National Lampoon Magazine
#v1#39
(June 1973)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1973-05-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Lampoon Inc.
- Editing
- Henry Beard; Michael O'Donoghue; Tony Hendra; Brian McConnachie
Issue Notes
The "Violence" issue. Funny Pages on pages 84-96 (scattered).
Photo story ad for Pioneer SE-505 Stereo Headset on page 19, done in the same format as Foto Funnies.
Photo story promo for subscriptions to National Lampoon on page 89, done as a parody of the Coca-Cola TV commercial "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing."
Comic format ad on inside back cover for Chris Rush "First Rush" comedy album. Art signed "Mickey Pickles."
On-sale date from 1973 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Photo story ad for Pioneer SE-505 Stereo Headset on page 19, done in the same format as Foto Funnies.
Photo story promo for subscriptions to National Lampoon on page 89, done as a parody of the Coca-Cola TV commercial "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing."
Comic format ad on inside back cover for Chris Rush "First Rush" comedy album. Art signed "Mickey Pickles."
On-sale date from 1973 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.
[Slipping on Blood]
cartoon / 1 page
- Pencils
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Inks
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Colors
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- crime; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A woman slips on blood from a man shot on the sidewalk, while the police and bystanders laugh heartily.
- Keywords
- blood; laughing; murder; police
Indexer Notes
On the cover.
Gloomy Tunes Presents Kit 'n' Kaboodle: Midday Mischief
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Brian McConnachie (credited)
- Pencils
- Warren Sattler (credited)
- Inks
- Warren Sattler (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
- Characters
- Kit; Kaboodle
- Synopsis
- Ultra-violent parody of cat and mouse animated cartoons.
- Keywords
- anvil; chainsaw; fireworks; shotgun
Indexer Notes
Pages 31-36. Color cover and fake ad (Sea-Poodles) in black and white on slick paper and four-page color story on newsprint. This is in the same vein as the 1982 "Squeak the Mouse" comic book by Massimo Mattioli.
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Guess Who?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Chris Miller (photo)
- Synopsis
- A woman drapes her breasts over her bedmate's eyes.
Indexer Notes
Page 42.
Hemophunnies
cartoon / 3 pages
- Script
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Pencils
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Inks
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Colors
- ? (red highlights)
- Letters
- Charlie Rodrigues (logo)
Indexer Notes
Pages 61-63. Nine pantomime cartoons dealing with blood after stabbings and shooting. Black and white with red blood. Same theme as the cover cartoon.
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nectarines? Breadfruit? Soft pears?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Chris Miller (photo)
- Synopsis
- A man tries to describe what his bedmate's breasts resemble.
Indexer Notes
Page 64.
["Just my luck! Stuck here with a pacifist!]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Two men on the stereotypical desert island. One is a boxer, the other is practicing yoga.
- Keywords
- desert island
Indexer Notes
Page 67. Part of the "Knuckle" boxing magazine section.
[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
- Sidney Harris (signed as S. Harris)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Blind. Help me buy a Doberman Pinscher...
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A blind beggar wears a sign that says "Blind. Help me buy a Doberman Pinscher to kill those more fortunate than me."
- Keywords
- beggar; blind
Indexer Notes
Page 70. Part of "Knuckle" boxing magazine section.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On your mark ... get set ...
- Genre
- humor; religious
- Synopsis
- A priest holds a starter's pistol for a race between two nuns on reciting the rosary.
- Keywords
- Catholic; nuns; priest; rosary; starter's pistol
Indexer Notes
Page 74.
[no title indexed]
Nuts / comic story / 0.75 page
- Script
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Pencils
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Inks
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Letters
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Remember how when you had all these great ideas...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Synopsis
- The boy plans to play all summer, but his parents send him to summer camp instead.
- Keywords
- summer vacation
Indexer Notes
Page 84.
Cheech Wizard Discovers a Traitor
Bodé's Cartoon Concert / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Vaughn Bodé (signed)
- Pencils
- Vaughn Bodé (signed)
- Inks
- Vaughn Bodé (signed)
- Letters
- Vaughn Bodé (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cheech Wizard; Apprentice
- Synopsis
- Cheech discovers his apprentice is disparaging him behind his back and gets some revenge.
Indexer Notes
Page 86.
[no title indexed]
Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Pencils
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Inks
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Letters
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow, Pepsi! Isn't he adorable?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Trots (dog); Bonnie; Pepsi
- Synopsis
- Bonnie has a crush on a boy. Pepsi ruins the fantasy by saying he's not too smart, but is good in bed.
- Keywords
- puppy love
Indexer Notes
Page 88.
[no title indexed]
Duck and Weevil / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bobby London (signed as London)
- Pencils
- Bobby London (signed as London)
- Inks
- Bobby London (signed as London)
- Letters
- Bobby London (signed as London)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gott in Himmel!!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dirty Duck; Weevil; Annie Rat
- Synopsis
- Weevil buys sunglasses and a long-haired wig to try to appear young and sexy. It doesn't work.
- Keywords
- sunglasses; wig
Indexer Notes
Page 88. The Duck character has a different appearance in this strip, though the other characters look the same.
[no title indexed]
Idyl / comic story / 1 page
- 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
- What are you doing?" "I'm going to punch my head out.
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
in Jeff Jones Comics & Zeichnungen (Volksverlag, 1978 series) (1978) which is reprinted - in Schwermetall (Volksverlag, 1980 series) #7 (August 1980)
-
in Totem (Editorial Nueva Frontera, 1977 series) #36 ([mayo 1981])
-
Indexer Notes
Page 90.
Love Story
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Woodman (signed as Woodman)
- Pencils
- Bill Woodman (signed as Woodman)
- Inks
- Bill Woodman (signed as Woodman)
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A man tells his sordid life story to a woman as he kneels to propose to her.
- Keywords
- proposal
Indexer Notes
Page 92. Pantomime story. One scene with a series of scenes in word balloons.
Different Story
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)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Gil's wife is turned into a pig by an attack of poisonous flying ants.
- Keywords
- ants; pig
Indexer Notes
Page 94.
Coincidental Juxtaposition Comics!
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Ed Subitzky (signed as E. Subitzky)
- Pencils
- Ed Subitzky (signed as E. Subitzky)
- Inks
- Ed Subitzky (signed as E. Subitzky)
- Letters
- Ed Subitzky (signed as E. Subitzky)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Characters' word balloons are configured in such a way that sexual phrases are formed.
Indexer Notes
Page 94.
[no title indexed]
Mule's Diner / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Seems like old Dobbs spends a lot of time in your men's room...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mule; Dobbs
- Synopsis
- Dobbs gets lost in the shuffle of a large corporation and spends years killing time in the men's room, while still getting paid.
- Keywords
- corporation; men's room
Indexer Notes
Page 95.
[no title indexed]
The Aesop Brothers Siamese Twins / comic story / 0.75 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
- C'mon Alex. We gotta dress.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Aesop Brothers [Alex; George]
- Synopsis
- The Aesop Brothers decide to leave the sideshow and hitchhike to Los Angeles. They are picked up by an elderly former movie star.
- Keywords
- Los Angeles
Indexer Notes
Page 96. Part of a continued story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
[Slipping on Blood]
-
2.
Gloomy Tunes Presents Kit 'n' Kaboodle: Midday Mischief
-
3.
["Guess Who?"]
Foto Funnies -
4.
Hemophunnies
-
5.
["Nectarines? Breadfruit? Soft pears?"]
Foto Funnies -
6.
["Just my luck! Stuck here with a pacifist!]
-
7.
["Blind. Help me buy a Doberman Pinscher..."]
-
8.
["On your mark ... get set ..."]
-
9.
["Remember how when you had all these great ideas..."]
Nuts -
10.
Cheech Wizard Discovers a Traitor
Bodé's Cartoon Concert -
11.
["Wow, Pepsi! Isn't he adorable?"]
Trots and Bonnie -
12.
["Gott in Himmel!!"]
Duck and Weevil -
13.
["What are you doing?" "I'm going to punch my head out."]
Idyl -
14.
Love Story
-
15.
Different Story
-
16.
Coincidental Juxtaposition Comics!
-
17.
["Seems like old Dobbs spends a lot of time in your men's room..."]
Mule's Diner -
18.
["C'mon Alex. We gotta dress."]
The Aesop Brothers Siamese Twins
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- Steve Coates
- Steven Samuels
- Luther Weaver
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