National Lampoon Magazine
#v1#46
(January 1974)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 108
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1973-12-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Lampoon Inc.
- Editing
- Henry Beard (editor); Michael O'Donoghue (editor); Tony Hendra (editor); Brian McConnachie (editor); Sean Kelly (editor)
Issue Notes
The "Animals" issue. Funny Pages on tan newsprint on pages 95-101. On-sale date from 1974 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.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dick Frank (photograph)
- Inks
- Dick Frank (photograph)
- Colors
- Dick Frank (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say, we don't get many kangaroos in here.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Skippy (kangaroo) (photo)
What Gives?
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Fran Hollidge (signed as Hollidge)
- Pencils
- Fran Hollidge (signed as Hollidge)
- Inks
- Fran Hollidge (signed as Hollidge)
- Letters
- Fran Hollidge
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Russian Bear; Man on the Street; Mr. H-Bomb
Indexer Notes
Parody of editorial cartoons, bringing 19 different labeled symbols together for a street scene.
Attack of the Sizeable Beasts
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Brian McConnachie
- Pencils
- Fran Hollidge (signed as F. Hollidge)
- Inks
- Fran Hollidge (signed as F. Hollidge)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- satire-parody; science fiction
- Synopsis
- A professor invents a growth serum and the few enlarged animals escape. A newspaper reporter is on the story, but is more interested in courting the professor's niece.
- Keywords
- midgets; United Nations
[no title indexed]
Underwear for the Deaf / photo story / 1 page
- Script
- Michael O'Donoghue
- Pencils
- David Kaestle (photographer)
- Inks
- David Kaestle (photographer)
- Colors
- Dolores Deluxe
- Letters
- Michael Doret (logo); ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It is illegal to insult deaf women in all but fourteen states.
Indexer Notes
Hand-tinted photographs.
This Can Be Your "Big Break"
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alan Kupperberg (signed)
- Inks
- Alan Kupperberg (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- nature; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of mail-order school ads, with an elephant sending away to the Serengeti Institute of Prehensile Proboscology for information on how to grow a trunk.
- Keywords
- elephants; evolution
Indexer Notes
Part of "Popular Evolution" magazine parody.
Talkless Tool Use
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alan Kupperberg (signed as Kupperberg)
- Inks
- Alan Kupperberg (signed as Kupperberg)
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A caveman makes an animal skin holder for his stone tools.
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story. Parody of Roy Doty's "Wordless Workshop". Part of "Popular Evolution" magazine parody.
The Insult That Made a Meat Eater Out of a Mouse
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ralph Reese ?
- Inks
- Ralph Reese ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Genre
- nature; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of the Charles Atlas comic strip ads, with a mouse evolving into a fanged bat to take care of a bullying lizard.
- Keywords
- Charles Atlas; evolution
Indexer Notes
Ad includes a mail-in coupon to "Charles Darwin, Dept. B, Galapagos Islands." Part of "Popular Evolution" magazine parody.
[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 the first time when you weren't really sure...
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- The boy goes to a girl's party. She seems interested in seeing more of him, but he's not sure how he feels about the situation.
[no title indexed]
Idyl / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jeff Jones (signed as J)
- Pencils
- Jeff Jones (signed as J)
- Inks
- Jeff Jones (signed as J)
- Letters
- Jeff Jones (signed as J)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get away or I'll harm you.
- Reprints
-
in Jeff Jones Comics & Zeichnungen (Volksverlag, 1978 series) (1978) which is reprinted - in Schwermetall (Volksverlag, 1980 series) #9 (Oktober 1980)
-
in Totem (Editorial Nueva Frontera, 1977 series) #25 ([febrero 1980])
-
[no title indexed]
Mule's Diner / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sarah Lee never smiled.
- Characters
- Sarah Lee; Jonathan; Mule
- Synopsis
- Sarah Lee marries a two-headed man, then finds the rest of his family also has multiple heads.
[no title indexed]
One Year Affair / comic story / 0.25 page
- Script
- Byron Preiss (signed as Preiss)
- Pencils
- Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
- Inks
- Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
- Letters
- Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Having clarified the situation on the home front...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jill; Steve
- Synopsis
- Jill discusses her previous boyfriends.
- Reprints
-
in One Year Affair (Workman Publishing, 1976 series) (September 1976)
-
[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
- That dress is really you!
- Characters
- Trots (dog); Bonnie; Pepsi
- Synopsis
- Pepsi and Bonnie are trying on clothes at a boutique, but when they see two drag queens trying on the same styles, decide that they will shop elsewhere.
[no title indexed]
One Year Affair / comic story / 0.25 page
- Script
- Byron Preiss (signed as Preiss)
- Pencils
- Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
- Inks
- Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
- Letters
- Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Out with Jill, Harold, and Carole, Steve locks the keys...
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jill; Steve; Harold; Carole
- Synopsis
- While waiting around after Steve locks his keys in his car, Harold and Carole reveal that they are getting married.
- Reprints
- in One Year Affair (Workman Publishing, 1976 series) (September 1976)
-
Cheech Wizard Turns a Buck
Bodé's Cartoon Concert / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Vaughn Bodé (signed)
- Pencils
- Vaughn Bodé (signed)
- Inks
- Vaughn Bodé (signed)
- Colors
- Vaughn Bodé (signed) (graytones)
- Letters
- Vaughn Bodé (signed)
- Characters
- Cheech Wizard
- Synopsis
- Cheech uses the stuffed corpse of his former apprentice as the star of a money-making enterprise.
Book IV, Chapter 2, "The Tempest"
The Brothers Aesop Siamese Twins / comic story / 0.75 page
- Script
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodriguez)
- Pencils
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodriguez)
- Inks
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodriguez)
- Letters
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodriguez)
- Characters
- The Aesop Brothers [Alex; Carl]; Charles Rodriguez; Dr. Shibboleth
- Synopsis
- Alex is lying in a coffin, dying, and his doctor and the funeral home director are planning how to publicize the event when he dies. Artist Rodriguez ruins their plans by invading the funeral home and shooting everyone.
- Keywords
- coffin; funeral home
[no title indexed]
One Year Affair / comic story / 0.25 page
- Script
- Byron Preiss (signed as Preiss)
- Pencils
- Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
- Inks
- Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
- Letters
- Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A marriage in the near future!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jill; Steve
- Synopsis
- With their roommates Harold and Carole leaving to get married, Jill and Steve consider moving in with each other.
- Reprints
- in One Year Affair (Workman Publishing, 1976 series) (September 1976)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
["Say, we don't get many kangaroos in here."]
-
2.
What Gives?
-
3.
Attack of the Sizeable Beasts
-
4.
["It is illegal to insult deaf women in all but fourteen states."]
Underwear for the Deaf -
5.
This Can Be Your "Big Break"
-
6.
Talkless Tool Use
-
7.
The Insult That Made a Meat Eater Out of a Mouse
-
8.
The Nazi Doctor Doolittle
-
9.
Ill, But Still Smart
-
10.
["Remember the first time when you weren't really sure..."]
Nuts -
11.
["Get away or I'll harm you."]
Idyl -
12.
["Sarah Lee never smiled."]
Mule's Diner -
13.
["Having clarified the situation on the home front..."]
One Year Affair -
14.
["That dress is really you!"]
Trots and Bonnie -
15.
["Out with Jill, Harold, and Carole, Steve locks the keys..."]
One Year Affair -
16.
Cheech Wizard Turns a Buck
Bodé's Cartoon Concert -
17.
Book IV, Chapter 2, "The Tempest"
The Brothers Aesop Siamese Twins -
18.
["A marriage in the near future!"]
One Year Affair
This issue was modified by
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Steve Coates
- Steven Samuels
- Luther Weaver
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