National Lampoon Magazine
#v2#71
(June 1984)
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 92
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1984
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- NL Communications Inc.
- Editing
- Kevin Curran; Fred Graver; Peter Gaffney
Issue Notes
First issue with redesigned interior. Funny Pages on pages 81-87.
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]
Blandie / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That surprise tax cut speech should really seal the election.
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Ronald Reagan; Nancy Reagan
- Synopsis
- President Reagan writes a speech with a tax cut.
- Keywords
- election; tax cut
Indexer Notes
Page 12. A parody of the "Blondie" newspaper strip. No artists are listed.
[Ain't No Sunshine]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A sidewalk vendor, who sells sunglasses, watches dejectedly at the rain outside his window.
- Keywords
- rain; sunglasses; vendor
Indexer Notes
Page 32. Pantomime cartoon. Artist signature is not clear. May be Bill Woodman?
Overt Aid
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Mick Stevens (signed as M Stevens)
- Pencils
- Mick Stevens (signed as M Stevens)
- Inks
- Mick Stevens (signed as M Stevens)
- Letters
- Mick Stevens (signed as M Stevens)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A man in a business suit delivers a military tank to a peasant.
- Keywords
- military; peasant; tank
Indexer Notes
Page 38. Title is a play on "covert aid," which was major topic with USA aid to Nicaragua.
[Grim Reaper at Airport]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Leo Cullum (signed)
- Pencils
- Leo Cullum (signed)
- Inks
- Leo Cullum (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Grim Reaper
- Synopsis
- In a line of people holding identification cards for travelers departing an airplane, the Grim Reaper has one with a name on it.
- Keywords
- airport
Indexer Notes
Page 42. Pantomime cartoon.
Weather Vane Theater Presents Cumulus and Remus
photo story / 1 page
- Script
- Mat Jacobs (credited)
- Pencils
- Robert Lewis (photographs, credited)
- Inks
- Robert Lewis (photographs, credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the life, isn't it?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two clouds, with human faces superimposed on them, have a conversation.
- Keywords
- clouds
Indexer Notes
Page 43.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 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 suggest that we grab a bite first.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two men come to the end of hall. There are two signs: one pointing to a "Snack Bar," the other to "Eternal Damnation."
Indexer Notes
Page 48.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Miss Reed, could you please bring me a palm tree and some ragged clothes?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man at his desk, floating in the ocean, asks his secretary to bring him the proper accessories.
- Keywords
- intercom; ocean
Indexer Notes
Page 74.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 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
- Keep that up and you won't have any friends left!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A father reprimands his son after the boy shoots his friend with a handgun.
- Keywords
- handgun; shooting
Indexer Notes
Page 76.
The Hymie Towner
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Ron Hauge (credited)
- Pencils
- Ron Hauge (credited)
- Inks
- Ron Hauge (credited)
- Colors
- Ron Hauge (credited)
- Letters
- Ron Hauge (credited)
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Keywords
- New York City
Indexer Notes
Page 77. A parody of "The New Yorker" cover of March 29, 1976, by Saul Steinberg, changed to fit the reference to New York as "Hymie Town" in a newspaper interview by Jesse Jackson in January 1984.
Am I Re-Elected Yet?
Zippy / comic story / 0.875 page
- Script
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Letters
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Ministry of Propaganda, Moscow...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Zippy; Shelf-Life
- Synopsis
- The Soviet Ministry of Propaganda randomly selects Zippy as a typical American worker and brings him to Moscow.
- Keywords
- Moscow; Russia; television
Indexer Notes
Page 81.
[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
- Come on, Bonnie. It's a beautiful day.
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Trots (dog); Bonnie; Bonnie's mother; Bonnie's father
- Synopsis
- Bonnie's mother and father take her and Trots for a drive in the country, but the parents do nothing but bicker at each other.
Indexer Notes
Page 82.
[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
- The New York City Marathon - Where thousands pit pluck against pavement!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Politenessman
- Synopsis
- Politenessman gives his usual dubious advice to a runner in the New York Marathon.
- Keywords
- marathon; New York City
Indexer Notes
Page 83.
[no title indexed]
Popular Problems / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sometimes when you meet someone by accident...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The problem with dealing with unpleasant people.
Indexer Notes
Page 83.
Cupid Wears Sunglasses
Mimi Pond, Girl Reporter / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The doorbell woke me from the sleep of the dead...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mimi Pond; Jacqueline Onassis; Timmy
- Synopsis
- Mimi is visited by Jacqueline Onassis, who wants to set her up with Michael Jackson.
- Keywords
- apartment; sherry
Indexer Notes
Page 84. First part of a continued story.
[no title indexed]
Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend / comic story / 0.5 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
- The story: Ray's dead friend Joe is kidnapped for $5000 ransom.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ray (death)
- Synopsis
- The kidnapper sends Joe's foot in a box. Ray makes a bad pun and his neighbor in the next apartment shoots him for doing so.
- Keywords
- handgun; kidnapping; pun; shooting; telephone
Indexer Notes
Page 85. Final episode.
Make a Wish!
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
- Sometimes a friend and I happen to say the same thing. . .
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two girls go through an elaborate ritual when they happen to say the same thing at the same time.
- Reprints
-
in Housebound With Rick Geary (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) (September 1991) [reformatted] - in Rick Geary: The Lampoon Years 1979-1992 (Rick Geary, 2012 series) (2012)
-
- Keywords
- ritual
Indexer Notes
Page 85.
The Many and Heroic Adventures of Hercules
Hercules / comic story / 1 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
- According to legend...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hercules
- Synopsis
- Hercules mistakes a subway train for a monster and slays it.
- Keywords
- New York; subway
Indexer Notes
Page 86.
[no title indexed]
It's Jackie Drake! / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Ron Hauge (credited)
- Pencils
- Frank Springer (signed)
- Inks
- Frank Springer (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's $2.80 on the meter.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jackie Drake
- Synopsis
- Jackie gets in an argument with a taxi driver.
- Keywords
- taxi
Indexer Notes
Page 87.
[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
- While the huge silver spaceship hovers silently over Center Blvd.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Aunt Mary
- Synopsis
- Aliens hover their spacecraft over the city, recording everything. Aunt Mary decides she's not going to get lunch, so prepares to drive home.
- Keywords
- aliens; spaceship
Indexer Notes
Page 87. Part of a continued story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
["That surprise tax cut speech should really seal the election."]
Blandie -
2.
[Ain't No Sunshine]
-
3.
Overt Aid
-
4.
[Grim Reaper at Airport]
-
5.
Weather Vane Theater Presents Cumulus and Remus
-
6.
["I suggest that we grab a bite first."]
-
7.
["Miss Reed, could you please bring me a palm tree and some ragged clothes?"]
-
8.
["Keep that up and you won't have any friends left!"]
-
9.
The Hymie Towner
-
10.
Am I Re-Elected Yet?
Zippy -
11.
["Come on, Bonnie. It's a beautiful day."]
Trots and Bonnie -
12.
["The New York City Marathon - Where thousands pit pluck against pavement!"]
Politenessman -
13.
["Sometimes when you meet someone by accident..."]
Popular Problems -
14.
Cupid Wears Sunglasses
Mimi Pond, Girl Reporter -
15.
["The story: Ray's dead friend Joe is kidnapped for $5000 ransom."]
Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend -
16.
Make a Wish!
Excursions -
17.
The Many and Heroic Adventures of Hercules
Hercules -
18.
["That's $2.80 on the meter."]
It's Jackie Drake! -
19.
["While the huge silver spaceship hovers silently over Center Blvd."]
Aunt Mary's Kitchen
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- Steven Samuels
- Luther Weaver
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