National Lampoon Magazine
#v2#57
(April 1983)
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 94
- 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 83-90.
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.
[Begging Snowman]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A snowman has a begging cup, with "Spring" on a sign around his neck (as the reason for needing cash.)
- Keywords
- begging; snowman
Indexer Notes
Page 6. Pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
- Pencils
- ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
- Inks
- ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I had a jar of mint jelly in my rucksack and now it's gone. Do you want to talk about it?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A shepherd is missing something from his pack and wants to know if his dog knows anything about it.
- Keywords
- dog.; mint jelly; sheep; shepherd
Indexer Notes
Page 14. Since mint jelly is the traditional side dish with lamb chops, he's implying that the dog made off with one of the sheep for lunch.
[Happy Easter, Dracula!]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Sam Gross (signed as S. Gross)
- Pencils
- Sam Gross (signed as S. Gross)
- Inks
- Sam Gross (signed as S. Gross)
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A vampire receives a "Happy Easter" card in the mail which has the image of a cross.
- Keywords
- cross; Easter; greeting card; vampire
Indexer Notes
Page 18. The character is a stereotypical vampire, which may or may not be Dracula.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- John Jonik (signed as Jonik)
- Pencils
- John Jonik (signed as Jonik)
- Inks
- John Jonik (signed as Jonik)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He's a pirate's pirate.
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Synopsis
- A couple of sailors watch as a pirate saunters by, complete with a skull and crossbones hat, parrot on his shoulder, pistol and sword in his belt; a hook for his left hand; and TWO peg legs.
- Keywords
- hook; parrot; peg legs; pirate; sword
Indexer Notes
Page 22.
[Lite Toxic Waste]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Brian Savage (signed)
- Pencils
- Brian Savage (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Savage (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A worker pastes "Lite" labels on barrels of toxic waste.
- Keywords
- toxic waste
Indexer Notes
Page 26. Pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "The hills are alive..."
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A doctor picks up radio messages on his stethoscope while examining the chest of a nude woman.
- Keywords
- doctor; radio; stethoscope
Indexer Notes
Page 37.
The Other Way of Lao-Tsu
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Script
- Mike Stevens (signed as M Stevens)
- Pencils
- Mike Stevens (signed as M Stevens)
- Inks
- Mike Stevens (signed as M Stevens)
- Letters
- Mike Stevens (signed as M Stevens)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A journey of a thousand miles occasionally begins...
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Characters
- Lao-Tsu
- Synopsis
- Lao-Tsu has second thoughts about a journey of a thousand miles beginning with one step.
- Keywords
- China; philosophy
Indexer Notes
Page 40.
John Z. De Lorean's Tales of Capital Formation
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Tod Carroll (credited)
- Pencils
- Howard Nostrand (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Howard Nostrand (credited, signed)
- Colors
- Michael Joseph (credited)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, I'm John Z. De Lorean.
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- John Z. De Lorean; Don Tolby; Mr. Noriega
- Synopsis
- John De Lorean gives the head of a struggling company a lead on buying cocaine from a dealer in Columbia in order to raise capital for his company. The deal goes through, but there's a catch.
- Keywords
- accountant; bar; cocaine; Columbia; district attorney; jungle
Indexer Notes
Pages 41-45.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 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
- Point of interest: the strike zone is an imaginary rectangle...
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Synopsis
- A catcher feels compelled to quote the rule defining the strike zone to his pitcher, who apparently isn't hitting it.
- Keywords
- baseball
Indexer Notes
Page 48.
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There goes that pretty little girl on her motorized tricycle.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A monster kills a little girl and swipes her tricycle.
- Keywords
- monster; toys; tricycle
Indexer Notes
Page 78. All characters in the story are toy models.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- Michael Twohy (signed as M. Twohy)
- Pencils
- Michael Twohy (signed as M. Twohy)
- Inks
- Michael Twohy (signed as M. Twohy)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I smell fear.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An Internal Revenue Service clerk is happy to see a fearful taxpayer for an audit.
- Keywords
- Internal Revenue Service; IRS; taxes
Indexer Notes
Page 81.
Zippy's Favorite Nervous Breakdown
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
- Symptom Onset.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zippy
- Synopsis
- The various states of a Zippy nervous breakdown.
- Keywords
- nervous breakdown
Indexer Notes
Page 83.
[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
- Why don't you call him?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Trots (dog); Bonnie
- Synopsis
- Bonnie is sitting by the phone waiting for a boy to call. Trots talks her into calling the boy herself.
- Keywords
- feminist; princess; telephone
Indexer Notes
Page 84
[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
- A tiny plane in the vast skies on a mission of mercy...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Politenessman; Carl; Cindy
- Synopsis
- A plane carrying chicken pox vaccine to Eskimos has an engine catch fire. They prepare to parachute out, but due to Politenessman's radioed insistence on antiquated etiquette, both go down with the plane.
- Keywords
- airplane; arctic; etiquette; parachutes; radio; vaccine
Indexer Notes
Page 85.
[no title indexed]
Popular Problems / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I had been exercising all my life.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman gets her own exercise show on TV, but the pressure of live television causes her to over-eat and gain weight.
- Keywords
- exercise; over-eating; stress; television
Indexer Notes
Page 85.
[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 arrives home from shopping.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ray; Joe; Tillie
- Synopsis
- Ray gets Joe some roller skates so he can take him along without having to carry him. Ray takes Joe to a bar, but when he leaves him alone for a moment, propped against the bar, Joe's gone when he returns.
- Keywords
- bar; Herpes; prostitute; roller skates; STD
Indexer Notes
Page 86. Part of a continued story.
Psychology on the Job
Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Psychology is very important in gaining the sympathy of your customers.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- How to play on a customer's sympathy to get larger tips.
- Keywords
- restaurant; tips; waitress
Indexer Notes
Page 87.
Lesson #275-B: Word Spacing
Famous Comic Artists School / cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Bruce Cochran (signed)
- Pencils
- Bruce Cochran (signed)
- Inks
- Bruce Cochran (signed)
- Letters
- Bruce Cochran (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Spacing words correctly is one of the most important aspects of comic art.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Showing the difference between "hotdog buns" and "hot dogbuns."
Indexer Notes
Page 87.
A Big Glass Building
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
- What on Earth goes on in there?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A glass building that can't be entered.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- building; glass
in Indexer Notes
Page 87.
[no title indexed]
Xico "X" Agente Superior / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Xico "X" has now arrived in Moscow to begin the grand mission of secrecy.
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- Xico "X"
- Synopsis
- Xico "X" has made it Moscow, but has trouble meeting his contact, Mr. Subterraneo, at the All-Coffee restaurant.
- Keywords
- Moscow; police; restaurant; Russia; tape recorder
Indexer Notes
Page 88. 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 Turns It On]
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
- Now I am turning on your TV even though I am sure you need a new picture tube...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Aunt Mary
- Synopsis
- The deranged TV repairman tries to fix Aunt Mary's set without unplugging it. Aunt Mary calls the police.
- Keywords
- electric shock; pliers; telephone; TV repairman
Indexer Notes
Page 88. Part of a continued story. Title from the previous episode's "Next Month" blurb.
[no title indexed]
King of the Castle / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Sean Kelly (credited); Ted Mann (credited)
- Pencils
- P. Craig Russell (credited) (signed as PCR)
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell (credited) (signed as PCR)
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It is the eve of the Feast of Saint Elmo. A tempest of terrible ferocity rages about the battlements of the White Castle.
- Genre
- humor; historical; satire-parody
- Characters
- Sir William King; Black Prince
- Synopsis
- Blind King Bruce of Scotland has kidnapped the King's sister. The Black Knight is sent out on an armored elkhound because all the King's horses are sick
- Keywords
- castle; elkhound; king; moors; morning star weapon; storm
Indexer Notes
Page 89. The strip is done in the style of the classic Prince Valiant Sunday newspaper strip.
[no title indexed]
Timberland Tales / 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
- Unmindful of a warning from Dr. Rogers, the warmhearted Maurice and Constable Tom befriend a stray dog.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Maurice; Constable Tom; Foamy (dog)
- Synopsis
- Maurice teaches the stray dog, Foamy (who probably has rabies), to do a trick.
- Keywords
- Canada; dog; ice; Mountie; rabies
Indexer Notes
Page 90. Part of a continued story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
[Begging Snowman]
-
2.
["I had a jar of mint jelly in my rucksack and now it's gone. Do you want to talk about it?"]
-
3.
[Happy Easter, Dracula!]
-
4.
["He's a pirate's pirate."]
-
5.
[Lite Toxic Waste]
-
6.
[""The hills are alive...""]
Foto Funnies -
7.
The Other Way of Lao-Tsu
-
8.
John Z. De Lorean's Tales of Capital Formation
-
9.
["Point of interest: the strike zone is an imaginary rectangle..."]
-
10.
["There goes that pretty little girl on her motorized tricycle."]
Foto Funnies -
11.
["I smell fear."]
-
12.
Zippy's Favorite Nervous Breakdown
Zippy -
13.
["Why don't you call him?"]
Trots and Bonnie -
14.
["A tiny plane in the vast skies on a mission of mercy..."]
Politenessman -
15.
["I had been exercising all my life."]
Popular Problems -
16.
["Ray arrives home from shopping."]
Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend -
17.
Psychology on the Job
Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School -
18.
Lesson #275-B: Word Spacing
Famous Comic Artists School -
19.
A Big Glass Building
Excursions -
20.
["Xico "X" has now arrived in Moscow to begin the grand mission of secrecy."]
Xico "X" Agente Superior -
21.
[TV Repairman Turns It On]
Aunt Mary's Kitchen -
22.
["It is the eve of the Feast of Saint Elmo. A tempest of terrible ferocity rages about the battlements of the White Castle."]
King of the Castle -
23.
["Unmindful of a warning from Dr. Rogers, the warmhearted Maurice and Constable Tom befriend a stray dog."]
Timberland Tales
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- Luther Weaver
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