(April 1979)
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 104
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1979
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Lampoon Inc.
- Barcode
- 0709893449004
- Editing
- P. J. O'Rourke (Editor-in-Chief); Gerald Sussman (Senior Editor); Tod Carroll; John Weidman; John Hughes; Ted Mann
Issue Notes
The "April Fool!" issue. Funny Pages on pages 75-77, 79-81.
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]
cartoon / 0.1 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 her feet are dirty.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two boys looking at the censored posters outside an adult movie theater notice that one poster has the woman's feet obscured with black bars.
- Keywords
- adult movies; censorship
Indexer Notes
Page 4.
Mona Godzilla
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Rick Meyerowitz (signed)
- Pencils
- Rick Meyerowitz (signed)
- Inks
- Rick Meyerowitz (signed)
- Colors
- Rick Meyerowitz
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Godzilla
- Synopsis
- A parody of the "Mona Lisa" with Godzilla dressed in women's clothing and holding a subway car, while the city is the flames in the background.
- Keywords
- Mona Lisa
Indexer Notes
Page 29.
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm a nude figure model.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- David Bates (photograph)
- Synopsis
- A cello player convinces a girl that cello players need nude figure models.
- Keywords
- cello; nude modeling
Indexer Notes
Page 39.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 2 pages
- 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
- The heatache and the thousand natural shocks / That flesh is heir to...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Medusa
- Synopsis
- Eight cartoons concerning disease, deformity, or disability.
- Keywords
- abortion; bearded lady; blind; croquet; Medusa; sheep; tumor
Indexer Notes
Pages 40-41. Title is from Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1 by Shakespeare.
Planet of the Naked Women
photo story / 3 pages
- Script
- P. J. O'Rourke
- Pencils
- Ronald G. Harris (photos)
- Inks
- Ronald G. Harris (photos)
- Colors
- Bob Rakita (retouching); Scott MacNeill (hand-coloring)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; science fiction
- Synopsis
- An astronaut lands on a planet where naked women are regular people, and all the regular people behave like naked women.
- Keywords
- astronaut; night club; spacecraft; Statue of Liberty
Indexer Notes
Parody of "Planet of the the Apes" movies. Pages 43-36.
A Peeping Tome
cartoon / 3 pages
- Script
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Pencils
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Inks
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Letters
- Charlie Rodrigues (logo and in drawings)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Seven cartoons about creative ways to be a peeping Tom.
- Keywords
- alley; bath; lovers' lane; peeping tom; shower; window
Indexer Notes
Pantomime cartoons. Two are multi-panel. Pages 49-51. Title "Tome" refers to "book" as a collection of cartoons.
Phil, Pat, & Rick Relive the Past
photo story / 1.75 pages
- Script
- P. J. O'Rourke; Tom Corcoran
- Pencils
- Tom Corcoran (photos)
- Inks
- Tom Corcoran (photos)
- Colors
- Tom Corcoran (photos)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Phil (photographs of Phil Tenney); Pat (photographs of P. J. O'Rourke); Rick (photographs of Rick Lutz); wives and family (photographs of Pat Tenney; Jed Tenney; Judy Corcoran); college girls (photographs of Marian Vitug; Angela Isrec; Bernie Giallombardo; Laura Albino)
- Synopsis
- Three married men in their 30s from Cleveland decide to go to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Spring Break. They find that 15 years makes a big difference.
- Keywords
- beach; Cleveland; Ft. Lauderdale; Spring Break; topless bar
Indexer Notes
Three rows of panels extending across the page gutter. Pages 4-5 of "Special College Students' Spring Break Fabulous Florida Easter Vacation Travel Supplement."
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- Script
- P. J. O'Rourke
- Pencils
- ? (photos)
- Inks
- ? (photos)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm Peter Pan.
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Peter Pan (photos of Herbert Margrill)
- Synopsis
- An elderly Peter Pan tells of his life since emigrating from Neverland to England.
- Keywords
- airplane; England; Neverland
Indexer Notes
Page 62.
[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 How there were things that didn't make sense at first...
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- A girl tells the boy that her father wished she was a boy. The boy wonders why his father isn't happier about having him.
Indexer Notes
Page 75
The Aesop Brothers Answer Your Letters
The Aesop Brothers / 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
- Characters
- Aesop Brothers [Alex; George]
- Synopsis
- Letters to the Aesop Brothers, with responses.
- Keywords
- letters
Indexer Notes
Page 76.
x
Dirty Duck / 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
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dirty Duck; Weevil
x
Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Pencils
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Inks
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Letters
- Shary Flenniken
- Characters
- Trots (dog); Bonnie; Pepsi
Lesson #7: Facial Expressions
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
- Three basic facial expressions: drunk, horny, and asleep
Indexer Notes
Page 80.
x
One Year Affair / comic story / 0.25 page
- Script
- Byron Preiss [as Preiss]
- Pencils
- Maurice Gutwirth
- Inks
- Maurice Gutwirth
- Letters
- Ralph Reese
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jill; Steve
Dissolve Comics
comic story / 0.25 page
- Synopsis
- A year passes in a series of over-lapping panels, like a dissolve in a movie.
Indexer Notes
Page 80.
"Bedtime at the Appletons..."
The Appletons / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Taylor (signed)
- Pencils
- Bob Taylor (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Taylor (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Norm Appleton; Helen Appleton; Bobby Appleton; Kathy Appleton
- Synopsis
- When it's time for bed, Norm plays his usual cruel tricks on the children.
- Keywords
- gymnastics; toothpaste
Indexer Notes
Page 81.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
["Maybe her feet are dirty."]
-
2.
Mona Godzilla
-
3.
["I'm a nude figure model."]
Foto Funnies -
4.
["The heatache and the thousand natural shocks / That flesh is heir to..."]
-
5.
Planet of the Naked Women
-
6.
A Peeping Tome
-
7.
Phil, Pat, & Rick Relive the Past
-
8.
["I'm Peter Pan."]
Foto Funnies -
9.
["Remember How there were things that didn't make sense at first..."]
Nuts -
10.
The Aesop Brothers Answer Your Letters
The Aesop Brothers -
11.
x
Dirty Duck -
12.
x
Trots and Bonnie -
13.
Lesson #7: Facial Expressions
Famous Comic Artists School -
14.
x
One Year Affair -
15.
Dissolve Comics
-
16.
"Bedtime at the Appletons..."
The Appletons -
17.
Ernest Miller Hemingway
Lives of the Great
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- Luther Weaver
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