National Lampoon Magazine
#v1#54
(September 1974)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.85 USD
- Pages
- 96
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-08-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Lampoon Inc.
- Editing
- Henry Beard; Tony Hendra; Brian McConnachie; Sean Kelly
Issue Notes
The Old Age Issue. Funny Pages on tan newsprint on pages 85-92. 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.
[Baby with Old Man's Face]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Wayne McLoughlin (painting)
- Inks
- Wayne McLoughlin (painting)
- Colors
- Wayne McLoughlin (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
Time for a Break!
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Fran Hollidge [as Hollidge] (signed)
- Pencils
- Fran Hollidge [as Hollidge] (signed)
- Inks
- Fran Hollidge [as Hollidge] (signed)
- Letters
- Fran Hollidge
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Statue of Liberty; Uncle Sam; Russian Bear; John Q. Public; Mr. H-Bomb
- Synopsis
- The Statue of Liberty brings refreshments to the other four, who are playing poker.
Indexer Notes
Parody of editorial cartoons.
Old Love Stories
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A couple in a nursing home finds romance, at least for a day or so.
Indexer Notes
Parody of romance comics. Color cover on slick paper; fake ad in black and white; and four page color story on newsprint.
Senior Sex
cartoon / 3 pages
- Script
- Charles Rodriguez [as Rodriguez] (signed)
- Pencils
- Charles Rodriguez [as Rodriguez] (signed)
- Inks
- Charles Rodriguez [as Rodriguez] (signed)
Indexer Notes
Nine caption-less cartoons with gags involving sex and senior citizens.
Decrepit Comics
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Bat-Fart [Brewster Wayne]; Robert [Dick Grayston]; Josher; Police Commissioner O'Hare; The Old Bat [Barbara Gordon-Swift]; Patricia Jo Kerr; Robert Penn Guinn; Samuel "Red" Lerr; Catherine Woman
- Synopsis
- A senile Batman, with Robin grown up to be an accountant, go out one last time to find elderly costumed criminals.
- Reprints
-
in USA magazine hors-série (Comics USA, 1988 series) #3 (octobre 1989) [without the fake ad]
-
Indexer Notes
A parody of Detective Comics and Batman. Also features parodies of Robin; Batgirl; The Penguin; The Riddler; The Joker; and Catwoman. Color cover on slick paper; black and white fake ad; and four page color story on newsprint.
[no title indexed]
Nuts / comic story / 0.75 page
- Script
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Pencils
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Inks
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Letters
- Gahan Wilson
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Remember the horrible, disgusting, embarrassing diseases...
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- The boy's friend catches a contagious illness and the boy is afraid he will get it, too.
[no title indexed]
One Year Affair / comic story / 0.25 page
- Script
- Byron Preiss [as Preiss]
- Pencils
- Maurice Gutwirth
- Inks
- Maurice Gutwirth
- Letters
- Ralph Reese
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jill!
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Steve
- Synopsis
- Steve is out searching for Jill, who has disappeared, and mistakes another woman for her.
- Reprints
-
in One Year Affair (Workman Publishing, 1976 series) (September 1976)
-
[no title indexed]
Desdemona, a Southern Belle / comic story / 0.75 page
- 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
- You there!
- Characters
- Desdemona; Major Cabot; John Henry; Stanfield
- Synopsis
- The Union Army occupies the plantation and the commanding officer has to be convinced that Desdemona is engaged to former slave John Henry.
- Keywords
- American Civil War; plantation; Union Army
[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
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I talk more than most.
- Reprints
-
in Jeff Jones Comics & Zeichnungen (Volksverlag, 1978 series) (1978) -
in Totem (Editorial Nueva Frontera, 1977 series) #12 ([octubre] 1978)
-
[no title indexed]
Radio Rae / comic story / 0.25 page
- Script
- Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)
- Pencils
- Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)
- Inks
- Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)
- Letters
- Trina Robbins
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Glamazon of the airwave is still in the clutches...
- Characters
- Radio Rae; Rosie the Riveter
- Synopsis
- Rosie the Riveter comes to the rescue of Radio Rae when Rae is captured by a foreign spy.
- Keywords
- morse code; torture; World War II
[no title indexed]
Chicken Gutz / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
- Pencils
- Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
- Inks
- Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
- Letters
- Randall Enos
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's not the Galloping Gourmet, folks...
- Characters
- Chicken Gutz; Cheech Wizard (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Chicken Gutz does a cooking show, but an overdose of parsley causes a disaster.
- Keywords
- cooking show; parsley
Lesson #817: How to Draw Faster
Famous Comic Artists School / comic story / 0.25 page
- Script
- Bruce Cochran (signed)
- Pencils
- Bruce Cochran (signed)
- Inks
- Bruce Cochran (signed)
- Letters
- Bruce Cochran
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- How to draw a woman, just using the essential parts.
[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
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you think your doggie will go for this dish...
- Characters
- Trots (dog); Bonnie
- Synopsis
- Trots samples some dog food for a commercial, but blows the opportunity for a career in show business.
- Keywords
- commercial; dog food; television
Son of Fred Kismiass!
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
- Characters
- Arnold Kismiass; Irma Gophuque
- Synopsis
- Arnold Kismiass and Irma Gophuque endure endless problems because of their names. They meet at a party, but have the same reaction to each other's name as everyone else.
[no title indexed]
Drawn & Quoted / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Edward Sorel; Jane Fonda (quote)
- Pencils
- Edward Sorel
- Inks
- Edward Sorel
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've known two Robert Redfords.
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Jane Fonda; Robert Redford
- Synopsis
- Cartoon of Jane Fonda on a guillotine, holding Robert Redford's head.
- Keywords
- guillotine
Indexer Notes
Number one in a series. Satirical cartoon illustrating a quote by Jane Fonda who calls Robert Redford "a bourgeois in the worst sense of the word."
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
[Baby with Old Man's Face]
-
2.
Time for a Break!
-
3.
Old Love Stories
-
4.
Senior Sex
-
5.
Decrepit Comics
-
6.
["Remember the horrible, disgusting, embarrassing diseases..."]
Nuts -
7.
["Jill!"]
One Year Affair -
8.
["You there!"]
Desdemona, a Southern Belle -
9.
["I talk more than most."]
Idyl -
10.
["The Glamazon of the airwave is still in the clutches..."]
Radio Rae -
11.
["It's not the Galloping Gourmet, folks..."]
Chicken Gutz -
12.
Lesson #817: How to Draw Faster
Famous Comic Artists School -
13.
["Do you think your doggie will go for this dish..."]
Trots and Bonnie -
14.
Son of Fred Kismiass!
-
15.
["I've known two Robert Redfords."]
Drawn & Quoted
This issue was modified by
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Steve Coates
- Steven Samuels
- Luther Weaver
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