles; slaves
Indexer Notes
Page 52.
"Six Pack" Cohen Surf Accountant
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Ted Mann (credited)
- Pencils
- Ralph Reese (signed)
- Inks
- Ralph Reese (signed)
- Colors
- Ralph Reese (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jeez, Six Pack, I'm real worried.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- "Six Pack" Cohen; Murph
- Synopsis
- Accountant Cohen advises surfer Murph on how to avoid paying taxes.
- Keywords
- beach; Internal Revenue Service; IRS; surfing; taxes
Indexer Notes
Page 53.
Lttile Inspirational Stories #472
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- John Bendel (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Plympton (credited)
- Inks
- Bill Plympton (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Plympton ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hal was an okay guy except for the fact that he was naturally mean to people...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A naturally mean man works his way up the business ladder.
- Keywords
- business; career; mean
Indexer Notes
Page 54.
Girls' Night Out
Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Mimi Pond (signed)
- Pencils
- Mimi Pond (signed)
- Inks
- Mimi Pond (signed)
- Colors
- Mimi Pond (signed)
- Letters
- Mimi Pond (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nothing is so important to a professional waitress as a girls night out on the town...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The waitresses go out for a night of partying.
- Keywords
- bar; liquor; party; waitress
Indexer Notes
Pages 55-56.
Willard Scott's Obituary Page
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
- Pencils
- John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
- Inks
- John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
- Letters
- John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be right with ya!
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Willard Scott
- Synopsis
- Williard Scott reads obituaries on television of very old people.
- Keywords
- broadcast; obituaries; television
Indexer Notes
Page 57. A parody of Willard Scott, weatherman on NBC-TV's "Today" show, who would send birthday wishes to very old people from all parts of the country.
[no title indexed]
Antarctic Journal / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- March 18, 10:45 a.m.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The inhabitants of an igloo notice the clock has stopped.
- Keywords
- Antarctica; clock; igloo; meta-comics
Indexer Notes
Page 57.
Lesson #702C: Sublimating Your Sex Drive
Famous Comic Artists School / cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Bruce Cochran (signed)
- Pencils
- Bruce Cochran (signed)
- Inks
- Bruce Cochran (signed)
- Letters
- Bruce Cochran (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- How to keep your mind from wandering while you are at the drawing board.
Indexer Notes
Page 57.
[no title indexed]
Popular Problems / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Ron Hauge (signed)
- Pencils
- Ron Hauge (signed)
- Inks
- Ron Hauge (signed)
- Colors
- Ron Hauge (signed)
- Letters
- Ron Hauge (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Every summer we visited our grandparents in South Dakota.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A boy visits his grandparents. His grandfather is becoming senile.
- Keywords
- grandparents; senile; South Dakota
Indexer Notes
Pages 58-59.
Teddy's Day
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Pencils
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Inks
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Letters
- Rick Geary (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I spring from bed at 5:45 a.m., bursting with vim and hi-spirit!
- Genre
- humor; biography; historical
- Characters
- President Theodore Roosevelt
- Synopsis
- A fanciful day in the life of President Theodore Roosevelt.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- boxing; hunting; Potomac; president; rowing; swimming; tennis
Indexer Notes
Page 60.
Petticoat Silo
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Tod Carroll (credited as Carroll)
- Pencils
- Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Sienkiewicz)
- Inks
- Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Sienkiewicz)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Darn this switch.
- Genre
- humor; military
- Synopsis
- A silo holding a nuclear missile has an all-girl crew.
- Keywords
- missile; rabbit
Indexer Notes
Pages 61-62. Story is presented like a TV situation comedy episode.
[no title indexed]
Chicken Gutz / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
- Pencils
- Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
- Inks
- Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
- Letters
- Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our story thus far: The fabulous Chicken Gutz, in an effort to modernize and revitalize his life...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Chicken Gutz
- Synopsis
- Chicken Gutz spends a lot of money on a home computer, but it's a fraud.
- Keywords
- computer; fraud
Indexer Notes
Page 63.
[no title indexed]
Crazy, Man, Crazy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Gary Hallgren (credited as Felonius Monque) (signed as Hallgren)
- Pencils
- Gary Hallgren (signed as Hallgren)
- Inks
- Gary Hallgren (signed as Hallgren)
- Colors
- Gary Hallgren (signed as Hallgren)
- Letters
- Gary Hallgren (signed as Hallgren)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, man, dig that moon...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A pair of beatniks are walking down the street. One of them thinks he's looking at the moon, the other one says it's the sun.
- Keywords
- beatniks; moon; sun; sunglasses
Indexer Notes
Page 64. First panel has "by Felonius Monque" credit.
The Writing Life
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Tom Cheney (signed)
- Pencils
- Tom Cheney (signed)
- Inks
- Tom Cheney (signed)
- Letters
- Tom Cheney (signed); typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Carl had infinite respect for young Gloria...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A writer makes several false starts at describing a relationship between a man and woman.
- Keywords
- typewriter; writing
Indexer Notes
Page 64.
The Young and Indiscreet
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Mary Wilshire (signed)
- Pencils
- Mary Wilshire (signed)
- Inks
- Mary Wilshire (signed)
- Letters
- Mary Wilshire (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I love bringing you to parties, Betty.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two women take opposite approaches in trying to snag a handsome man at a party.
- Keywords
- party; roommates
Indexer Notes
Page 65.
The Adventures of Hercules Amongst the North Americans
New Wave Comics / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Mark Marek (signed as Mr. Marek)
- Pencils
- Mark Marek (signed as Mr. Marek)
- Inks
- Mark Marek (signed as Mr. Marek)
- Colors
- Mark Marek (signed as Mr. Marek)
- Letters
- Mark Marek (signed as Mr. Marek)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As legend relates, the mighty Hercules enjoys lunch at a local pizzeria.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hercules
- Synopsis
- Hercules works as a construction worker on a skyscraper and does some additional labors on the side.
- Keywords
- bar; construction; pizza; robbers; subway; sword; television
Indexer Notes
Pages 66-67.
Worm
comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you try to eat me, I'll throw up in your mouth.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- A worm uses an unusual method of defense from a bird.
- Keywords
- bird; worm
Indexer Notes
Page 68. Signature is not clear.
Parts of Aunt Maude's Body You Hoped You'd Never See
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Bruce Cochran (signed)
- Pencils
- Bruce Cochran (signed)
- Inks
- Bruce Cochran (signed)
- Letters
- Bruce Cochran (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is Aunt Maude.
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Page 68.
[no title indexed]
Antarctic Journal / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- March 19, 11:05 a.m.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The inhabitants of an igloo have trouble with a sea cow.
- Keywords
- Antarctica; igloo; narwhal; sea cow
Indexer Notes
Page 68.
The Laundry Man
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Pencils
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Inks
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Colors
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Letters
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once upon a time there was a man whose head was a basket of laundry,
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man with a basket of laundry for a head tries to be nice to people.
- Keywords
- surreal
Indexer Notes
Pages 69-70.
[no title indexed]
Timberland Tales / comic story / 2 pages
- 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
- Law enforcement is often a waiting game.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Maurice; Constable Tom; Kathleen; Foamy (dog); Dr. Rogers
- Synopsis
- Thugs have kidnapped Kathleen and Maurice and Constable Tom have to lead the rescue.
- Keywords
- Canada; dog sled; kidnapping; rabies; rifle; snow
Indexer Notes
Pages 72-73.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Left to right, that's Miriam, the kids, and Tina Turner.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A businessman identifies the pictures on his desk.
- Keywords
- photographs
Indexer Notes
Page 78. Cartoon is signed, but is not legible.
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome to my laboratory. I am Dr. Frankenstein!
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Frankenstein
- Synopsis
- Dr. Frankenstein plans to create an army of perfect men in order to rule the world. However, he gets some of the ingredients wrong.
Indexer Notes
Page 77.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- ? [as D. R. Poletes ?] (signed)
- Pencils
- ? [as D. R. Poletes ?] (signed)
- Inks
- ? [as D. R. Poletes ?] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Not you again!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A middle-aged woman seems surprised by who's in bed with her when she wakes up.
Indexer Notes
Page 76. Signature is not clear.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 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
- Maybe he can't swim.
- Genre
- humor; religious
- Characters
- Jesus Christ
- Synopsis
- Jesus is walking on water. Two fish watching from below give their opinion.
- Keywords
- point of view; walking on water
Indexer Notes
Page 74.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
Special All-Comics Issue
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2.
Editorial
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3.
["I don't know what to tell you, pal..."]
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4.
["Fuck your face, you whore!! ...Oh, excuse me, I thought you were my wife."]
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5.
[Piester's Pretzels]
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6.
[Mixed Message]
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7.
["The following program contains adult material treated in a childish way, so call in the whole family."]
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8.
["No... Dad's in Chicago; Mom got a wild hair up her ass and headed for Davenport, Iowa, a couple of months ago...."]
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9.
The Masterpiece Theatre Gang
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10.
[Instant Replay]
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11.
["Ring! Ring!"]
Foto Funnies -
12.
["I'd like to try something different--something that takes a lot of guts to eat."]
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13.
Zippy's Guide to Sex, Death, and Between-Meal Snacks
Zippy -
14.
["The back-to-romance movement sucks."]
Trots and Bonnie -
15.
["Dig it man, -- I just scored like 5,000 Bennies!"]
Crazy, Man, Crazy -
16.
["March 15, 9:30 a.m."]
Antarctic Journal -
17.
How Not to Pick Up Girls!
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18.
The Origin of Politenessman
Politenessman -
19.
It's Great to Be Alive!
Excursions -
20.
The Streets of Vatican City
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21.
["How do you do!"]
Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend -
22.
["Like, wow, man..."]
Crazy, Man, Crazy -
23.
An Anticlimax
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24.
["March 16, 9:50 a.m."]
Antarctic Journal -
25.
A Different World
Aunt Mary's Kitchen -
26.
A Regular Day
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27.
That Little Ole USA and His Uncle
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28.
"Six Pack" Cohen Surf Accountant
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29.
Lttile Inspirational Stories #472
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30.
Girls' Night Out
Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School -
31.
Willard Scott's Obituary Page
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32.
["March 18, 10:45 a.m."]
Antarctic Journal -
33.
Lesson #702C: Sublimating Your Sex Drive
Famous Comic Artists School -
34.
["Every summer we visited our grandparents in South Dakota."]
Popular Problems -
35.
Teddy's Day
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36.
Petticoat Silo
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37.
["Our story thus far: The fabulous Chicken Gutz, in an effort to modernize and revitalize his life..."]
Chicken Gutz -
38.
["Hey, man, dig that moon..."]
Crazy, Man, Crazy -
39.
The Writing Life
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40.
The Young and Indiscreet
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41.
The Adventures of Hercules Amongst the North Americans
New Wave Comics -
42.
Worm
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43.
Parts of Aunt Maude's Body You Hoped You'd Never See
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44.
["March 19, 11:05 a.m."]
Antarctic Journal -
45.
The Laundry Man
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46.
["Law enforcement is often a waiting game."]
Timberland Tales -
47.
["Left to right, that's Miriam, the kids, and Tina Turner."]
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48.
["Welcome to my laboratory. I am Dr. Frankenstein!"]
Foto Funnies -
49.
["Not you again!"]
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50.
["Maybe he can't swim."]
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