National Lampoon Magazine
#v2#32
(March 1981)
21st Century / Heavy Metal / National Lampoon,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- NL Communications, Inc.
- Editing
- Tod Carroll; John Hughes; Ted Mann; John Bendel; Brian McCormick
Issue Notes
Funny Pages on pages 65-72 on newsprint, which has the gutters and margins of all the comics a dull olive color. (The strips themselves are normal black and white inside the panels.)
A Bic Lighter full-page ad on page 38, titled "The Movie Buff's Guide to Flicking Your Bic." has three cartoons by Joseph Farris, Mischa Richter, and Bernard Schoenbaum.
A full page painted ad for Joker cigarette papers on page 54 ("The 'Finest' Papers in the Kingdom") is done in same style as Maxfield Parrish painted ads from the early 20th century.
A Bic Lighter full-page ad on page 38, titled "The Movie Buff's Guide to Flicking Your Bic." has three cartoons by Joseph Farris, Mischa Richter, and Bernard Schoenbaum.
A full page painted ad for Joker cigarette papers on page 54 ("The 'Finest' Papers in the Kingdom") is done in same style as Maxfield Parrish painted ads from the early 20th century.
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.
The Bare Minimum
comic story / 0.3 page
- Script
- Roz Chast (signed as R. Chast)
- Pencils
- Roz Chast (signed as R. Chast)
- Inks
- Roz Chast (signed as R. Chast)
- Letters
- Roz Chast (signed as R. Chast)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A loaf of bread,
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A modern take on the old saying "A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou."
- Keywords
- bread; wine
Indexer Notes
Page 4. Four panels on the right side of the table of contents, running vertically.
[Motorized Axe]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- John Jonik (signed as Jonik)
- Pencils
- John Jonik (signed as Jonik)
- Inks
- John Jonik (signed as Jonik)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man is using a motorized axe (instead of a chainsaw) to chop down a tree.
- Keywords
- axe
Indexer Notes
Page 16. Pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Peter Steiner (signed as P. Steiner)
- Pencils
- Peter Steiner (signed as P. Steiner)
- Inks
- Peter Steiner (signed as P. Steiner)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your rose dust gets into everything, and your caladiums attract toads; and another thing; your damn marigolds are stinking up the whole area.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Three leprechauns living in a flower bed list their grievances with the lady doing the gardening.
- Keywords
- flowers; leprechauns
Indexer Notes
Page 18.
[The Annual Run Like a Girl Marathon]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Oliver Christianson (signed as Revilo)
- Pencils
- Oliver Christianson (signed as Revilo)
- Inks
- Oliver Christianson (signed as Revilo)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Runners in a marathon have to run in an awkward manner, in the stereotypical "run like a girl" way.
- Keywords
- marathon; sexist; stereotype
Indexer Notes
Page 22. Pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm the best three card monte dealer in the world!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A three card monte dealer is not very successful at his scam.
- Keywords
- gambling; three card monte
Indexer Notes
Page 32.
The Return of the Paramedic-Man
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Matt Golden (signed)
- Pencils
- Matt Golden (signed)
- Inks
- Matt Golden (signed)
- Colors
- Matt Golden (signed)
- Letters
- Matt Golden (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A curvaceous young housewife is sitting up watching T.V. after putting her daughter to bed.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Roger; Stan
- Synopsis
- An unscrupulous team of paramedics coerce a housewife into having sex with them, after a previous visit to the house to help the woman's daughter.
- Reprints
-
in USA magazine hors-série (Comics USA, 1988 series) #4 (février 1990)
-
- Keywords
- paramedics; sex
Indexer Notes
Pages 48-49.
[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
- Remember how, even if you tried as hard as you could, some people were impossible to understand?
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- The boy's friend Harold has never heard of the superhero Captain Heroic and sees no point in made-up stories.
- Keywords
- comics; superheros
Indexer Notes
Page 65.
[no title indexed]
Deirdre Callahan - a Biography / 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
- Her story begins in the maternity section of a metropolitan hospital.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Deidre Callahan; Mrs. Callahan (Diedre's mother); Blind Bob
- Synopsis
- Deidre Callahan is so ugly that her mother dumps her in a garbage can when she is six years old. She is taken to the city dump with the rest of the trash, where she meets scavenger Blind Bob.
- Keywords
- blind; dump; ugly
Indexer Notes
Page 67. To be continued.
[no title indexed]
Politenessman / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Ron Barrett (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Ron Barrett (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Ron Barrett (credited, signed)
- Letters
- Ron Barrett (credited, signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At the Iron Curtain...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Politenessman
- Synopsis
- A man trying to escape from an Iron Curtain country in attacked by vicious dogs. Politenessman tries to scold the border guards, but is unsuccessful.
- Keywords
- communism; dogs; Iron Curtain
Indexer Notes
Page 67.
Around the House
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
- Here's a trick I've discovered for keeping my marriage exciting.
- Genre
- humor; romance
- Synopsis
- A young wife engages her husband in some playful wrestling and pillow fights to spice up her marriage.
- 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)
-
- Keywords
- marriage; pillow fights
Indexer Notes
Page 67.
Bob & Margaret
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Gerry Capelle (signed as Capelle)
- Pencils
- Gerry Capelle (signed as Capelle)
- Inks
- Gerry Capelle (signed as Capelle)
- Letters
- Gerry Capelle (signed as Capelle)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bob! Margaret!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob; Margaret
- Synopsis
- Bob and Margaret meet up after a long absence. Margaret takes the initiative for the couple to have sex, then comes up with a maddening list of chores to postpone it.
- Keywords
- sex
Indexer Notes
Page 68.
[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
- Doctor, look! He still hallucinating!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Leo; Dr. Douglas; Nurse Laura
- Synopsis
- Leo is still in the hospital having hallucinations. Meanwhile, his doctor is trying to seduce a nurse.
- Keywords
- hallucinations; hospital
Indexer Notes
Page 69. Part of a continued story.
Kit and Caboodle
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Roz Chast (signed as R. Chast)
- Pencils
- Roz Chast (signed as R. Chast)
- Inks
- Roz Chast (signed as R. Chast)
- Letters
- Roz Chast (signed as R. Chast)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's Kit.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Kit; Caboodle (dog)
- Synopsis
- An introduction to a completely average boy and his dog.
Indexer Notes
Page 69.
Thanks, Negroes, for All These Things!
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Schenkman (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Schenkman (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Schenkman (signed)
- Letters
- Joe Schenkman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jazz • Bop • R & B
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Chuck Berry (cameo); Stevie Wonder (cameo); Big Daddy Lipscomb (cameo)
- Synopsis
- A listing of things gained from black culture (both real and satirical); followed by a short list of things white people have given blacks; and at the end stereotypical views of other cultures.
- Keywords
- basketball; drugs; football; music; racist; sex; stereotypes; wine
Indexer Notes
Page 70. The whole page is done in an extreme way, both in language and art style.
Bar Belles
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Jane Brucker (signed)
- Pencils
- Jane Brucker (signed)
- Inks
- Jane Brucker (signed)
- Letters
- Jane Brucker (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Promise not to tell?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two women are at a bar. One tells the other a deep dark secret.
- Keywords
- bar; election; secret
Indexer Notes
Page 71.
The Do Walk
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Bill Woodman (signed as Woodman)
- Pencils
- Bill Woodman (signed as Woodman)
- Inks
- Bill Woodman (signed as Woodman)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A business man does a funny walk as he leaves his apartment. When he gets to the sidewalk, all the other men going to work are doing the same funny walk.
Indexer Notes
Page 71. Pantomime story.
[no title indexed]
The Appletons / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Taylor (signed)
- Pencils
- Bob Taylor (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Taylor (signed)
- Letters
- Bob Taylor (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A Saturday morning finds Mr. Appleton in an upstairs bedroom.
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Norm Appleton; Bobby Appleton; Kathy Appleton
- Synopsis
- Mr. Appleton is reliving his military days. He gives his son a loaded rifle, which goes off, bringing the police to take Bobby away.
- Keywords
- daydreams; military; police; rifle
Indexer Notes
Page 72.
Good Sense... Good Times.
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtz(figure of a man))
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtz(figure of a man))
- Inks
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtz(figure of a man))
- Colors
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtz(figure of a man))
- Letters
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtz(figure of a man))
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You must be a virgo.
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- A swinging party is going on in one room, while in the room where the coats are piled, a man is appallingly drunk.
- Keywords
- alcohol; party
Indexer Notes
Page 75. Apparently a public service announcement against alcohol abuse, though not sponsored by any organization. A note at the bottom says "For a 16" x 22" poster, send $2.00 to Promotion Dept. 3-81, National Lampoon, 635 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10022."
[no title indexed]
Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Go ahead. Put it in your mouth.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A lot of double-entendres leading to a reveal of a woman trying to eat oysters.
- Keywords
- double-entendres; oysters
Indexer Notes
Page 92.
[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
- For a dervish, you're not much of a whirler.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A whirling dervish gets dizzy and throws up.
- Keywords
- vomiting; whirling dervish
Indexer Notes
Page 95. Part of the "Coming Next Month" promo.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Bare Minimum
-
2.
[Motorized Axe]
-
3.
["Your rose dust gets into everything, and your caladiums attract toads; and another thing; your damn marigolds are stinking up the whole area."]
-
4.
[The Annual Run Like a Girl Marathon]
-
5.
["I'm the best three card monte dealer in the world!"]
Foto Funnies -
6.
The Return of the Paramedic-Man
-
7.
["Remember how, even if you tried as hard as you could, some people were impossible to understand?"]
Nuts -
8.
["Her story begins in the maternity section of a metropolitan hospital."]
Deirdre Callahan - a Biography -
9.
["At the Iron Curtain..."]
Politenessman -
10.
Around the House
-
11.
Bob & Margaret
-
12.
["Doctor, look! He still hallucinating!"]
Aunt Mary's Kitchen -
13.
Kit and Caboodle
-
14.
Thanks, Negroes, for All These Things!
-
15.
Bar Belles
-
16.
The Do Walk
-
17.
["A Saturday morning finds Mr. Appleton in an upstairs bedroom."]
The Appletons -
18.
Good Sense... Good Times.
-
19.
["Go ahead. Put it in your mouth."]
Foto Funnies -
20.
["For a dervish, you're not much of a whirler."]
This issue was modified by
- Katy Hayhurst
- Steven Samuels
- Luther Weaver
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