Volume: 1
Price: 0.85 USD
Pages: 104
On-sale Date: 1974-01-22
Editing: Henry Beard (editor); Michael O'Donoghue (editor); Tony Hendra (editor); Brian McConnachie (editor); Sean Kelly (editor)
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Indexer Notes

The "Strange Sex" issue. Funny Pages on tan newsprint on pages 93-100. On-sale date from 1974 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[Man and Sheep Wedding Cake]
(Table of Contents: 1)

cover / 1 page

Pencils:
David Kaestle (design and execution)
Dick Frank (photograph)
Inks:
David Kaestle (design and execution)
Dick Frank (photograph)
Colors:
David Kaestle (design and execution)
Dick Frank (photograph)
Letters:
typeset

Snow Job?
(Table of Contents: 2)

cartoon / 0.3 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
  • Genre:satire-parody
Characters:
Miss Liberty; Dumbo; Father Time; Richard Nixon

Indexer Notes

A parody of editorial cartoons. A winter scene with 11 labeled symbols.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Mercury Messenger of God / comic story / 2 pages

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:A lazy day in heaven.
  • Keywords:ants; heaven
Characters:
Mercury; Ramona (dog)
Synopsis:
Mercury is enjoying a lazy day in heaven when he's suddenly attacked by poisonous flying ants.

Indexer Notes

"To be continued".

The Agony and Ecstasy of First Lay: Frat House Frolics
(Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks:
Joe Orlando (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:romance; satire-parody
Characters:
Four-Eyes; Chuck Farley; BettyPam; David Eisenhower
Synopsis:
A freshman at a fraternity gets his first chance at sex at a drunken party.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Color cover and fake ad (David Eisenhower's Rubber Riot) in black and white and yellow backgrounds on slick paper and four-page color story on newsprint.

Sexentrics
(Table of Contents: 5)

cartoon / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
  • Genre:satire-parody

Indexer Notes

13 pantomime cartoons featuring various perversions.

Saturday Nite on Antarius!
(Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:satire-parody; science fiction
Synopsis:
The convolutions of making arrangements to have sex on Antarius, the planet with 12 different sexes.

National Lampoof
(Table of Contents: 7)

cartoon / 1 page

Script:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Pencils:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Inks:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Colors:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:satire-parody
Characters:
Frankenstein; Dracula; Invisible Man

Indexer Notes

Parody of the cover of National Lampoon if it was aimed at homosexuals.

Dixie Nixon and the Boys in the Bund!
(Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
?
  • Genre:satire-parody
Characters:
Dixie Nixon
Synopsis:
The Watergate crew re-imagined as homosexuals.

Indexer Notes

Part of "National Lampoof" section.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Homo Funnies [Foto Funnies] / photo story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (photographs)
Inks:
? (photographs)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I say old bean, haven't seen Throckmorton around...
  • Keywords:steam bath
Synopsis:
Two Englishmen in a steam bath gossip about a member of their club.

Indexer Notes

Part of the "National Lampoof" section.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Stun [Nuts] / comic story / 0.75 page

Script:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Pencils:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Inks:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Letters:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
  • Genre:children; satire-parody
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Remember how the Lampoon editor asked you to do a satire...
Synopsis:
The boy's parents are homosexuals, as is his dog.

Indexer Notes

A parody of Wilson's "Nuts" feature, with the cast as homosexuals. Part of the "National Lampoof" section.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Dydl [Idyl] / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
Pencils:
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
Inks:
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
Letters:
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
  • Genre:satire-parody
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ah, sweet innocence...
Synopsis:
The Garden of Eden re-imagined with two males.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

A parody of "Idyl" with a male as lead character instead of a female. Part of the "National Lampoof" section.

Lilliehammer Follies Starring Christen Quisling
(Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 0.75 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
Synopsis:
Christen's parents nail him in the closet for carrying a purse.

Indexer Notes

A parody of Rodrigues' usual Funny Pages features. Part of the "National Lampoof" section.

The Bidet Salesman Goes Latin
(Table of Contents: 13)

photo story / 1.75 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (photographs)
Inks:
? (photographs)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:satire-parody
Synopsis:
A lonely woman has sex with a traveling salesman.

Indexer Notes

A parody of an old-style stag film. Presented vertically across the bottom of seven pages with the photos as frames in a strip of film and the text superimposed like subtitles. ( You have to turn the magazine sideways and read from top to bottom across both pages.) Part of "Split Beaver" section.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Nuts / comic story / 0.75 page

Script:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Pencils:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Inks:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Letters:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
  • Genre:children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Remember visiting 'the folks,' which meant going..
Synopsis:
The boy gets ready for a trip with his parents to visit his grandparents.

Cheech Wizard: True Love Gooses the Hat
(Table of Contents: 15)

Bodé's Cartoon Concert / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Vaughn Bodé (signed)
Pencils:
Vaughn Bodé (signed)
Inks:
Vaughn Bodé (signed)
Colors:
Vaughn Bodé (signed) (graytones)
Letters:
Vaughn Bodé (signed)
Characters:
Cheech Wizard
Synopsis:
Cheech finds himself the object of a wood nymph's desires.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 16)

Idyl / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
Pencils:
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
Inks:
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
Letters:
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I was just born this morning.
Reprints (3)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 17)

Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, the monster fell into the sulfur pit...
  • Keywords:cheerleaders; Volkswagen
Characters:
Trots (dog); Bonnie; Pepsi
Synopsis:
Pepsi leads Bonnie and Trots to the local "Passion Pit," where they find a teen boy and three cheerleaders packed into a Volkswagen.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 18)

Chicken Gutz / comic story / 0.5 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)
Characters:
Chicken Gutz
Synopsis:
While Gutz sleepwalks, the bird on his hat recites the opening passages to "The Lone Ranger" radio show.

A Glass of Beer with Stanley Cyganiewicz of Scranton, Pa.
(Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 0.75 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
Characters:
Stanley Cyganiewicz
Synopsis:
A voice starts talking to Stanley from his beer, but it fades away when the foam does.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 20)

One Year Affair / comic story / 0.25 page

Script:
Byron Preiss (signed as Preiss)
Pencils:
Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
Inks:
Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
Letters:
Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
  • Genre:romance
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:And now we return to our study of mating behavior...
  • Keywords:grocery store
Characters:
Jill; Steve
Synopsis:
Jill and Steve have moved in together and go out to get groceries.
Reprints (1)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [Man and Sheep Wedding Cake]
  2. Snow Job?
  3. ["A lazy day in heaven."]
    Mercury Messenger of God
  4. The Agony and Ecstasy of First Lay: Frat House Frolics
  5. Sexentrics
  6. Saturday Nite on Antarius!
  7. National Lampoof
  8. Dixie Nixon and the Boys in the Bund!
  9. ["I say old bean, haven't seen Throckmorton around..."]
    Homo Funnies [Foto Funnies]
  10. ["Remember how the Lampoon editor asked you to do a satire..."]
    Stun [Nuts]
  11. ["Ah, sweet innocence..."]
    Dydl [Idyl]
  12. Lilliehammer Follies Starring Christen Quisling
  13. The Bidet Salesman Goes Latin
  14. ["Remember visiting 'the folks,' which meant going.."]
    Nuts
  15. Cheech Wizard: True Love Gooses the Hat
    Bodé's Cartoon Concert
  16. ["I was just born this morning."]
    Idyl
  17. ["Well, the monster fell into the sulfur pit..."]
    Trots and Bonnie
  18. ["With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto..."]
    Chicken Gutz
  19. A Glass of Beer with Stanley Cyganiewicz of Scranton, Pa.
  20. ["And now we return to our study of mating behavior..."]
    One Year Affair
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