National Lampoon Magazine
#v2#56
(March 1983)
21st Century / Heavy Metal / National Lampoon,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1983
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- The Humor Magazine for Adults
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- NL Communications, Inc.
- Editing
- Kevin Curran; Fred Graver
Issue Notes
Funny Pages on pages 89-95.
"The Assassination of Garfield" on pages 50-55, a text story by Joey Green and Fred Graver, illustrated by Warren Sattler, contains references to many cartoon cats, ranging from Krazy Kat to Fat Freddy's Cat.
"The Assassination of Garfield" on pages 50-55, a text story by Joey Green and Fred Graver, illustrated by Warren Sattler, contains references to many cartoon cats, ranging from Krazy Kat to Fat Freddy's Cat.
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 / 0.33 page
- Script
- Bob Mankoff (signed as Mankoff)
- Pencils
- Bob Mankoff (signed as Mankoff)
- Inks
- Bob Mankoff (signed as Mankoff)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at the facts, Stienfeld:
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A business man recites a list of unrelated facts over the phone to a colleague.
- Keywords
- telephone
Indexer Notes
Page 16.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 0.4 page
- Script
- Brian Savage (signed)
- Pencils
- Brian Savage (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Savage (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Instead of offering you a dopey little virgin, we thought you'd prefer an experienced woman who's been around!
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- The chief of a tribe on Pacific island decides to offer their volcano idol an "experienced" woman instead of a virgin. The idol is not pleased.
- Keywords
- idol; Pacific island; sex; volcano
Indexer Notes
Page 22. A two-panel comic story.
Dog Leaping 250 feet, Straight Up
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Very minimalist drawing of a jumping dog, with no background.
- Keywords
- dog
Indexer Notes
Page 24. Pantomime cartoon, which is signed. Name could be John P. Wolf (or not. The last name is not very legible.)
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't go any place for the winter--they close the window for the winter.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A parrot explains to a bird on the window sill why he doesn't migrate in the winter.
- Keywords
- parrot
Indexer Notes
Page 27.
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, this is interesting! Desmond Morris says here that the reason guys go for big breasts is that they remind us of buttocks!
- Synopsis
- A man quotes a theory from a book on sex. The woman next to him proves him wrong.
- Keywords
- breasts; buttocks; theory
Indexer Notes
Page 38. Desmond Morris was the author of "The Naked Ape" (1967), a study of human behavior and evolution.
[Satyr on a Park Bench]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Bernard Schoenbaum (signed)
- Pencils
- Bernard Schoenbaum (signed)
- Inks
- Bernard Schoenbaum (signed)
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A bearded satyr in a hat and overcoat is lying on a park bench and drinking wine from a bottle hidden inside a paper bag.
- Keywords
- park bench; satyr; wine
Indexer Notes
Page 58. Pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 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
- I did that once to a swan. It turned out to be Zeus.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A shepherd is having sex with a sheep. A snake with a human head slithers by and gives him some advice.
- Keywords
- curse; sex; sheep; shepherd
Indexer Notes
Page 62.
Herbert Crawley, Armageddon M.D.
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Tod Carroll (credited)
- Pencils
- Michael Golden (credited)
- Inks
- Michael Golden (credited)
- Colors
- Steve Oliff (credited)
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Armageddon has come to Newberg.
- Genre
- satire-parody; science fiction
- Synopsis
- Adventures of a doctor in a nuclear-ravaged city.
- Reprints
-
in USA magazine (Comics USA, 1987 series) #41/42 (Juillet 1989)
-
- Keywords
- nuclear weapons
Indexer Notes
Pages 71-76.
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Watch out, there's a shocking, unexpected twist in the fifth frame of this Foto Funny.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman promises the reader a surprise in a later panel of the comic.
- Keywords
- Fourth wall
Indexer Notes
Page 79.
Hello Zippy, Goodbye Kitty.
Zippy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Letters
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mommy, please! I want the Hello Kitty hand puppet!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zippy
- Synopsis
- Zippy is distressed by the popularity of Hello Kitty dolls.
- Keywords
- fads; Hello Kitty
Indexer Notes
Page 89.
[no title indexed]
Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Pencils
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Inks
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Letters
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My fetal acting career is going down the tubes.
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Trots (dog); Bonnie; Pepsi
- Synopsis
- Pepsi rewrites the school play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," into a more modern sexy version.
- Keywords
- nudity; school play; Shakespeare; updated version
Indexer Notes
Page 90.
[no title indexed]
Politenessman / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Ron Barrett (signed)
- Pencils
- Ron Barrett (signed)
- Inks
- Ron Barrett (signed)
- Letters
- Ron Barrett (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Guilty or Not Guilty? A woman's fate hangs in the balance!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Politenessman
- Synopsis
- Politenessman is on a jury that has to decide it if a woman is guilty of beating her husband.
- Keywords
- domestic abuse; etiquette; flip a coin; jury
Indexer Notes
Page 91.
[no title indexed]
Popular Problems / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My twin brother had outdone me for the last time.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man locks his twin brother in a closet and impersonates him in a performance at Carnegie Hall.
- Keywords
- Carnegie Hall; newspapers; piano; twins
Indexer Notes
Page 91.
[no title indexed]
Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend / 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 (signed as Rodrigues)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ray and Joe are at home watching television...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ray; Joe; Dorothy
- Synopsis
- Joe's widow, Dorothy, gets the life insurance check from Joe's death, and the three go out to a restaurant to celebrate.
- Keywords
- burping; embalming; insurance; restaurant
Indexer Notes
Page 92.
Dealing with Difficult Customers
Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Step one: Don't get upset.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- How to deal with unpleasant customers, and how to get revenge if they are still jerks.
- Keywords
- restaurant; waitress
Indexer Notes
Page 93.
The Big Quarter
Excursions / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Pencils
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Inks
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Letters
- Rick Geary (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come along on a cross-country journey aboard "The Big Quarter"
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A fantasy journey across the United States on a giant quarter coin.
- Reprints
-
in Rick Geary's Wonders and Oddities (Dark Horse, 1988 series) (December 1988)
-
- Keywords
- champagne; coin; Mississippi River; quarter; Rocky Mountains; San Francisco bay
Indexer Notes
Page 93.
[no title indexed]
Xico "X" Agente Superior / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Xixo "X" has parachuted into Russia and inveigled a policeman to drive him to Moscow.
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- Xico "X"
- Synopsis
- Xico "X" is catching a ride with a policeman to Moscow when an atomic bomb goes off nearby. Xico "X" nearly blows his cover, but is able to remain undercover by fixing the policeman's car.
- Keywords
- atomic bomb; Moscow; police; Russia; spy
Indexer Notes
Page 94. Part of a continued story. This is presented as a translated foreign strip, with Tod Carroll listed as translator and all the text done in a typewriter monospace font.
[TV Repairman from Outer Space]
Aunt Mary's Kitchen / 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)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I am waiting for the television repairman...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Aunt Mary
- Synopsis
- Aunt Mary is waiting for a television repairman. When he finally shows up, he appears to be insane.
- Keywords
- television repairman
Indexer Notes
Page 94. Part of a continued story. Title from the previous episode's "Next Month" blurb.
[no title indexed]
The Appletons / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- B. K. Taylor (signed)
- Pencils
- B. K. Taylor (signed)
- Inks
- B. K. Taylor (signed)
- Letters
- B. K. Taylor (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We open the scene as the elevator door of a large office building closes...
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Norm Appleton
- Synopsis
- A lady sharing an elevator with Norm is unpleasant and makes the mistake of insulting him. She soon regrets it.
- Keywords
- elevator; emergency exit; insults; newspaper
Indexer Notes
Page 95.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
["Look at the facts, Stienfeld:"]
-
2.
["Instead of offering you a dopey little virgin, we thought you'd prefer an experienced woman who's been around!"]
-
3.
Dog Leaping 250 feet, Straight Up
-
4.
["I don't go any place for the winter--they close the window for the winter."]
-
5.
["Hey, this is interesting! Desmond Morris says here that the reason guys go for big breasts is that they remind us of buttocks!"]
Foto Funnies -
6.
[Satyr on a Park Bench]
-
7.
["I did that once to a swan. It turned out to be Zeus."]
-
8.
Herbert Crawley, Armageddon M.D.
-
9.
["Watch out, there's a shocking, unexpected twist in the fifth frame of this Foto Funny."]
Foto Funnies -
10.
Hello Zippy, Goodbye Kitty.
Zippy -
11.
["My fetal acting career is going down the tubes."]
Trots and Bonnie -
12.
["Guilty or Not Guilty? A woman's fate hangs in the balance!"]
Politenessman -
13.
["My twin brother had outdone me for the last time."]
Popular Problems -
14.
["Ray and Joe are at home watching television..."]
Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend -
15.
Dealing with Difficult Customers
Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School -
16.
The Big Quarter
Excursions -
17.
["Xixo "X" has parachuted into Russia and inveigled a policeman to drive him to Moscow."]
Xico "X" Agente Superior -
18.
[TV Repairman from Outer Space]
Aunt Mary's Kitchen -
19.
["We open the scene as the elevator door of a large office building closes..."]
The Appletons
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- Luther Weaver
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