(March 1972)

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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
92
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1972-02-22
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Lampoon Inc.
Editing
Michel Choquette (guest editor); Douglas C. Kenney (editor); Henry N. Beard (executive editor)

Issue Notes

The "Escape!" issue. Funny Pages on pages 83-88. On-sale date from 1972 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

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.

[Hitler in the Tropics] (Table of Contents: 1)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Leonard Soned (photograph)
Inks
Leonard Soned (photograph)
Colors
Leonard Soned (photograph)
Letters
typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Adolf Hitler (photo of Billy Frick); Loro (parrot) (photo)

The Runaway (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. O. Blechman
Pencils
R. O. Blechman
Inks
R. O. Blechman

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A dog strains at its leash until it breaks it. But once free, it doesn't go anywhere.
Keywords
dog; leash

Indexer Notes

Pantomime story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

[Foto Funnies] / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Yoko Ono
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Do you see a rainbow?
Characters
Yoko Ono (photo); John Lennon (photo)

The Adventures of a Connecticut Yankee (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Michel Croquette; Sean Kelly
Pencils
Mike Kaluta [as MW Kaluta] (signed)
Inks
Mike Kaluta [as MW Kaluta] (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
satire-parody; science fiction
Keywords
eclipse; time travel

Indexer Notes

Presented as five non-continguous episodes of a Sunday newspaper strip, with each episode presented sideways and covering two pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Nuts / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Pencils
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Inks
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Letters
Gahan Wilson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Remember how it was when you were just over being sick?
Genre
children
Synopsis
The boy is recovering from being sick when his parents send him to walk the dog.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Idyl / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jeff Jones [as J] (signed)
Pencils
Jeff Jones [as J] (signed)
Inks
Jeff Jones [as J] (signed)
Letters
Jeff Jones

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Got you, bird.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Cheech Wizard / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Vaughn Bodé (signed)
Pencils
Vaughn Bodé (signed)
Inks
Vaughn Bodé (signed)
Colors
Vaughn Bodé (graytones)
Letters
Vaughn Bodé

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Once upon a time at 2:30 in the afternoon...
Characters
Cheech Wizard
Synopsis
After an erotic episode, Cheech and a forest nymph make conversation.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Doctor Colon's Monster / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Charles Rodriguez [as Rodriguez] (signed)
Pencils
Charles Rodriguez [as Rodriguez] (signed)
Inks
Charles Rodriguez [as Rodriguez] (signed)
Letters
Charles Rodriguez

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who was that at the door, Smegma?
Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Dr. Colon; Smegma; Inspector Klee; the Monster
Synopsis
After some male villagers suffer sexual assaults, Inspector Klee visits Dr. Colon to see if he knows anything about the affair.

Lesson #1: Dog Slobber (Table of Contents: 9)

Famous Comic Artists School / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Bruce Cochran (signed)
Pencils
Bruce Cochran (signed)
Inks
Bruce Cochran (signed)
Letters
Bruce Cochran

Genre
satire-parody
Synopsis
How to effectively draw a slobbering dog.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Vinny Shinblind the Invisible Sex Maniac / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Susan Harris
Pencils
Peter Bramley [as P. Bramley] (signed)
Inks
Peter Bramley [as P. Bramley] (signed)
Letters
Peter Bramley

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shocking! Deplorable!
Characters
Vinny Shinblind
Synopsis
At a drug store, Vinny gives a youth looking at the skin magazines a look at the real thing.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Mule's Diner / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Stan Mack
Pencils
Stan Mack
Inks
Stan Mack
Letters
Stan Mack

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm sick of these damn big noses.
Synopsis
Two men are loitering on the sidewalk in front of the diner, when tiny crazy (but magical) old ladies climb out of a garbage can and begin singing.
Keywords
noses

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Shab / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
B. Kliban (signed)
Pencils
B. Kliban (signed)
Inks
B. Kliban (signed)
Letters
B. Kliban

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Another mystery from the dawn of time.
Characters
Shab
Synopsis
Shab is puzzled by a singing boulder.
Keywords
cavemen

Mr. Gutz Picks a Winner (Table of Contents: 13)

Chicken Gutz / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Randall Enos [as Enos] (signed)
Pencils
Randall Enos [as Enos] (signed)
Inks
Randall Enos [as Enos] (signed)
Letters
Randall Enos

Characters
Chicken Gutz
Synopsis
Mr. Gutz picks a flower, despite the signs warning him not to.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. [Hitler in the Tropics]
  2. 2. The Runaway
  3. 3. ["Do you see a rainbow?"]
    [Foto Funnies]
  4. 4. The Adventures of a Connecticut Yankee
  5. 5. ["Remember how it was when you were just over being sick?"]
    Nuts
  6. 6. ["Got you, bird."]
    Idyl
  7. 7. ["Once upon a time at 2:30 in the afternoon..."]
    Cheech Wizard
  8. 8. ["Who was that at the door, Smegma?"]
    Doctor Colon's Monster
  9. 9. Lesson #1: Dog Slobber
    Famous Comic Artists School
  10. 10. ["Shocking! Deplorable!"]
    Vinny Shinblind the Invisible Sex Maniac
  11. 11. ["I'm sick of these damn big noses."]
    Mule's Diner
  12. 12. ["Another mystery from the dawn of time."]
    Shab
  13. 13. Mr. Gutz Picks a Winner
    Chicken Gutz
This issue was modified by
  • Steve Coates
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Luther Weaver