National Lampoon Magazine
#v[1]#[62]
(May 1975)
- Volume
- [1]
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 116
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1975
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Lampoon Inc.
- Editing
- P.J. O'Rourke
Issue Notes
This issue's theme is "Medicine: The Nation's Number One Killer." There is no issue number printed in the issue.
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.
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[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Don Orehek (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Orehek (signed)
- Inks
- Don Orehek (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If it wasn't for you, I think I would have gone mad.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A castaway on a desert island talks to his ventriloquist dummy.
- Keywords
- castaway; desert island; ventriloquist
Indexer Notes
Page 15.
Whose Kids Are These?
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Frank Springer (signed as Hollidge)
- Inks
- Frank Springer (signed as Hollidge)
- Letters
- Frank Springer (signed as Hollidge)
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- John Q. Public; Russian Bear; Mr. H-Bomb; Uncle Sam
- Synopsis
- The high-stakes poker game is disrupted by babies labeled "population explosion" and "abortion fad."
- Keywords
- abortion; editorial cartoon; poker; population explosion
Indexer Notes
Page 18 on tan newsprint. A parody of editorial cartoons. Part of a continuing series.
The Confessions of Art "The" Farmer
Subterranean Scumbo / cartoon / 0.167 page
- Script
- David C. K. McClelland (signed as McClelland)
- Pencils
- David C. K. McClelland (signed as McClelland)
- Inks
- David C. K. McClelland (signed as McClelland)
- Letters
- David C. K. McClelland (signed as McClelland)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- First Art fell in love with a haystack.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Art falls in love with a variety of farm objects.
- Keywords
- farmer; love
Indexer Notes
Page 22 on tan newsprint.
Wherever Blood Is Shed
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody; war
- Synopsis
- A Blue Cross nurse asks a wounded World War I soldier on the battlefield to fill out some paperwork.
- Keywords
- insurance; paperwork; World War I
Indexer Notes
Page 33. Parody of World War I Red Cross posters. Part of "Blue Cross in Peace & War" section.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So you wouldn't sign up with Blue Cross, huh, Joe?
- Genre
- satire-parody; war
- Characters
- Willie; Joe
- Synopsis
- Joe doesn't have Blue Cross, so receives substandard medical treatment in World War II.
Indexer Notes
Page 34. A parody of the Bill Mauldin "Willie and Joe" World War II cartoons. Part of "Blue Cross in Peace & War" section.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- After countless hours beneath an infernal sun, the girls are finally released from the cages
- Genre
- satire-parody; war
- Synopsis
- Two Blue Cross nurses in World War II are captured by the Japanese and are tortured to reveal secrets of group health insurance.
- Keywords
- Japanese; nurses; torture; World War II
Indexer Notes
Page 35. Part of "Blue Cross in Peace & War" section. Parody of war comics.
Are You Covered?
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Tony Hendra ?
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Russ Heath (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Russ Heath (signed) (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- satire-parody; war
- Synopsis
- During a bombing raid on a burning city, a man is hit on the head by a falling bomb.
- Keywords
- bomber; bombing
Indexer Notes
Page 36. Part of "Blue Cross in Peace & War" section.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Pencils
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Inks
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heck, no! We're not crazy! Why? Do we look crazy?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A bartender is not sure what to make of a strange couple at the bar.
- Keywords
- bar; bartender
Indexer Notes
Page 46.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Sidney Harris (signed as S. Harris)
- Pencils
- Sidney Harris (signed as S. Harris)
- Inks
- Sidney Harris (signed as S. Harris)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, oh -- the Vaccines.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two germs are standing in a doorway when two cells in police caps (vaccines) slide down the street.
- Keywords
- germs; vaccines
Indexer Notes
Page 52.
Blood Test
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Pencils
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Inks
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Colors
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- Letters
- Shary Flenniken (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey there! Young woman!
- Genre
- horror-suspense; satire-parody
- Characters
- Melissa Whitewash; Doctor Rachsoff
- Synopsis
- A young woman goes to a gynecologist, who proves to be a vampire.
- Keywords
- doctor; gynecologist; vampire
Indexer Notes
Pages 54-55 on newsprint.
Rabbi Birdman and His Nursing Home
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Bobby London (signed)
- Pencils
- Bobby London (signed)
- Inks
- Bobby London (signed)
- Letters
- Bobby London (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Schlepper, my son, someday my entire chain of homes will be yours!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rabbi Birdman; Schlepper; Miss Shuffalong
- Synopsis
- The owner of a substandard nursing home shows his son around the place.
- Keywords
- neglect; nursing home
Indexer Notes
Pages 56-57 on newsprint.
Cancer Ward
photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That'll be the phone.
- Genre
- medical; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A doctor talks about a patient's condition on the telephone, saying one thing and thinking another.
- Keywords
- doctor; telephone
Indexer Notes
Page 58 on newsprint. Same format as Foto Funnies.
Another True-Life Pretty Face in the Field of Medicine
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Pencils
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Inks
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Colors
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- Letters
- M. K. Brown (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello! My name is Virginia Spears Ncodatu, M. D.
- Genre
- humor; medical
- Synopsis
- A woman doctor tells her life story.
- Keywords
- doctor; hospital; New Guinea
Indexer Notes
Pages 67-68.
Comedics
cartoon / 4 pages
- Script
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Pencils
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Inks
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Colors
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
- Genre
- humor; medical
- Synopsis
- Ten cartoons involving various aspects of the medical profession.
- Keywords
- doctors; drugs; hospital; nurses; surgery
Indexer Notes
Pages 69-72 on newsprint. Red color highlight on first page only.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Severe heart pain again, Mr. Croyd?
- Genre
- humor; medical
- Synopsis
- A doctor gives a patient a dose of double talk over the phone.
- Keywords
- doctor; jargon; nurse; telephone
Indexer Notes
Page 82.
Sadly Dilute Fantasies
Subterranean Scumbo / cartoon / 0.1 page
- Script
- David C. K. McClelland (signed as McClelland)
- Pencils
- David C. K. McClelland (signed as McClelland)
- Inks
- David C. K. McClelland (signed as McClelland)
- Letters
- David C. K. McClelland (signed as McClelland)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 486 picas of old bilge
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Gail's fantasy is to be a copper alloy.
Indexer Notes
Page 83.
[Unintended Use]
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
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man in a restroom is using a hand dryer for something other than what it was intended for.
- Keywords
- hand dryer; restroom
Indexer Notes
Page 84. Pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
Nuts / comic story / 0.75 page
- Script
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Pencils
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Inks
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Letters
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jeez, I should have never taken this shortcut!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Synopsis
- The boy takes a shortcut coming home from the movies and gets lost.
- Keywords
- lost; panic; shortcut
Indexer Notes
Page 89.
[no title indexed]
Idyl / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When he was born, many envied his position.
- Reprints
-
in Jeff Jones Comics & Zeichnungen (Volksverlag, 1978 series) (1978) -
in Totem (Editorial Nueva Frontera, 1977 series) #11 ([julio] 1978)
-
Hat in the Box
Cheech Wizard / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Vaughn Bodé (signed)
- Pencils
- Vaughn Bodé (signed)
- Inks
- Vaughn Bodé (signed)
- Letters
- Vaughn Bodé (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He, he, Cheech been down in da dirt for three days now...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cheech Wizard
- Synopsis
- Cheech has been buried alive in a coffin. However, he doesn't seem very concerned.
- Keywords
- burial; coffin; marihuana
Indexer Notes
Page 92. Part of a continued story.
[no title indexed]
Chicken Gutz / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
- Pencils
- Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
- Inks
- Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
- Letters
- Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh my, look ... it's one of those cute kids from 'NUTS' by Gahan Wilson ...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Chicken Gutz; Cheech Wizard; Trots; Bonnie; Dirty Duck; Weevil
- Synopsis
- The characters in the other Funny Pages strips use the Chicken Gutz strip as a dumping ground.
- Keywords
- crossover; grabage
Indexer Notes
Page 94. Characters from the other strips are drawn by Enos in the creators' style.
Ah! To Be in Love!
One Year Affair / comic story / 0.25 page
- Script
- Byron Preiss (credited as Preiss)
- Pencils
- Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
- Inks
- Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sweetheart.
- Genre
- humor; romance
- Characters
- Steve; Jill
- Synopsis
- Steve and Jill, the lovesick couple in the back seat of a car, become too much for the front seat occupants to handle.
- Reprints
-
in One Year Affair (Workman Publishing, 1976 series) (September 1976)
-
- Keywords
- lovesick; traffic
Indexer Notes
Page 95.
At the Dentist
Johnny Jones / comic story / 0.25 page
- Script
- Leslie Cabarga (credited)
- Pencils
- Leslie Cabarga (credited)
- Inks
- Leslie Cabarga (credited)
- Letters
- Leslie Cabarga (credited)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Johnny; dentist
- Synopsis
- Johnny gets instruction on how teeth grow.
- Keywords
- dentist
Indexer Notes
Page 96.
Lesson #32 Word Balloons
Famous Comic Artists School / comic story / 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
- Place your word balloons carefully.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Correct placement of word balloons in a panel.
Indexer Notes
Page 96.
Goes-on-Forever Porno Comics!
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Ed Subitzky (signed)
- Pencils
- Ed Subitzky (signed)
- Inks
- Ed Subitzky (signed)
- Letters
- Ed Subitzky (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A porn comic that is formatted in such a way that it repeats itself indefinitely.
Indexer Notes
Page 96.
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come on, now. Open wide.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman dentist has problems with a fearful patient until she opens her blouse.
- Keywords
- dentist
Indexer Notes
Page 98.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
["If it wasn't for you, I think I would have gone mad."]
-
3.
Whose Kids Are These?
-
4.
The Confessions of Art "The" Farmer
Subterranean Scumbo -
5.
Wherever Blood Is Shed
-
6.
["So you wouldn't sign up with Blue Cross, huh, Joe?"]
-
7.
["After countless hours beneath an infernal sun, the girls are finally released from the cages"]
-
8.
Are You Covered?
-
9.
["Heck, no! We're not crazy! Why? Do we look crazy?"]
-
10.
["Oh, oh -- the Vaccines."]
-
11.
Blood Test
-
12.
Rabbi Birdman and His Nursing Home
-
13.
Cancer Ward
-
14.
Another True-Life Pretty Face in the Field of Medicine
-
15.
Comedics
-
16.
["Severe heart pain again, Mr. Croyd?"]
-
17.
Sadly Dilute Fantasies
Subterranean Scumbo -
18.
[Unintended Use]
-
19.
["Jeez, I should have never taken this shortcut!"]
Nuts -
20.
["When he was born, many envied his position."]
Idyl -
21.
Hat in the Box
Cheech Wizard -
22.
["Oh my, look ... it's one of those cute kids from 'NUTS' by Gahan Wilson ..."]
Chicken Gutz -
23.
Ah! To Be in Love!
One Year Affair -
24.
At the Dentist
Johnny Jones -
25.
Lesson #32 Word Balloons
Famous Comic Artists School -
26.
Goes-on-Forever Porno Comics!
-
27.
["Come on, now. Open wide."]
Foto Funnies -
28.
[Extreme Treatment]
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- Peter Croome
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Walls
- Luther Weaver
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