National Lampoon Magazine
#v2#63
(October 1983)
- 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 89-93.
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
- John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
- Pencils
- John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
- Inks
- John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Good afternoon, sir. I'm Dr. Leonard Delray of Proctology Associates, Inc., down at the Busy Pilgrim Mall.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A proctologist is going door-to-door to drum up business.
- Keywords
- proctologist
Indexer Notes
Page 6.
[The Cannigal (part one)]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi! I'm a cannigal, a rare species of flesh-eating prom date.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ricky; Jill; Ishtar (leopard rug god)
- Synopsis
- Jill, a blond clad only in a grass skirt, awaits her prom date on a South Pacific island in order to do the bidding of Ishtar, the leopard rug god.
- Keywords
- cannibal; prom; South Pacific
Indexer Notes
Page 10. Story is continued in Foto Funnies on page 26.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So you have killed. Any qualms about it?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man is interviewing a German Shepherd for a guard dog position.
- Keywords
- German Shepherd; guard dog; K-9 Corps
Indexer Notes
Page 14. Cartoon is signed, but signature is not clear.
[Escape to Lunch!]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Script
- Mick Stevens (signed as M. Stevens)
- Pencils
- Mick Stevens (signed as M. Stevens)
- Inks
- Mick Stevens (signed as M. Stevens)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man is operating a booth offering trips to local places, like laundromats and downtown, for modest sums. A parody of a travel agent.
- Keywords
- travel agent
Indexer Notes
Page 16. Pantomime cartoon.
[Angelo's Funeral Parlor]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Bob Mankoff (signed as Mankoff)
- Pencils
- Bob Mankoff (signed as Mankoff)
- Inks
- Bob Mankoff (signed as Mankoff)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man walks past a shop window that says "Angelo's Funeral Parlor. You've tried the rest now try the best!"
- Keywords
- advertising; funeral parlor
Indexer Notes
Page 22. Pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 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
- If you don't go a little easier on the pâté, sir, I'm going to have to punch you out.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At a dinner party, a caterer tells a man to lay off the pâté.
- Keywords
- party
Indexer Notes
Page 24.
[The Cannigal (continued)]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! The gym never looked this good when I was running laps for JV baseball practice.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jill; Ricky; Ishtar (leopard rug god)
- Synopsis
- Jill (the cannigal) and Ricky are at the prom. They decide to go to a room to make out and Jill bites off Ricky's hand.
- Keywords
- cannibal; prom
Indexer Notes
Continued from Foto Funnies on page 10, continues in Foto Funnies on page 80.
Pre-Teen Confidential
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Mimi Pond (signed)
- Pencils
- Mimi Pond (signed)
- Inks
- Mimi Pond (signed)
- Colors
- Mimi Pond (signed)
- Letters
- Mimi Pond (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Gossip, mostly of a sexual sort, among pre-teen girls.
Indexer Notes
Pages 42-45.
[no title indexed]
photo story / 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
- Piss on me and you're dead.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A tree threatens a dog out for a walk.
- Keywords
- dog; tree
Indexer Notes
Page 58.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Leo Cullum (signed)
- Pencils
- Leo Cullum (signed)
- Inks
- Leo Cullum (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We have to talk.
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- A tortoise and a hare are incompatible in bed.
- Keywords
- hare; sex; tortoise
Indexer Notes
Page 68.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be careful, dear. It might be poisonous.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A mother cautions her child about a huge monster lying on their front lawn.
- Keywords
- monster
Indexer Notes
Page 76.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Frank Cotham (signed as Cotham)
- Pencils
- Frank Cotham (signed as Cotham)
- Inks
- Frank Cotham (signed as Cotham)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll be late tonight, dear. It looks like there might be some shooting.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A businessman has a hand gun on his desk and phones his wife to tell he'll be late.
- Keywords
- hand gun; telephone
Indexer Notes
Page 78.
[The Cannigal (conclusion)]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Ricky, I'm so glad they were able to save your hand.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jill; Ricky; Ishtar (leopard rug god)
- Synopsis
- Ricky has his hand reattached and he and Jill travel to her South Pacific island where Ricky uses a machine gun on the leopard rug god.
- Keywords
- cannibal; leopard run god; machine gun; South Pacific
Indexer Notes
Page 80. Continued from Foto Funnies on page 26.
Planet of the Pinheads Episode 3
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
- At last! We are on our way to Orlando, Florida!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zippy
- Synopsis
- The Lyppies come from their planet to take over top management positions at Pizza Hut and other businesses. Zippy guides them to Epcot Center.
- Keywords
- Epcot Center; mind control; spaceship
Indexer Notes
Page 89. Part of a continued story.
[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
- We're not going to give you money anymore, Bonnie...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Bonnie; Trots; Bonnie's mother
- Synopsis
- Bonnie's parents decide she needs to get a job, so a friend gets her one in a hospital morgue.
- Keywords
- autopsy; hospital
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
- Two young lovers rendezvous in a rapid-repast restaurant...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Politenessman; Charlotte Ford
- Synopsis
- Politenessman forces an unwed father to have a baby shower and to take care of the infants.
- Keywords
- baby shower; fast food; pregnant
Indexer Notes
Page 91.
[no title indexed]
Popular Problems / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Every day for 3 months the Carpenter twins beat me up after school.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A boy tries to confront a pair of bullies, but manages to offend other people instead.
- Keywords
- bully
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
- ...Uh, Joe, something's been bothering me--
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ray; Joe; Mr. Calabrese (funeral director)
- Synopsis
- Ray takes Joe back to the funeral director who embalmed him to get a make-over.
- Keywords
- embalmed; funeral director; pipe
Indexer Notes
Page 92.
[no title indexed]
New Wave Comics / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Mark Marek (signed as Mr. Marek)
- Pencils
- Mark Marek (signed as Mr. Marek)
- Inks
- Mark Marek (signed as Mr. Marek)
- Letters
- Mark Marek (signed as Mr. Marek)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jake, this is your mother.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jake; Father Thomas; Jake's mother; Jake's wife
- Synopsis
- A sniper goes on a rampage, killing everyone who attempts to get him to come down from his apartment, until a member of his bowling team reminds him that he has a bowling match that evening.
- Keywords
- bowling; bullhorn; killing; police; priest; rifle; sniper
Indexer Notes
Page 93.
[no title indexed]
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
- It's good to be home again!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Aunt Mary; Leo; Carol
- Synopsis
- Leo is home from the hospital, bringing a stray dog he found. Aunt Mary doesn't want to keep the dog, but fortunately a religious solicitor calls at the door and Aunt Mary tries to give the dog to her.
- Keywords
- dog; religious solicitation
Indexer Notes
Page 93. Part of a continued story.
A Gentleman's Occupation
Excursions / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Pencils
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Inks
- Rick Geary (signed)
- Letters
- Rick Geary (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My life has never been other than comfortable and happy.
- Genre
- crime; historical
- Synopsis
- The life of a 19th Century English gentleman, who has a quite unusual hobby.
- Reprints
-
in At Home With Rick Geary: Collected Stories 1977-85 (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) (December 1985) - in Housebound With Rick Geary (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) (September 1991)
- in Rick Geary's Book of Murder (Rick Geary, 2012 series) (2012)
- in Rick Geary: The Lampoon Years 1979-1992 (Rick Geary, 2012 series) (2012)
-
- Keywords
- 19th Century; cleaver; dismemberment; England; Leeds; murder; prostitute
Indexer Notes
Page 94.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
["Good afternoon, sir. I'm Dr. Leonard Delray of Proctology Associates, Inc., down at the Busy Pilgrim Mall."]
-
2.
[The Cannigal (part one)]
Foto Funnies -
3.
["So you have killed. Any qualms about it?"]
-
4.
[Escape to Lunch!]
-
5.
[Angelo's Funeral Parlor]
-
6.
["If you don't go a little easier on the pâté, sir, I'm going to have to punch you out."]
-
7.
[The Cannigal (continued)]
Foto Funnies -
8.
Pre-Teen Confidential
-
9.
["Piss on me and you're dead."]
-
10.
["We have to talk."]
-
11.
["Be careful, dear. It might be poisonous."]
-
12.
["I'll be late tonight, dear. It looks like there might be some shooting."]
-
13.
[The Cannigal (conclusion)]
Foto Funnies -
14.
Planet of the Pinheads Episode 3
Zippy -
15.
["We're not going to give you money anymore, Bonnie..."]
Trots and Bonnie -
16.
["Two young lovers rendezvous in a rapid-repast restaurant..."]
Politenessman -
17.
["Every day for 3 months the Carpenter twins beat me up after school."]
Popular Problems -
18.
["...Uh, Joe, something's been bothering me--"]
Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend -
19.
["Jake, this is your mother."]
New Wave Comics -
20.
["It's good to be home again!"]
Aunt Mary's Kitchen -
21.
A Gentleman's Occupation
Excursions
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- Steven Samuels
- Luther Weaver
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