NATIONAL LAMPOON database (5) (1986 - 1989)

Vol. 2, #90 (January 1986)

Good clean sex... again

 

- Letters – 3 pages – Includes cartoons by Tom Cheney ("Sorry, but we don't sell pictures...") and John Jonik

- Open letter – 1 page - Andy Simmons – Song by Josh Alan Friedman

- Photo Phunnies – 1 page

- Short story: My tongue is quick – 7 pages - Will Jacobs & Gerard Jones – Includes 1 color illustration by Jeff Lindberg + Cartoons by Mick Stevens ("His – Some guy from Albuquerque"), Bud Grace ("I am not stealing rotten fruit" and "Rehabilitation"), Tom Cheney ("All right... who's tonguing it?"), ? ("Reindeer tryouts today")

- Cartoons: Soviet sex – 4 pages - Charles Rodrigues

- True Facts – 2 pages - John Bendel

- Photo Phunnies – 1 page

- Old blue – 4 pages - Tom Stratton – Includes 1 color illustration by Bruce Strachan + Cartoons by Sam Gross ("At least from me you can't get AIDS"), Tom Cheney ("Moth balls")

- National Lampoon's complete guide to picking up all the girls you want anytime, anywhere, and then doing things to them – 8 pages - Ed Subitzky – Includes cartoons by Sam Gross ("I figure we're about even"), Tim Haggerty ("Hopefully you won't have anything..."), Mick Stevens ("Match made in hell"), Tom Cheney ("I'm not gonna try it"), ?

- Rick Meyerowitz's believe it or not guide to little-known sexual practices of faraway places – 6 pages in color – Written & Illustrated by Rick Meyerowitz

- The modern woman's guide to time-efficient sex planning and management – 6 pages - Ed Subitzky, Karen Dale Boss – Includes photographs by ?

- Comic: Sex and love – 4 pages in color - Shary Flenniken

- A woman's view of sex – 3 pages - Peter Kleinman – Includes 1 photograph by Reuven Kopitchinski

- Dick's joint place mat – 2 pages - Mark Groubert – Includes illustrations by Peter D. Falosino

 

Funny Pages:

- Oliver in whacko land 2 ("Oliver discovers he's a member of...") – 1 page – Gahan Wilson

- Trots and Bonnie ("Pepsi! What happened to your hair?") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

- The Appletons ("It's parents day at school...") – 1 page – B.K. Taylor

- Now it can be told 1 – 1 page – Rick Geary

- Politenessman ("Fathoms below the surface...") – 1 page – Ron Barrett

- Mr. Vengeance 3 ("Thanks for agreeing to...") – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson

- Bela Lugosi's scariest role – 1 page – Josh Alan Friedman + Drew Friedman

- Sam DeGroot 1: The free world's only private detective in an iron lung machine ("Ring, ring, ring!!!") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

 

 

Vol. 2, #91 (February 1986)

The big money and other sexy subjects

 

- Cover – Color illustration by Alan Reingold

- Editorial – 2 pages – Includes cartoons by Tom Cheney ("Gosh, Mr. Birnbaum...") and Bud Grace ("Maybe you should bang...")

- Letters – 6 pages – Includes cartoons by Tim Haggerty ("Hey, Marlene, be a doll..."), Tom Cheney ("Not tonight, Melvin"), Bud Grace ("By the way..."), Tim Haggerty ("Okay, so you're a pull toy"), Sam Gross ("I left you one wooden leg..."), Bud Grace ("Mohel")

- True facts – 1 page - John Bendel

- Comic: The adventures of Goldman – Cover in color + 5 pages - Tony Kisch + Bob Orzechowski

- National Lampoon's capitalist hall of fame – 2 pages - Mark Groubert – Includes illustrations by Jeff Wong

- Photo Phunnies – 1 page

- The right stock – 5 pages - Lance Contrucci – Includes 1 illustration by Drew Friedman

- I wish I could Sashimi like your sister, Kato – 4 pages - Richard Liebmann-Smith – Includes 1 color illustration by Rick Meyerowitz + Cartoons by Sam Gross and Tom Cheney ("The necrophile")

- Inside Bob Geldorf's refrigerator – 2 pages – Photograph in color by Peter Kleinman

- Where your tax dollars go – 1 page - The Editors

- Comic: History of barter – 4 pages in color - Gahan Wilson

- Misfortune – 13 pages - Matty Simmons, Larry Sloman, Andy Simmons, John Bendel, Will Jacobs & Gerard Jones – Includes color illustrations by Randy Jones (Portrait of a large corporation) + Photographs by Peter Kleinman, Chris Howland

- Rupert, Rupert, Rupert, Rupert, and Rupert Murdoch: The untold story – 4 pages - Ned Ward

- Comic: Trots and Bonnie ("Hey, Mom? Could you turn down the radio...") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

- Comic: Sam DeGroot 2: The free world's only private detective in an iron lung machine ("I work for Mr. Van Buren...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- Comic: Martin Izing: Poet of the dry cleaning poster – 4 pages in color - Ron Barrett

- Tax the poor: The trickle-down theory of Economics as propounded by Professor Irwin Corey, assisted by Annie Sprinkle – 3 pages - Includes photographs by Reuven Kopitchinski

- Comic: Rip-offs – 3 pages in color - Buddy Hickerson

 

 

Vol. 2, #92 (March 1986)

All about women

 

- Cover – Color photograph by Ronald G. Harris

- Letters – 2 pages - Includes cartoons by Peter C. Vey ("When you were my age..."), Tom Cheney ("Mind if I get on top?")

- Four short works by new women writers – 1 page – Derek Pell

- You're a man baby and don't you forget it – 1 page - Sandra Bernhard – Includes 1 illustration by Randy Jones

- I was a gay male drag queen trapped in the body of a woman – 1 page - Lynn Phillips – Includes 1 illustration by Randy Jones

- Coming next month – 1 page – Includes 1 cartoon ("City Zoo Ape House") by Tom Cheney

- Feminist party jokes – 1 page - Will Jacobs & Gerard Jones – Includes 2 illustrations by Jeff Wong

- Short story: Ass-Anon comes to New Jersey – 6 pages - Goody Thompson – Includes 1 color illustration by Jeanette Adams + Cartoons by John Jonik (Mermaid), Tom Cheney ("Psst, c'mere..."), Sam Gross ("Shut up, you dumb cunt!")

- Short story: How I became a feminist – 9 pages - Joe Bob Briggs – Includes 1 color illustration by Bob Scott + Cartoons by Sam Gross ("She just got her period"), Tom Cheney ("Sometimes it's a blessing"), Mary Kay Brown ("It all began with wanting matching shoes and purse"), John Jonik (Naked model upside down), Tom Cheney ("Mothers against drunk driving"), and Peter C. Vey ("Oh! He must be sick")

- Cartoons: Guys on dolls: Four male cartoonists look at the world of women – 4 pages - Peter C. Vey (At women's prison), Sam Gross (The all-women space probe), Tim Haggerty (At the male strip club), Tom Cheney (At the maternity ward, At the tupperware party)

- True Section – 2 pages – John Bendel

 

National Tampoon – Paul Somers Jr., The Editors

– Cover - Color photograph by Ronald G. Harris

- I dreamed I took over Beatrice – 1 page – Color photograph by Peter Kleinman

- Comic: Politenessgal – ½ page – Ron Barrett

- Who where those guys? – 1 page – Gerald Sussman

- Photo Phunnies – 1 page

- Ask Don – 1 page – Includes 1 illustration by Rick Meyerowitz

 

- Short story: Mary Tyler Moore and me – 5 pages - Larry David – Includes 1 illustration by Drew Friedman + Cartoons by Tom Cheney ("Baby – Beer" and "Let's walk faster, Edwina")

- Comic: A tale of modern romance – 4 pages in color - Shary Flenniken

- Womaning – 5 pages - Gerald Sussman

- A woman tells men: Everything you always wanted to know about women and probably won't understand when I explain it to you – 2 pages - Shary Flenniken (including 1 cartoon, "How to have great sex")

- Comic: Women, what do they want? – 4 pages in color - Mary Kay Brown

 

Funny Pages:

- Oliver in whacko land 3 ("Oliver gets his first look at...") – 1 page – Gahan Wilson

- The Appletons ("The Appleton grandparents have dropped by...") – 1 page – B.K. Taylor

- Now it can be told 2: The "great depression" – 1 page – Rick Geary

- Mr. Vengeance 4 ("Hi, everyone!") – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson

- Dirty Father Harry, private celibate dick 1 ("I hadn't had a case in over 40 days...") – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Missing children! – 1 page in color – Robert Crumb

- Sam DeGroot 3: The free world's only private detective in an iron lung machine ("Doorman, I'm Sam DeGroot") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

 

- Scary monsters – 3 pages - Lance Contrucci – Includes 1 color illustration by Jeff Lindberg

- Why women become lesbians – 2 pages - Janet Lombardi – Includes 2 illustrations by Randy Jones

 

 

Vol. 2, #93 (April 1986)

Doctors and lawyers

 

- Cover – Color illustration by Jeff Lindberg

- Letters – 1 page – Includes 1 cartoon ("You can relax now") by Tom Cheney

- Legal briefs – 5 pages - John Bendel – Includes cartoons by Peter C. Vey ("According to this there's nothing wrong with you"), Bud Grace ("Yes, Mrs. Merton, you still have to pay..." and "I'm afraid, Mr. Salazar..."), Hollinger ("Oh God, God, God")

- Photo-comic: Foto Funnies – 1 page

- True Facts – 2 pages – John Bendel

- Doctors by the half dozen, or Malpractice makes perfect – 1 page - Alan King – Includes 1 cartoon ("I see... and how long ago did...") by Tom Cheney

- 101 ways to die in the hospital – 2 pages - Joel David – Includes 1 photograph by Peter Kleinnman

- Short story: The client – 2 pages - Jeff Greenfield – Includes cartoons by Sam Gross ("Let me through!") and Mick Stevens (The two-minute flu)

- Bedpan Alley: Memoirs of a hospital orderly – 4 pages - Tony Kisch – Includes 1 illustration by Robert Brown + Cartoons by Bud Grace ("Gesundheit!" and "Be patient, Mr. Dornick")

- The LSAT for preferred candidates – 3 pages - Mark Orwoll – Includes 1 illustration by Paul Corio

- Cartoons: Great moments in the history of medicine – 6 pages in color - Rick Meyerowitz

- The doctor's guide to indoor golf – 7 pages - The Editors

- Fake ad: Crazy Freddie says – 1 page

- Comic: Lawers of the future – 4 pages in color - Gahan Wilson

- Psychiatric case studies of the sick and famous – 4 pages - George Barkin – Includes 1 illustration by Jeff Wong + Cartoons by Peter C. Vey ("Could you please check and see if...") and Bud Grace ("Perhaps we should consult Dr. Inglethrope")

- Comic: Doctor-Lawyer – 4 pages in color - Ed Subitzky

- Comic: Shysters Illustrated: The life and times of Edwin Meese III: "First" ambulance chaser in the land – 4 pages - Andy Simmons + Adam Kubert

 

Funny Pages:

- Oliver in whacko land 4 ("Oliver meets his brand-new boss at the factory") – 1 page – Gahan Wilson

- Trots and Bonnie ("It's the eighties... casual sex is out") - 1 page – Shary Flenniken

- Now it can be told 3: Sex and violence – 1 page – Rick Geary

- Steve Draper, custom reupholsterer 3 ("Why have you come to my shop, Mrs. Nosehairs?") – ¾ page - Ron Barrett

- Dog date diary – ¼ page – Ron Barrett

- Dirty Father Harry, private celibate dick 2 ("I'd gotten a call to come down to headquarters") – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Sam DeGroot 4: The free world's only private detective in an iron lung machine ("Mr. Van Buren and his bodyguard, Herman...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- Timberland Tales ("It's the beginning of a new year in Timberland") – 1 page – B.K. Taylor

 

- Photo-comic: Foto Funnies – 1 page

- Comic: Mr. Vengeance 5 ("Hey!... Are you Dr. Miser...") – 2 pages in color – Buddy Hickerson

- Comic: St. Hell's 1 – 2 pages - Randy Jones

 

 

Vol. 2, #94 (May 1986)

Sports

 

- I ever plagued the game – 5 pages - Lance Contrucci – Includes 1 cartoon ("I think he could have made it through...") by Tim Haggerty

- Drinking tips and other war stories – 1 page - Michael Simmons – Includes 1 illustration by Drew Friedman

- Surprise poster #185: Great moments in sports: Keith Hernandez's urine sample – 1 page – Color illustration by Bob Brown

- Photo-comic: Foto Funnies – 1 page

- Dumb records – 1 page - Tuli Kupferberg

- My friend, marvelous Marv – 4 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes 1 color illustration by Earl Keleny

- Cartoons: Handicapped sports – 4 pages - Charles Rodrigues

- Photo-comic: Foto Funnies: Ratso's hockey clinic – 1 page - Larry Sloman + Chris Howland (Photographs)

- Short story: The million-dollar kid – 8 pages - Andy Simmons + Includes 7 illustrations by Adam Kubert + 1 cartoon ("A seldom-used baseball signal...") by Tom Cheney

- True Facts – 2 pages - John Bendel

- Sports Hallucinated – 9 pages - The Editors – Includes photographs by Peter Kleinman

- A game of words – 5 pages - Will Jacobs & Gerard Jones – Includes 1 photograph by Reuven Kopitchinski

- Joan of Arkansas – 2 pages - Patrick Weathers, Sid Bartholomew – Includes 16 illustrations by Sidney Jackson Bartholomew Jr.

- Comic: Bad sports – 3 pages - Buddy Hickerson

- Cartoons: Great new sports – 6 pages in color - Rick Meyerowitz

 

Funny Pages:

- Oliver in whacko land 5 ("Oh, boy -- now that Oliver's been fitted...") – 1 page – Gahan Wilson

- Steve Draper, custom reupholsterer 4: Enters the Metropolitan Museum of Art – 1 page - Ron Barrett

- Dirty Father Harry, private celibate dick 3 ("The city – a sprawling mass of...") – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Pencil Neck Geek 1: Joins a health club – ½ page - Robert Neubecker

- Trots and Bonnie ("I made my favorite guitar pick...") - 1 page – Shary Flenniken

- Entertainment freak – 1 page – Josh Alan Friedman + Drew Friedman

- How to jackknife your big rig – 1 page – May Kay Brown

- Sam DeGroot 5: The free world's only private detective in an iron lung machine ("Mrs. Van Buren has called on Sam to help her...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

 

- Surprise poster #186: Great moments in sports: The first female globetrotter – 2 pages – Color illustration by Linda Bergman

 

 

Vol. 2, #95 (June 1986)

Horror and fantasy

 

- Cover – Color illustration by Boris Vallejo

- Editorial – 1 page – Includes 1 cartoon ("I just ran into Len Mogel...") by Matty Simmons + Shary Flenniken

- Surprise poster #666: Baby in a blender – 2 pages in color - Peter Kleinman (Idea) + Carl Fischer (Photograph)

- Sixty seconds – 2 pages - Andy Simmons – Includes 1 illustration by Robert Strimban + 1 cartoon by Tim Haggerty

- True Facts – 3 pages - John Bendel – Includes 1 cartoon ("Ranco Corporation Annual Picnic") by Sam Gross

- Photo-comic: Foto Funnies – 1 page

- Short story: Cosmo! Live! – 13 pages - Larry Sloman, Todd McGovern – Includes illustrations by Frank Thorne

- The Star Wars secret plans – 3 pages - Dean Latimer – Includes 12 illustrations by Greg Scott

- Photo-comic: Whatever gets you through the day: The reality of my fantasy life – 3 pages - Ed Subitzky + Peter Kleinman (Photographs)

- Comic: At the movies with Ebert and Siskel: The splatter version – 3 pages - ? + Adam Kubert

- Thirty-three uses for a dead yuppie – 2 pages - Dave Hanson – Includes 8 illustrations by Jill Karla Schwarz

- Short story: Invasion of the junk food killers – 6 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes 1 color illustration by Roy Pendleton + 1 cartoon (Creature from the black legume) by John Caldwell

- Comic: Veep Show: The haunting of George Bush – Cover + 4 pages - George Barkin + Bob Camp

- Comic: Where do I get my horrible ideas? – 4 pages in color - Gahan Wilson

- Comic: Mother – 4 pages - Shary Flenniken

- Comic: Tragedyland – 5 pages in color - The Editors + Ted Enik

 

Funny Pages:

- Oliver in whacko land 6 ("Seems Oliver's first day at...") – 1 page – Gahan Wilson

- Now it can be told 4: It's okay to be rich – 1 page – Rick Geary

- Timberland Tales ("Our story unfolds on a terrifying accident...") – 1 page – B.K. Taylor

- Coping with chain-saw massacres – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- Fake ad: Knights of the mystic assholes – 1 page – Includes 1 color illustration by Ottip?

- Dirty Father Harry, private celibate dick 4 ("I poured myself a stiff one...") – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Sam DeGroot 6: The free world's only private detective in an iron lung machine ("Sam is now a prisoner inside Mrs. Van Buren's iron lung...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

 

 

Vol. 2, #96 (July 1986)

Hot summer sex

 

- Cover – Color photograph by Ronald G. Harris

- Letters – 2 pages – Includes 1 cartoon by Sam Gross ("We're going out and we'll be back later")

- True Facts – 3 pages - John Bendel – Includes 1 cartoon by Bud Grace ("We've got to play him")

- Photo-comic: Foto Funnies – 1 page

- How not to get laid – 2 pages - Gilbert Gottfried – Includes 1 photograph by Ronald G. Harris

- Obese, for big men – Larry Sloman, Peter Kleinman (Idea) + Peter Kleinman (Photograph)

- Photo-comic: Foto Funnies – 1 page

- Short story: Fairy tales – 3 pages - Tony Kisch – Includes 2 illustrations by Jill Karl Schwarz

- Cartoons – 2 pages - Sam Gross

- Bernie X: My first time – 7 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes 1 color illustration by Earl Keleny + Cartoons by Tom Cheney ("Tissues"), John Caldwell ("The illustrated Lassie come home"), Bill Plympton ("Don't worry, sweetie" and "The world's first phone sex")

- Doing slime: Confessions of a stroke book editor – 4 pages - Nina Malkin – Includes 1 color photograph by Ronald G. Harris + Cartoons by John Caldwell ("He looks like he's just about to come!") and, Tim Haggerty ("You're going to wear this collar...")

- Call girls of the Ivy League – 6 pages - The Editors – Includes color photographs by Susan Richmond, Paul Davis, Len Skapp

- The nonsexist Sutra of Vatsanaym – 1 page - Derek Pell – Includes illustrations by Randall Enos

- The secret sexual body language of senior citizens – 3 pages - Mark Groubert – Includes photographs by Reuven Kopitchinski

- Comic: Citizen Porn – 7 pages - Paul Somers Jr. + Adam Kubert

- Short story: Cat tale – 6 pages - Chris Miller – Includes 1 illustration by Jill Karl Schwarz + 1 cartoon ("Oh boy, tuna on white!") by Tim Haggerty

 

Funny Pages:

- Dotted line comics 1: The Agechange Twins – 1 page – Gahan Wilson

- Trots and Bonnie ("Face it... you can never really be sure...") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

- Steve Draper, custom reupholsterer 5 ("We find Steve's truck being towed...") – 1 page - Ron Barrett

- Sam DeGroot 7: The free world's only private detective in an iron lung machine ("While Sam was kept prisoner in the chamber...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- Jo-Jo the counting horse – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- Dirty Father Harry, private celibate dick 5 ("I mulled over the fine points one last time") – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Pencil Neck Geek 2: Falls asleep – 1 page - Robert Neubecker

 

- Cartoons: Sex change clinic – 3 pages - Charles Rodrigues

- Comic: Mr. Vengeance 6 ("Yeah, Gwen, I never thought I'd find love") – 2 pages in color – Buddy Hickerson

 

 

Vol. 2, #97 (August 1986)

Show biz

 

- Cover – Color illustration by Michael Kanarek

- Edge Gel ad: Not your ordinary shave – 1 page – Color illustration by Boris Vallejo?

- Letters – 2 pages – Includes 1 cartoon ("Blood, my ass!") by Bud Grace

- Cartoons: Famous last sights – 2 pages in color - Bill Plympton

- True Facts – 4 pages - John Bendel

- Comic: Death wish VII: The day of reckoning – 6 pages - Paul Somers Jr. + Ralph Reese

- Photo-comic: Foto Funnies – 1 page

- National Lampoon interview: Steven Spielberg – 7 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes cartoons by Bud Grace (Bar Mitzvah of the living dead), Gary Baseman ("You can't believe how badly I want the part..."), Sam Gross ("Well, I must admit it certainly is an unnatural act"), Revilo (Oliver Christianson) (The birth of a legend), and Sam Gross

- Photo-comic: A day or two (give or take a few hours) in the life of a comedian – 4 pages - Gilbert Gottfried + Peter Kleinman (Photographs)

- The dream factory – 2 pages - Will Jacobs & Gerard Jones & Jim Zook – Includes illustrations by Peter Fasolino

- Short story: Death in Venice, California – 5 pages - George Barkin – Includes 1 color illustration by Marc Taffet + Cartoons by Tim Haggerty ("It's comforting to see that..."), Gary Baseman ("Amazing... I haven't seen a case...")

- ABC: The good ole days... are back!!! – 2 pages – Josh Alan Friedman

- Comic: Being at the movies comics – 4 pages in comics - Ed Subitzky

- The films of Annie Sprinkle – 4 pages - Derek Pell

- Comic: Commercial potential – 4 pages in color - Shary Flenniken

- The bunker: A play in one, last act – 4 pages - John Weidman – Includes 1 color illustration by James Bennett + Cartoons by Sam Gross, John Jonik ("Cream of asparagus")

- Holocaust II – 2 pages - Eric Brothers – Includes 1 color illustration by John Gurney

 

Funny Pages:

- Dotted line comics 2: The Great Dildo – 1 page – Gahan Wilson

- Steve Draper, custom reupholsterer 6 ("Steve's truck has excellent meeting and banquet facilities...") – 1 page - Ron Barrett

- Pencil Neck Geek 3: Geek battles ennui – 1 page - Robert Neubecker

- Dirty Father Harry, private celibate dick 6 ("The time: 8 A.M.") – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Espeakink Spanich en Macy's – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- St. Hell's 2: Dr. Rx – 1 page - Randy Jones

- Sam DeGroot 8: One of five private detectives in the free world in an iron lung ("I took your socks, too...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

 

- Loews Schizo: Home of the big double features – 1 page - Will Jacobs & Gerard Jones & Jim Zook

- Comic: Masterpieces of miscasting – 3 pages in color - Buddy Hickerson

- Stick it in his ear! – 2 pages in color – Illustrated by Rick Meyerowitz

 

 

Vol. 2, #98 (September 1986)

Sleaze

 

- Cover – Color illustration by James Bennett

- Drinking tips and other war stories – 1 page - Michael Simmons – Includes 1 cartoon ("I'll shit on anyone you want") by Sam Gross

- True Facts – 3 pages - John Bendel

- Cartoons: Sleazy sex cartoons – 4 pages - Charles Rodrigues

- Photo-comic: Foto Funnies – 1 page

- Short story: The strange case of Dr. Hilarious – 6 pages - Lance Contrucci – Includes 1 color illustration by Michael Kanarek + Cartoons by Revilo (Oliver Christianson), Tom Cheney ("Thirty-five bucks a week..."), and Mary Kay Brown ("Wait a minute")

- Frederick's of Wall Street – 5 pages - Lance Contrucci – Includes 1 color photograph by Ronald G. Harris + Color illustrations by Ralph Reese

- My life at SexWorld: Confessions of a mop man – 4 pages - Dave Hanson

- The fun with AIDS book – 6 pages - David A. Wielgus – Includes illustrations by Shary Flenniken

- A day in the life of entrepreneur Izmir Kebob – 6 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes cartoons by Tom Cheney ("You go tell round-eye..."), ? (Dr. Spock at home), ? ("My wife and my best friend")

- How TV is made – 6 pages - John D. Brancato & Ted Newsom – Includes photographs by Ronald G. Harris – Designed by David Kaestle, David Vogel

- The life and sleaze of Max Kleinman – 3 pages - Will Jacobs & Gerard Jones & Jim Zook

 

Funny Pages:

- Dotted line comics 3: The wise old Lama – 1 page – Gahan Wilson

- Dirty Father Harry, private celibate dick 7 ("I'd gone over every page...") – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Let's do the white girl twist – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- Now it can be told 5: The discovery of Oxfords – 1 page – Rick Geary

- Steve Draper, custom reupholsterer 7 ("A call summons Steve Draper...") – 1 page - Ron Barrett

- Mr. Vengeance 7 ("Another workday") – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson

 

- Sleaze is... – 3 pages - Will Jacobs & Jim Zook – Includes illustrations by Jim Zook

- Comic: The four big lies – 4 pages in color - Gahan Wilson

- Roach Motel – 2 pages - Jim Wilson

 

 

Vol. 2, #99 (October 1986)

Back to school

 

- Cover – Color illustration by Michael Kanarek

- True Facts – 3 pages - John Bendel – Includes 1 cartoon ("Die on TV") by Peter C. Vey

- Photo-comic: Foto Funnies – 1 page

- Comic: Friedman Bros' nightmare gallery of mentally disturbed teachers – 2 pages - Josh Alan Friedman + Drew Friedman

- Bland University orientation manual – 5 pages - Dave Hanson

- Comic: Trots and Bonnie: Out of print – 4 pages in color - Shary Flenniken

- Comic: The Rehnquist Court in "Supreme judgment" – Color cover + 6 pages - Larry Sloman + Bob Fingerman

- Back to school for real (Starring Bernie X and Rodney Dangerfield) – 6 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes 1 color illustration by James Bennett + Cartoons by Warp ("Mr. and Mrs. Johnson..."), and ?

- To kill a shocking word – 6 pages - Lance Contrucci – Includes 5 illustrations by Steve Brodner

- The diaper image catalog – 5 pages - Andy Simmons – Includes color illustrations by Judy Francis

- Short story: Me and my colleague – 3 pages - Neil Tolkin – Includes 1 color illustration by Randy Jones

- Kondensed Kliffs Notes – 2 pages - Larry Sloman & Ed Subitzky

- The joy of celibacy – 3 pages - Derek Pell

 

Funny Pages:

- Nat Lamp's Not believe it or not 1 ("Mr. John Sealbert") – 1 page - Victor Levin & Alan Kirschenbaum + Adam Kubert

- Dirty Father Harry, private celibate dick 8 ("The usual suspects had been rounded up...") – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Now it can be told 6: The death of Harding – 1 page – Rick Geary

- Sam DeGroot 9: One of six private detectives in the free world in an iron lung ("I've heated up some soup...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- Stories from Uncle Kunta 1 ("Children come from miles around...") – 1 page – B.K. Taylor

- Easy guitar chord chart – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

 

- Comic: College fads '86 – 3 pages - Buddy Hickerson with Mike Stanfill

- Howl II – 4 pages - Endre Farkas, Ken Norris

- Entertainment Tonight School – 1 page - Mark Orwoll

 

 

Vol. 2, #100 (December 1986)

20^th anniversary

 

- Editorial – 3 pages – Includes 1 cartoon by Tom Cheney

- And whose little monkey are you? – 2 pages - Paul Krassner – Includes 1 cartoon by Mary Kay Brown ("Feder, Saving and Loan")

- True Facts – 3 pages - John Bendel – Includes 1 cartoon ("I thought you said we were impregnable?") by ?

- Red on deadball – 1 page - Tommy Koenig – Includes illustrations by Paul Corio

- Drinking tips and other war stories – 2 pages - Michael Simmons

- Death be not funny – 2 pages - Michael Reiss & Al Jean – Includes 6 illustrations by Drew Friedman

- Short story: No such luck – 8 pages - Chris Miller – Includes 1 color illustration by James Bennett + 1 cartoon ("Think fast, grandma") by Revilo (Oliver Christianson)

- America celebrates: Triumph of the swill – 6 pages - John Weidman + Color illustrations by Rick Meyerowitz

- Short story: I temporarily returned from the dead and went to Caroline Kennedy's wedding – 5 pages - Tod Carroll – Includes 1 cartoon ("Romulus is going to found Rome...") by Sam Gross

- Comic: One night stand – 4 pages - Shary Flenniken

- Attorney General's commission on pornography minority report – 7 pages - Larry Sloman & Ed Subitzky

- Lake Youbegone days – 4 pages - Ellis Weiner – Includes 1 color illustration by Shmulke Escondibé + 1 cartoon (Hams across America) by Buddy Hickerson

- Stranger than fact – 7 pages - Ed Bluestone

- An interview with the 200-year-old National Lampoon editor – 6 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes 1 color illustration by John Gurney

- Gilbert Gottfried's fifty or so, give or take one or two, things to say when you can't achieve an erection – 2 pages - Gilbert Gottfried – Includes 1 photograph by Peter Kleinman

- Comic: What they tell you isn't what they're doing – 6 pages in color - Gahan Wilson

- You, too, can be a millionaire! – 4 pages - Dave Hanson – Charts by Paul Davis

- Comic: Alex Aesop, master detective: The blue mist – 5 pages – Charles Rodrigues

- The rise and fall of the Geek civilization – 5 pages - Andy Simmons – Includes illustrations by Bob Brown (Cover), Bob Rakita, Marc Taffet (The God Cock)

- How the National Lampoon ruined my life – 2 pages - Jeff Greenfield – Includes 1 photograph by Peter Kleinman

 

Funny Pages:

- Nat Lamp's Not believe it or not 2 ("Snowflake") – 1 page - Victor Levin & Alan Kirschenbaum + Adam Kubert

- Fear of the known – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- Sam DeGroot 10: One of eight private detectives in the free world in an iron lung ("Refused credit, Sam is thrown out of a bar!") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- Mr. Vengeance 8 ("Welcome to Al's Lingerie") – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson

- Stories from Uncle Kunta 2 ("The children, Molly and Todd...") – 1 page – B.K. Taylor

- Dirty Father Harry, private celibate dick 9 ("With practiced hands...") – 1 page – Mark Marek

 

 

Vol. 2, #101 (February 1987)

 

- Cover – Color illustration by Rowena Morrill

- Editorial – 2 pages – Includes 2 illustrations by Elan

- Letters – 3 pages – Includes cartoons by Sam Gross ("Go away. We're still Jewish") and Peter C. Vey ("I see Eskimos, hungry Eskimos")

- Drinking tips and other war stories – 1 page - Michael Simmons – Includes 1 illustration by Drew Friedman + 1 cartoon ("So... how do you like working as a pharmacist?") by Tom Cheney

- True Facts – 3 pages - John Bendel

- Zen bastard – 3 pages - Paul Krassner – Includes 2 cartoons by Sam Gross ("I travel ten thousand miles..." and "You're standing on my hard-on")

- The Yellow Journal – 6 pages - Andy Simmons, Michael Simmons

- Crazy Ed Meese presents: Giant porno blowout blitz – 2 pages - Larry Sloman

- How I solved the mystery of the Kennedy assassination – 7 pages - Joe Bob Briggs – Includes 1 illustration by Peter Kleinman + Cartoons by Tom Cheney ("Well, it all started the day..."), John Jonik, Bud Grace ("Monroe's tattoo parlor" and "Here's the best part"), and Sam Gross ("You just said tits")

- Peppy – 12 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes illustrations by Marc Taffet ("Move over, killer bees" and "The fiber wars") and Steve Sweny ("Hooray for bauxite") + Photographs by Peter Kleinman, Len Skapp

- Cartoons: Cartoons about the blind – 4 pages - Charles Rodrigues

- I spent an evening with art – 4 pages - Dave Hanson – Includes photographs by Peter Kleinman

 

Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Say No Evil, Show No Evil section:

- Frontispiece – Photograph by Paul Bellows

- Fake ad: Aratours – Larry Sloman, Rick Meyeworitz – Includes 1 illustration by Rick Meyerowitz

- Comic: Vacation – 5 pages in color - Rick Meyerowitz

- 50 things they won't let you do – 1 page - Gilbert Gottfried

- The Sunday Morning Quarterback – 6 pages - Gerald Sussman, John Weidman – Includes photographs by Paul Davis

- Comic: A visit to the Oral Roberts Institute of Immaculate Conception -  1 page - ? + Adam Kubert

 

- The Edible Complex – 3 pages – Andy Simmons

- Comic: Roy Cohn in hell – 5 pages - Ned Ward + Frank Springer

- Senate hearing on opera and the librettos therein – 4 pages - Larry Sloman & Ed Subitzky

- Comic: The cave of the bare clan – 4 pages - Shary Flenniken

 

- Famous dead people's chalk lines – 4 pages - Dave Hanson – Includes photographs by Peter Kleinman

- Stream of consciousness of the stars – 2 pages - Will Jacobs & Gerard Jones & Jim Zook

 

Funny Pages:

- Nat Lamp's Not believe it or not 3 ("The walleyed kangaroo") – 1 page - Victor Levin & Alan Kirschenbaum + Adam Kubert

- The right brain and the wrong brain – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- Dirty Father Harry, private celibate dick 10 ("A dingy, deserted alley...") – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Sam DeGroot 11: One of fourteen private detectives in the free world in an iron lung ("What a sweet guy!") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- The Appletons ("A hot Summer's day finds the Appleton family...") – 1 page – B.K. Taylor

- Now it can be told 7: Love dreams of the famous – 1 page – Rick Geary

 

- Classified ads – 1 page – Includes cartoons by Peter C. Vey ("Bzzz... it's 7 o'clock") and Elan

 

 

Vol. 2, #102 (April 1987)

Crime pays

 

- Cover – Color illustration by Lou Glanzman

- Editorial – 1 page – Includes 1 cartoon by Kennedy

- Letters – 2 pages – Includes 1 cartoon by Mary Kay Brown ("You're WHAT?")

- Drinking tips and other war stories – 1 page - Michael Simmons

- Zen bastard: The mime and the pacer – 2 pages – Paul Krassner – Includes 1 illustration by Tony Limuaco + 1 cartoon by Tom Cheney ("I recommend surgery")

- The Yellow Journal – 6 pages - Andy Simmons, Michael Simmons

- True Facts – 3 pages - John Bendel

- Comic: Mr. Vengeance 9: Late night with Mr. Vengeance – 3 pages - Buddy Hickerson

- Short story: Soeshine for the apocalypse – 3 pages - Richard Boler – Includes 1 color illustration by James Bennett + 1 cartoon by Callahan

- Illustration: Crime! Section – 1 page in color - Robert Kopecky

- Photo-comic: The Do-Goodies Social Action Team in: "Cartoon madness" – 8 pages - Gerard Jones + Peter Kleinman (Photographs) + B.K. Taylor (Additional art)

- Comic: Everyone's a criminal – 4 pages in color - Peter Kleinman + Gahan Wilson

- Comic: P-Men – Color cover + 6 pages - Tony Kisch + Frank Springer

- Short story: Bernie X: War is hell – 7 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes 1 color illustration by Don Vanderbeek + Cartoons by John Jonik and Paul Eorin

- Comic: Trots and Bonnie and Clyde – 4 pages - Shary Flenniken

- The FBI uniform crime report – 4 pages - Larry Sloman & Ed Subitzky

- Short story: Brooklyn – 6 pages - Lance Contrucci – Includes 1 color illustration by Peter Angelo + Cartoons by John Jonik, Tom Cheney ("The runs", "Here's your receipt" and "Shit and shinola")

- Berserk! – 6 pages - Gerard Jones – Includes photographs by Len Skapp

- Cartoons: Life on death row – 4 pages - Charles Rodrigues

- Comic: Con crafts – 4 pages in color - Ron Barrett

- Comic: The chain of command – 2 pages in color - Rick Meyerowitz

- The effective manager – 9 pages - Ed Bluestone – Includes photographs by Peter Kleinman + Cartoons by Tom Cheney and Callahan ("Good Lord! What a time...")

 

Funny Pages:

- Nat Lamp's Not believe it or not 4 ("Rufus") – 1 page - Victor Levin & Alan Kirschenbaum + Adam Kubert

- I can't work today – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- Sam DeGroot 12: One of twenty-one private detectives in the free world in an iron lung ("Peeved at this revelation...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- Dirty Father Harry, private celibate dick 11 ("The day's dealings with sin...") – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Now it can be told 8: The lost generation – 1 page – Rick Geary

 

 

Vol. 2, #103 (June 1987)

Sex and other unusual practices

 

- Cover - Color illustration by Shmulke Escondibe

- Editorial – 2 pages – Includes 1 cartoon ("Tell her that you love her...") by Tom Cheney

- Drinking tips and other war stories – 2 pages - Michael Simmons – Includes 1 cartoon ("We'd cook out more often...") by Mary Kay Brown

- Zen bastard – 3 pages - Paul Krassner – Includes 1 cartoon ("When you're finished with it...") by Sam Gross

- Yellow Journal – 5 pages - Andy Simmons, Michael Simmons

- Crack kills – 1 page – Photograph by Peter Kleinman

- True Facts – 4 pages - John Bendel

- Vanna White naked – 2 pages - Ed Subiztky – Includes photographs by Paul Davis

- Comic: Canes and walkers '87 – 2 pages in color - Ron Barrett

- How to talk to famous people – 2 pages - Michael Corcoran

- Comic: Birth of an industry – 2 pages - Ed Bluestone + Ted Enik

- How I invented the Titty Bar – 10 pages - Joe Bob Briggs – Includes 1 color illustration by Roger Stine – Includes cartoons by Elan ("Run-DMC's daily dilemma"), Sam Gross ("Books on tapeworm"), Peter C. Vey ("Well, I had a lovely evening..." and "It's now ten o'clock"), Tom Cheney ("Oh, that crazy old Uncle Ed")

- Comic: Bad luck with women – 4 pages - Josh Alan Friedman + Drew Friedman

- Cartoons – 2 pages - Jean-Marc Reiser

- Comic: Tales of Afrodite – 6 pages in color - Rick Meyerowitz

- Exotic photography – 5 pages - Peter Kirschen, Michael Simmons – Includes photographs by Peter Howland

- The illustrated last will and testament and scrapbook of Liberace – 4 pages - Larry Sloman, Andy Simmons – Includes illustrations by Frank Springer

- Cartoons: Cartoons of a sexual nature – 3 pages - Charles Rodrigues

- A guide to safe sex – 6 pages - Andy Simmons, Dave Hanson – Includes a color cover by John Gurney + a 2-tier comic (A guide to dating gerbils) by Alan Kupperberg

- Nineteen new ways to be offensive at a funeral – 1 page - Ed Bluestone

- Ninetten new ways to be offensive at a wedding – 1 page - Ed Bluestone

- Short story: They do things differently there – 18 pages - Chris Miller – Includes 13 illustrations by Rick Geary

- Jesserson and Reagan: A side-by-side comparison – 2 pages - Paul Somers Jr.

 

Funny Pages:

- Nat Lamp's Not believe it or not 5 ("Victor Durango") – 1 page - Victor Levin & Alan Kirschenbaum + Adam Kubert

- Questions and answers – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- Sam DeGroot 13: One of ninety-two private detectives in the free world in an iron lung ("Everett, when it's time for...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- Dread County Archives – 1 page - Douglas Michael

- Now it can be told 9: True Bible stories – 1 page – Rick Geary

- Dirty Father Harry, private celibate dick 12 ("Like other fine young men...") – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Trots and Bonnie ("Another rainy day") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

 

- You stink! – ½ page - ? + 4 illustrations by ?

 

 

Vol. 2, #104 (August 1987)

 

- Editorial – 2 pages – Includes 1 cartoon ("They don't seem to mind...") by Bud Grace

- Letters – 2 pages – Includes cartoons by Sam Gross ("I told you to use a condom"), Revilo (Oliver Christianson) ("Carl gets up on the wrong side...")

- Drinking tips and other war stories – 1 page - Michael Simmons

- Zen bastard: Fun at the humor convention – 3 pages - Paul Krassner – Includes cartoons by ? ("Are you the one who..."), Bud Grace ("Hold your fire, men!")

- Yellow Journal – 6 pages

- Short story: From disco fever to disco influenza – 6 pages - Dave Hanson – Includes 1 illustration by Randy Jones + Cartoons by Tom Cheney ("Aw, shit, Spotty!"), Sam Gross ("Boy! What I won't do to get laid"), Revilo (Oliver Christianson) ("It's like this, son"), and Peter C. Vey ("Okay – which one of us is talking now?")

- All-new super-colossal True Facts section – 61 pages - John Bendel

- Comic: Trots and Bonnie's True Facts: Smorgasbord – 5 pages in color – Shary Flenniken

 

Funny Pages:

- Mr. Vengance 10 ("Wow! My 10-year high school reunion!") – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson

- How to make a pair of pants in 20 minutes – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- Sam DeGroot 14: One of only forty-six private detectives in the free world in an iron lung ("You're doing nicely, Sam...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- Stories from Uncle Kunta 3 ("At the cabin of Uncle Kunta...") – 1 page – B.K. Taylor

- Son of Hercules amongst the North Americans ("The deeds of Hercules...") – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Now it can be told 10: Early television – 1 page – Rick Geary

- Steve Draper, custom reupholsterer 8 ("Cruises the night streets...") – 1 page - Ron Barrett

 

 

Vol. 2, #105 (October 1987)

Back to school

 

- Cover – Color illustration by Gahan Wilson

- The Surgeon General warns – 1 page - Ed Bluestone

- Letters - 2 pages – Includes cartoons by Mike Ewen? ("Home for unwed fathers") and Peter C. Vey ("And does the baked salmon...")

- Zen bastard: The confession of Fawn Hall – 2 pages – Paul Krassner – Includes 2 cartoons ("Mrs. Kiffler next door..." and "This, Mr. Carlisle, is what we found...") by Tom Cheney

- Drinking tips and other war stories – 1 page - Michael Simmons – Includes a 1-tier comic (Famous comic artists school: Grow your own pencils) by Bruce Cochran

- Planned Parenthood Federation of America ad: Protect your love with condoms – 1 page – Includes 1 illustration by Brooks

- The Yellow Journal – 5 pages

- True Facts – 3 pages - John Bendel

- Short story: The gerunding – 4 pages - Buzz Dixon – Includes 1 color illustration by Ballestar

- The dying side of Gary Larson – 4 pages - Dave Wielgus – Includes illustrations by ?

 

Back to School Section:

- Frontispiece – Peter Kleinman

- Short story: Mr. Rock 'n' Roll gets hip – 14 pages - Chris Miller – Includes 5 illustrations by Rick Geary + Cartoons by ? ("Greeting cards"), Tom Cheney ("Wow! Where did you learn to give potato like that?"), Peter C. Vey ("And you? Did you like yours?"), Bill Plympton (Jesus visits America), Mick Stevens ("The Ned Smith archives"), and Tom Cheney ("Damn it, Clifford!")

- Comic: The alternative biology newsletter – 1 page - Ron Barrett

- From the archives: Grammar school excuses to P.S. 41 - 2 pages – Louis Phillips, Robert Milgrom

- A history of cheerleading – 5 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes 1 illustration by Ted Enik

- The Yearning Annex – 4 pages - Larry Sloman, Dave Hanson – Includes 1 color photograph by Len Skapp

- Cartoons: The birds of Washington – 6 pages in color - Rick Meyerowitz

- Edenic and Faustian imagery in Mother Goose's "Jack and Jill" – 3 pages - Steve Heller

- Nudemonic studying devices – 2 pages - Peter Kleinman, Larry Sloman – Includes photographs by Paul Davis

- Conference of maintenance and cafeteria workers – 3 pages - Andy Simmons

- Questions for the final exam – 1 page - Louis Phillips

- Colorizing the classics – 6 pages - The Editors

- Cartoon: Trade school mascots take the field! – 1 page in color – Ron Barrett

 

- Sex through the decades – 1 page - Michael Corcoran

- Comic: Famous last words – 4 pages - Ed Bluestone + Frank Springer

- Get Off My Damn Back! Magazine – 8 pages - Gerard Jones – Includes photographs by Bernhard Weiss + Illustrations by Alan Kupperberg ("Golly, I've never been faced with...") and Joann Wanamaker (Strut your stuff)

 

Funny Pages:

- Mr. Vengance 11 ("Y'know, babe... that was the best...") – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson, Mike Stanfill

- Sam DeGroot 15: One of only seventy-one private detectives in the free world in an iron lung ("As Everett is force-feeding Sam...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- Guide dogs – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- New York: City with a heart – 1 page – Harvey Pekar + Drew Friedman

- Son of Hercules amongst the North Americans ("At an early age Penos...) – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Trots and Bonnie ("What seems to be the problem?") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

 

- The Klaus Barbie doll – 2 pages - Mark Groubert – Includes color illustrations by Ralph Reese

 

 

Vol. 2, #106 (December 1987)

Woman of the year

 

- Cover – Color illustration by ?

- Letters – Includes 1 title illustration by ? + 1 cartoon ("And your third wish?") by Peter C. Vey

- Zen bastard: An interview with Elvis – 2 pages – Paul Krassner – Includes 1 cartoon by John Jonik

- Drinking tips and other war stories – 1 page - Michael Simmons – Includes 1 cartoon ("If God didn't want us to be happy...") by Sam Gross

- Short story: A hip Christmas Carol – 4 pages - Michael Berman – Includes 2 illustrations by S. Clay Wilson

- True Facts – 4 pages - John Bendel

- Yellow Journal – 4 pages

- The descent of man – 5 pages in color – Written & Illustrated by Rick Meyerowitz

- The Kama Sutra of Jim Bakker – 4 pages - Dave Hanson – Includes 4 illustrations by Jeff Wong

- The waste land – 2 pages - Louis Phillips

- Blimp!!! – 4 pages - Tony Kisch – Includes 1 photograph by Chris Howland + Cartoons by Sam Gross ("Well, how was I supposed to know...")

- Yello Pages – 10 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes illustrations by ?

- Comic: Things of the future – 4 pages - Buddy Hickerson with Mike Stanfill

- Comic: History of sex – 5 pages in color - Shary Flenniken

- Short story: Superman V – 5 pages - Steven Young – Includes 3 illustrations by J.D. King + 1 cartoon by Jean-Marc Reiser

- Surprise poster: Ollie North's closet – 2 pages - Photograph by John Duke Kisch

- A Contra guide to stalking the Sandinista soldier – 4 pages - Andy Simmons

- Comic: Great moments – 3 pages - Ed Bluestone + Frank Springer

- It's a Renaissance man's world – 5 pages - Lance Contrucci – Includes 1 illustration by Elaine Cardella + Cartoons by Sam Gross ("Let's faunicate") and Peter C. Vey ("And then we have the Terrorist Special...")

- Catball – 4 pages - Bruce David – Includes illustrations (How pitchers cheat) by ?

- Health food hell – 10 pages - Dave Hanson – Includes 1 color illustration by John Gurney + Cartoons by Peter C. Vey ("If I had a penny..."), ? ("I like you, Ed, but..."), Callahan ("Speech therapist"), and Mal ("Yield")

 

Funny Pages:

- Mr. Vengance 12 ("Well... it's Part II of my life story") – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson, Mike Stanfill

- Stories from Uncle Kunta 4 ("Uncle Kunta continues telling Molly...") – 1 page – B.K. Taylor

- Sam DeGroot 16: One of only ninety-six private detectives in the free world in an iron lung ("Everett is force-feeding Sam egg custard...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- Free glue sample! – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- Son of Hercules amongst the North Americans ("'Tis difficult to say for certain...) – 1 page – Mark Marek

 

- Vice President Whojamacallit – 2 pages - John Tebbel, Martha Thomases

- Rejected magazines – 2 pages - Josh Alan Friedman + Photographs by Chris Howland

- Photo-comic: Foto Funnies – 1 page – Paul Corio (Photographs)

 

 

Vol. 2, #107 (February 1988)

The final stupid pet trick

 

- Cover – Color illustration by James Bennett

- Letters – 2 pages – Includes 1 cartoon ("News for the blind") by Tom Cheney

- Making a mountain out of a molehill by giving it a name – 2 pages - Dave Hanson

- Cartoon ("Miss Miller, have you found an office for me yet?") – ½ page – Peter C. Vey

- Zen bastard: Predictions for 1988 – 2 pages – Paul Krassner – Includes 1 cartoon ("Hey, John! Instead of giving you a haircut...") by Peter C. Vey

- Photo-comic: Drinking tips and other war stories – 2 pages - Michael Simmons – Photographed & Directed by Allan Arkush

- True Facts – 4 pages - John Bendel

- Yellow Journal – 5 pages

- Cowards of the Old West – 6 pags - Gerald Sussman – Story idea by George Malko – Includes color illustrations by Rick Meyerowitz

- Pen pals: The inter-penitentiary correspondence of America's most famous felons – 4 pages - Brenda & Michael Hampton-Cain

- Survival, evasion, and escape from a Run-DMC concert – 5 pages - Andy Simmons – Includes illustrations by ? + 1 cartoon ("I told you he'd get suspicious...") by Sam Gross

- Fake ad: Spartan condoms – 1 page - David Lloyd

- Plot outlines of 101 of the world's greatest poems – 2 pages - Louis Phillips – Includes 9 illustrations by Paul Corio

- Comics – 4 pages - Jean-Marc Reiser

- The road to the White House – 2 pages - ?

- Marilyn: The forgettable year – 3 pages - Norman Miller

- Playbyte – 10 pages - Larry Sloman & Ed Subitzky, Louis Phillips – Includes photographs by W.G. Bob and Chris Howland + Illustrations by Andrew Sachat, Jeff Wong (Kermode's Mechanism), Tom Hachtman

- Fake ad: Spartan condoms – 1 page - David Lloyd

- Personal ads – 2 pages - Dave Hanson

- Short story: Al' Sorority & Grill – 5 pages - Mark Walters – Includes 1 color illustration by Randy Jones + Cartoons by Tom Cheney ("IBM down 11 ¾"), Sam Gross ("Pussy whip") and Wright ("Pay toilets in hell")

- Fake ad: Spartan condoms – 1 page - David Lloyd

- A children's guide to the animals of Route I-70 – 4 pages - Andy Simmons, Dave Hanson – Includes color illustrations by Stephen Sweny

- Fake ad: Spartan condoms – 1 page - David Lloyd

- Clawing our way to the top: A season with the Alaska King Crabs – 15 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes 9 illustrations by Frank Springer + Cartoons by Peter C. Vey ("Bob's Pets" and "I think I'll take the afternoon off")

- This old *!#%*&*! house – 5 pages - John Fahs – Includes 1 cartoon by Feggo

- Fake ad: Spartan condoms – 1 page - David Lloyd

 

Funny Pages:

- Mr. Vengance 13 ("As an infant, my fascination...") – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson, Mike Stanfill

- Odd moon rising – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- Cartoon ("Well, if it's not work...") – ½ page – Peter C. Vey

- Now it can be told 11: What's new in Archaeology – 1 page – Rick Geary

- Sam DeGroot 17: One of only fifty-four private detectives in the free world in an iron lung ("...an eight-letter word for a North African shrub...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- Son of Hercules amongst the North Americans ("Theoriticians have estimated that...) – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Trots and Bonnie ("Pepsi! Why are you vandalizing the school?") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

 

- Ten things Casey told Woodward – Nick Bakay

 

 

Vol. 2, #108 (April 1988)

Television

 

- Cover – Color photograph by Luke Lois

- Letters – 5 pages – Includes cartoons by Sam Gross ("For a hopeless vegetable..."), Tom Cheney ("Helium"), Sam Gross ("I may not know much about art..."), and Tom Cheney

- Cartoons: Tom Hachtman's double takes – 1 page – Tom Hachtman

- Drinking tips and other war stories – 1 page - Michael Simmons – Includes 1 cartoon by Sam Gross

- True Facts – 4 pages - John Bendel

- Zen bastard: Yuppieland – 2 pages – Paul Krassner – Includes cartoon by Tom Cheney

- Yellow Journal – 5 pages

- Short story: Edwin's girl – 5 pages - Mark Walters – Includes 1 color illustration by Edison Girard + Cartoons by Tom Cheney ("Bless me, Father, for I have sinned") and Sam Gross ("That's me as a boy")

- Women who hate to love it when they hate having to love it when they're hated, @ the men who love to hate them – 5 pages - Dave Hanson – Includes cartoons by Tom Cheney ("Matt 'n' Marty") and Sam Gross ("Just because I fucked it once...")

- I am Elvis's love child, too – 2 pages - Richard Boler

- Those fabulous fifties: A trip down memory lane with Senator Orrin Hatch – 5 pages - Ned Ward

- Banana Republican Freelance Office Products Catalogue – 4 pages - Dave Hanson, Larry Sloman – Includes illustrations by Ned Sonntag

 

TV Section:

- Vanna blushes – 1 page - Larry Sloman – Color illustration by Jeff Wong

- The history of television – 6 pages - Andy Simmons – Includes illustrations by ?

- Going too far: The TV shows that never got on the air – 7 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes color illustrations by Rick Meyerowitz

- Whatever happened to...? – 7 pages - Nick Bakay, Andy Simmons – Includes 1 cartoon ("He doesn't come but...") by Sam Gross

- Photo-comic: Spoon-o-Vision: Condo bimbos – 3 pages - Larry Sloman & Ed Subitzky + Chris Howland (Color photographs)

- Cartoons: Spoon-o-Vision intermissions – 3 pages - Tom Cheney ("Mildred! Great to see you, babe"), Sam Gross ("Topless"), and Tom Cheney ("Tell them that their plan...")

- Comic: TV in hell – 3 pages - Buddy Hickerson

- Photo-comic: First cable TV night – 10 pages - Larry Sloman, Andy Simmons, Dave Hanson, Tony Kisch, Will Jacobs & Gerard Jones + Photographs by Larry Heleotis, Chris Howland

- Surprise poster #719: Geraldo Rivera drains Loch Ness – 2 pages – Color illustration by Tony Limuaco

- Cartoons: TV follies – 2 pages - Sam Gross

 

Funny Pages:

- Mr. Vengance 14 ("On my first date as an infant...") – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson, Mike Stanfill

- I date the great – 1 page – Ron Barrett

- Son of Hercules amongst the North Americans ("Like his father, Penos lives a life of dual purpose...) – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Now it can be told 12: Where have they been? – 1 page – Rick Geary

- Trots and Bonnie ("No wonder our minds are rotting!") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

- Sam DeGroot 18: One of only sixty-four private detectives in the free world in an iron lung ("Moncha calap un fesso?") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

 

- Cartoon ("Drink-o-Mat") – ½ page – Tom Cheney

- The personals – 1 page - Dave Hanson

 

 

Vol. 2, #109 (June 1988)

Subliminal sex

 

- Cover – Color photograph by Kal

- Editorial – 3 pages – Includes 1 cartoon ("Okay, so if they still want...") by Tom Cheney

- Making a mountain out of a molehill by giving it a name – ¼ page - Dave Hanson, Diane Giddis

- Letters – 3 pages – Includes cartoons by Tom Cheney and ?

- Cartoon – ½ page – John Jonik

- Zen bastard: Adventures in safe sex – 2 pages – Paul Krassner – Includes cartoons by Peter C. Vey ("Hey! It says here that..."), Tom Cheney ("I will not cast spells in class")

- Drinking tips and other war stories – 2 pages - Michael Simmons – Includes cartoons by John Jonik and Tom Cheney ("So much for your boss")

- True Facts – 3 pages - John Bendel

- A few cruel and unusual tortures that women perpetrate on men – 2/3 page - Gena Giobbi

- Yellow Journal – 5 pages

- The thinking person's guide to psychotherapy – 5 pages - Neil Evan Handwerker, Andrew Tallmer – Includes 1 cartoon ("Doc in the Box") by ?

- Cartoon: Sex pages – 1 page in color - Jeff Wong

- Robert Chamber's How to have your way with women – 2 pages - Dave Hanson

- Comic: Great moments in sex – 4 pages - Ed Bluestone + Frank Springer

- Nicholson Sensivity Training (NST) – 4 pages - Lance Contrucci

- Parabacillus's night out – 1 page - Larry Sloman & Ed Subitzky

- The elements of style – 4 pages - Derek Pell – Includes illustrations by ?

- The new erogenous zone – 5 pages - Gerard Jones – Includes illustrations by Patrick Piggott (Color cover), Jim Ryan

- The incompleat guide to sex – 10 pages - Larry Sloman & Ed Subitzky – Includes illustrations by Peter D. Fasolino (Make your own perfect man or woman!), Beata Szpura (The modern woman's guide to good old-fashioned relationships), Joe Bartos (See if you can get Peter Pecker to Virginia Vagina!) + 1 cartoon by Mal

- Comic: Evil Clown Comics: Weekend rampage – 5 pages - Nick Bakay + Alan Kupperberg

- Short story: Bennington's dream life – 5 pages - Mark Walters – Includes 1 color illustration by Joe Coleman + Cartoons by ?, Bo Brown ("Hello I'm Tom"), and Sam Gross ("We print anything on your T-shirt")

- Cartoons: Sex cartoons – 4 pages - Charles Rodrigues

- Three men of the eighties: Trump, Gotti, and Bush – 4 pages - Andy Simmons – Includes 2 illustrations by Stephen Sweny

- Nude with the wind: Ted Turner goes one step beyond colorization – 3 pages - Larry Sloman & Ed Subitzky

- Date telephone prompter – 2 pages - Michael Corcoran

 

Funny Pages:

- Mr. Vengance 15 ("You've been telling this endless story...") – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson, Mike Stanfill

- A man for the job! – 1 page – Harvey Pekar + Donald Simpson

- Trots and Bonnie ("Here in Sexuality 101...") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

- Male offspring of Hercules amongst the North Americans – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Sam DeGroot 19: One of only seventy-three private detectives in the free world in an iron lung ("he curate the I know that") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

 

- Cartoons: Tom Hachtman's double takes – 1 page – Tom Hachtman

- Photo-comic: Wang. We speak your language – 1 page in color - Gerard Jones + ?

- Cartoon by Tom Cheney

- The personals – 1 page - Dave Hanson

 

 

Vol. 2, #110 (August 1988)

True facts

 

- Report from the editor – 5 pages – John Bendel – Includes cartoons by Tom Cheney (2Siberian static torture" and "I suppose this means we won't be able..."), Peter C. Vey ("Quick! Get out here...")

- Zen bastard: Speaking in tongues – 2 pages – Paul Krassner – Includes 1 cartoon by Tom Cheney

- Editorial – pages – Includes 1 cartoon ("Tunnel of Doris") by Peter C. Vey

- Yellow Journal – 4 pages

- Unknown mysteries of the universe – 7 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes 1 color illustration by Kaz (Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis) + Cartoons by ? ("Actually, we'd feel a lot safer..."), Peter C. Vey ("Well, I hope you're satisfied"), Tom Cheney ("Hey, why me?"), Sam Gross ("There's a very good chance he's dead"), and John Caldwell ("By April, the great pervert...")

- True Facts '88 – 51 pages - John Bendel with Peggy Bendel

- Comic: Mother's room – 1 page - Rick Geary

- Comic: Trots and Bonnie: True women of the world – 6 pages in color - Shary Flenniken

- Comic: Hi-risk – 1 page - Rick Geary

 

Funny Pages:

- Mr. Vengance 16 ("I'm telling you") – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson, Mike Stanfill

- Son of Hercules amongst the North Americans ("As the evening winds down...") – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Trots and Bonnie ("Hi! We're bright...") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

- Cartoons: Tom Hachtman's double takes – 1 page – Tom Hachtman

- Call the police – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- Sam DeGroot 20: One of only 38 private detectives in the free world in an iron lung ("Dear reader, wonderful news!") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- Now it can be told 13: Evolution of the nuclear family – 1 page – Rick Geary

- I date the great 2 ("In which an alluring mystery...") – 1 page – Ron Barrett

- He goes into business: The omelette emporium – 1 page – M. Cohen

 

- The personals – 1 page - Dave Hanson

 

 

Vol. 2, #111 (October 1988)

 

- Cover – Color illustration by Bill Purdom

- Editorial – 2 pages – Includes 1 cartoon ("Miss Robinson, do I need any wishes?") by Peter C. Vey

- Letters – 4 pages - Includes cartoons by John Jonik ("Coming soon on this site") and Tom Cheney ("Shall I wait up for you?")

- Life guide for the eighties urban woman who can't get through the first 200 pages of ads in Cosmo or get home in time for Oprah – 1/3 page - D.A. Rabas

- Reader's Digest condensed calendar for October – ¼ page - Louis Phillips

- Dumb records – 1/3 page - Tuli Kupferberg

- Comic: The wild & wacky adventures of Twyla – 2/3 page – Anna D.?

- Trojan War scorecard discovered – 2/3 page - Louis Phillips

- Cartoon ("Ignore the homeless") – 1/3 page – Sam Gross

- If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never marry someone who... – ½ page - Michael Corcoran

- Some of the game's peculiarities explained – 1 page - Gersh Kuntzman – Includes 1 cartoon ("Actually, I'm not Mr. Weintraub") by Mary Kay Brown

- Twelve little-known facts about Spuds MacKenzie – ½ page - Ed Bluestone – Includes 1 cartoon ("When we write up the Gospels...") by Sam Gross

- True Facts – 4 pages - John Bendel

- Zen bastard: Radio daze – 2 pages – Paul Krassner – Includes 1 illustration by Paul Corio

- Yellow Journal – 5 pages

- TKO for two – 5 pages - Richard Boler – Includes 1 color illustration by Don Vanderbeek + Cartoons by Tom Cheney ("Absolutely no looking..." and "C'mon, Winky") and Peter C. Vey ("It's so refreshing to see...")

- Waiting for Righetti – 1 page - Chris Marcil & Sam Johnson – Includes 1 illustration by Jeff Wong

- A guide to Korea and the Summer Olympics – 7 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes color illustrations by Rick Meyerowitz

- What I did on my Summer vacation – 2 pages – Gerard Jones

- Short story: The execution of Coach Holler – 5 pages - Josh Alan Friedman – Includes 1 color illustration by James Bennett + a 1-tier comic (Disclaimer funnies) by Ron Hauge

- Schmuck: An oral history of George Steinbrenner – 3 pages - John Weidman

- Foreplay: Official valuable souvenir magazine of the arena golf special exhibition preview demonstration season – 5 pages - Bob Harris – Includes illustrations by Randy Jones

- How to be a ball girl – 2 pages - Wendy Bott

- The new Nautilus Lite series – 5 pages - Dave Hanson – Includes illustrations by Mark Conrad

- Cartoons: More handicapped sports – 4 pages - Charles Rodrigues

- An open letter to the American Armchair Olympics Committee – 2 pages - Michael Corcoran

- The Sporting Muse – 10 pages - Nick Bakay, Andy Simmons – Includes 1 illustration (Baseball expansion) by Ted Enik

- My dad's baseball dream camp scrapbook – 5 pages - Andy Simmons

- Jimmy Swaggart presents: Smokin' sermonettes – 1 page - Dean Latimer

- Comic: Lot and his daughters – 2 pages - Dean Latimer + Frank Springer

- Comic: Judah and Onan and Tamar, introducing Jessica Hahn – 2 pages - Dean Latimer + Frank Springer

 

Funny Pages:

- Mr. Vengance 17 ("Welcome to the happy sales staff...") – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson, Mike Stanfill

- Son of Hercules amongst the North Americans: Today's youth has it too easy – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Easy home auto repair – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- Florida – 1 page – Harvey Pekar + Drew Friedman

- Now it can be told 14: Joan Foster Dulles – 1 page – Rick Geary

- Cartoons: Tom Hachtman's double takes – 1 page – Tom Hachtman

- Trots and Bonnie ("What's this?! It's and old hippie!") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

 

- The personals – 1 page - Dave Hanson

 

 

Vol. 2, #112 (December 1988)

 

- Cover – Color photograph by John Duke Kisch

- Editorial – 2 pages – Dave Hanson – Includes 1 cartoon ("That's cruel, Hotchkiss") by Leo Cullum

- Letters – 3 pages – Includes 1 cartoon ("That was me as a boy") by Bill Woodman

- Those amazing insect athletes – ¼ page - Michael Jann – Includes illustrations by Adam Kubert

- How my life has changed under Reagan – ¼ page – Dave Hanson

- Gilbert Gottfried presents: Seven jokes (give or take one or two) that you must never tell when you open for Belinda Carlisle (but I did!) – 1 page - Gilbert Gottfried

- Zen bastard: Milton Berle meets Tim Leary – 3 pages – Paul Krassner

- True Facts – 4 pages - John Bendel

- Yellow Journal – 4 pages

- Great moments in history: Abraham Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg address in Pig Latin – 1 page - Louis Phillips

- National Lampoon: The Yello Pages – 10 pages - Gerald Sussman – Includes illustrations by ?

- The great Playboy wars – 5 pages - Larry Sloman – Includes photographs by John Duke Kisch

- The McDonnell Douglas military aircraft warranty card – 2 pages - Steven Young

- Cartoons: Bye-bye, Bozo – 5 pages in color - Rick Meyerowitz

- Remembering Reagan's best years (somebody has to) – 2 pages - Will Durst

- 1988 presidential study on the sexuality of America's homeless – 3 pages - Dave Hanson

- Comic: Christmas fear – 4 pages in color - Gahan Wilson

- The Lonesome Boys' Ranch – 4 pages - Richard Boler – Includes 1 color illustration by Tom Tucker + Cartoons by Elan ("Choking victim") and Tom Cheney ("Is he suggesting that...")

- Photo-comic: Live from the rubber room: Emo Phillips in "A day at the park" – 2 pages - Chris Howland (Photographs)

- Soul on ice!: The untold story of the Negro Hockey League – 5 pages - Tony Kisch – Includes 3 illustrations by ?

- The bonfire of the banalities – 8 pages - Lance Contrucci – Includes 1 color illustration by ? + Cartoons by Mary Kay Brown ("Say! How come you don't use..."), Tom Cheney, Sam Gross ("Pish-pish"), and Peter C. Vey ("I had a lovely time")

 

- Comic: Evil Clown Comics – Nick Bakay + Alan Kupperberg

  Cover in color

  Fake ad: Elite marauding clown squad – 1 page

  Hollywood producer – 5 pages

 

- Hashbury Park – 7 pages - Gerard Jones – Includes 5 color illustrations by David Zung

 

Funny Pages:

- Mr. Vengance 18 ("Greetings! I am Lt. Norf...") – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson, Mike Stanfill

- Hercules amongst the North Americans: Caution, this strip contains very strong humor – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Cartoons: Tom Hachtman's double takes – 1 page – Tom Hachtman

- Freakhead from Mars – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- Sam DeGroot 21: One of only 32 private detectives in the free world in a coma ("Our staff meeting decided that...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- Trots and Bonnie ("In my previous lives, I was Cleopatra...") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

 

- The personals – 1 page - Dave Hanson

 

 

Vol. 2, #113 (February 1989)

 

- Cover – Color illustration by Alan Kupperberg

- Letters – 3 pages - Includes 1 cartoon ("Keys while u wait") by John Jonik

- Edgar Allan Poe meets Fred Astaire – ¼ page – Louis Phillips

- Comic: Men of steel and the women who love them – 1 page – Tom Cheney

- Making a mountain out of a molehill by giving it a name – 1/3 page – Dave Hanson, Frank LaPosta Visco, Diane Giddis

- Drinking tips and other war stories – 2 pages - Michael Simmons – Includes cartoons by Tom Cheney ("Carrot juice...") and John Caldwell (Mob shrink)

- Nerdysomething, or, The tragedy of the regular guy-ism – 2 pages - John Podhoretz – Includes 1 illustration by ? + 1 cartoon ("It's shit, all right...") by Sam Gross

- True Facts – 4 pages - John Bendel

- True Facts reporter – 3 pages - John Bendel – Includes 6 illustrations by Rick Geary

- My life as a turkey – 2 pages - Will Durst – Includes 1 illustration by Peter Kuper

- Yellow Journal – 4 pages

- Cartoons: Mike and Robin: A modern romance – 5 pages - Rick Meyerowitz, Buddy Hickerson, Jim Bennett, Jeff Wong, Tom Hachtman

- Rolling Stone – 7 pages- Nick Bakay, Tony Kisch, The Editors – Includes photographs by Tom Grimes + 3 illustrations by Paul Corio (Records)

- Short story: My cousin Leopold – 5 pages - Mark Walters – Includes 1 color illustration by Edison Girard + Cartoons by Mary Kay Brown ("I may have to cut this short..."), Tom Cheney ("The nail! Hit the nail!" and "It's a new technique")

- The naked truth – 3 pages - Larry Sloman & Ed Subitzky – Includes photographs by Harry Heleotis

- The Michael Deaver apologias – 2 pages - Andy Simmons

- Surprise poster #141: Fake movie poster: National Lampoon's permanent vacation – 2 pages - Isaac Luria + Color illustration by Patrick Piggott

- How to tell a joke – 3 pages - Richard Belzer

- Comic: The Appletons ("Hello, dear reader!") – 4 pages in color - B.K. Taylor

- Latchkey – 5 pages - Andy Simmons – Includes photographs by Tom Grimes

- Cartoons: Man in toilet (A National Lampoon twentieth anniversary greatest hit) – 2 pages - Charles Rodrigues

- Game to den – 4 pages - Hart Seely – Includes 7 illustrations by Steve Sweny

- Photo-comic: The last temptation of Gilbert Gottfried – 2 pages – Gilbert Gottfried + Chris Howland (Photographs)

- Art Linkletter says the darndest things – 2 pages - Jeffrey Cohen – Includes 1 illustration by Jeff Wong + 1 cartoon by Peters

- Cartoons: That's it! The very last condom cartoons – 2 pages - Sam Gross

- Diarrhetics – 5 pages - Nick Bakay – Includes 1 color illustration by Joe Coleman + a 4-panel comic ("The bad stuff") by ?

 

Funny Pages:

- Mr. Vengance 19 ("Yeah, I got a ax...") – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson

- Claire's lunch – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- Cartoons: Tom Hachtman's double takes – 1 page – Tom Hachtman

- He goes to the movies – 1 page – M. Cohen

- Hercules amongst the North Americans ("There is a point in each demigod's life...") – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Trots and Bonnie ("We're tired of sending you...") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

- Sam DeGroot 22: One of only 41 private detectives in the free world in a coma ("...Hmmmmm, midnight...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

 

- The book of answers – 2 pages - Timothy Murphy – Includes a ½ page comic ("Even the flutter of tiny wings...") by ?

- The personals – 1 page - Dave Hanson

 

 

Vol. 2, #114 (April 1989)

A salute to modern mediocrity

 

- Cover – Color photograph by George Bogart

- Editorial – 3 pages – Includes 1 cartoon ("Couch potato crisis #47") by Tom Cheney

- Letters – 3 pages – Includes cartoons by Sam Gross ("Roach Hotel"), Tom Cheney ("Oh, wow, like where do you get your ideas?")

- New York neighborHos – 2/3 pages – Dave Hanson, Diane Giddis

- Cartoon ("Mrs. Jones has changed her mind") – ½ page – Thomas

- Drinking tips and other war stories – 1 page - Michael Simmons – Includes 1 cartoon ("So, would anyone in the group...") by Tom Cheney

- Photo-comic: Foto Funnies – 1 page

- True Facts – 4 pages - John Bendel

- True Facts reporter – 3 pages - John Bendel – Includes 6 illustrations by Rick Geary

- The Elvis detector – 1 page - Kenneth A. Leach – Includes 2 illustrations by Peter Fasolino

- Yellow Journal – 4 pages

- Dan Quayle presents: A guide to modern mediocrity – 12 pages - Dave Hanson, Andy Simmons – Includes illustrations by Adam Kubert, Anastasia Vasilakis (Dream match-up)

- The bad haircut – 4 pages - Richard Boler – Includes 1 color illustration by Paul Corio + Cartoons by Peter C. Vey ("Hi – I'm not here...") and Tom Cheney ("Sperm bank")

- Comic: Who screwed Roger Rarebit – 3 pages - Larry Sloman + Randy Jones (Drawings) + Harry Heleotis (Photographs)

- The Olde Sandusky Lard Barn – 4 pages - Nick Bakay – Includes photographs byTom Grimes + 1 illustration by Paul Corio

- Short story: Fred! – 5 pages - Hart Seely, Tom Peyer – Includes 5 illustrations by J.D. King

- Comic: Strange girl – 4 pages in color - Buddy Hickerson

- J. Danforth Quayle tells you how to enjoy the depression of the nineties – 4 pages - Gerard Jones – Includes illustrations by Steve Sweny

- Gilbert Gottfried proudly presents: The Tawana Brawley do-it-yourself-at-home kit – 2 pages – Gilbert Gottfried

- The history of the stick figure – 3 pages - Andy Simmons

- Comic: The assassination of St. Geraldo – 5 pages - Tony Kisch & The Editors + Frank Springer

- Putz!: The autobiography of Albert Goldman – 3 pages - Larry Sloman – Includes a ½ page comic ("Last time you'll remember...") by ?

- Comic: Duke's Diner – 4 pages - George Barkin + Alan Kupperberg

- Robert Zitzer: The forgotten unknown genius of TV – 7 pages - Larry Sloman & Ed Subitzky – Includes 2 illustrations by Alan Kupperberg

- Are you a homo? (A National Lampoon twentieth anniversary greatest hit) – 3 pages - John Weidman – Includes 1 illustration by Stan Mack

 

Funny Pages:

- Hercules amongst the North Americans: Some of Hercules's favorite bumper stickers – 1 page – Mark Marek

- Cartoon ("Woman with unruly kids") – ½ page – Tom Cheney

- Photo-comic: Foto Funnies – 1 page

- Trots and Bonnie ("Please make me a man") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

- Sam DeGroot 23: One of only 71 private detectives in the free world in a coma ("Mr. de Groot, can you hear me?") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- He goes to the bank – 1 page – M. Cohen

- Cartoons: Tom Hachtman's double takes – 1 page – Tom Hachtman

 

- Things you should'nt say to a woman... after you've just made love – ½ page – Dave Wielgus

- The personals – 1 page - Dave Hanson

 

 

Vol. 2, #115 (June 1989)

Summer sex

 

- Cover – Color photograph by John Duke Kisch

- Editorial – 3 pages – Includes 1 cartoon ("Ingemar has always marched...") by Sam Gross

- Letters – 3 pages - Includes 1 cartoon ("The victim's last meal was spinach quiche") by Tom Cheney

- In a perfect world... – ½ page – Richard Boler

- What I did today by Vice President J. Danforth Quayle – 2 pages - Andy Simmons – Includes cartoons by Tom Cheney ("What if I was to give you a choice, Helen") and Dan Collins ("Great Scott, it's Colonel Mustard...")

- War stories – 2 pages - Michael Simmons – Includes cartoon ("No shoes, no shirt, no salvation") by Dan Collins

- Making a mountain out of a molehill by giving it a name – 1/3 page – Dave Hanson, Frank LaPosta Visco, Diane Giddis

- True Facts – 4 pages - John Bendel

- True Facts reporter – 3 pages - John Bendel – Includes 6 illustrations by Rick Geary

- One shot: Why are people so self-centered? – 1 page - Ed Bluestone – Includes 1 cartoon by ?

- Yellow Journal – 4 pages

 

- Comic: Evil Clown Comics

  Cover in color – Alan Kupperberg

  Fake ad: Don't be a patsy with dimples in you butt!! – 1 page - ?

  Blood and sand – 5 pages - Nick Bakay + Alan Kupperberg

 

- Short story: Earl's biceps – 5 pages - Mark Walters – Includes 1 color illustration by Barry Jackson

- Morty's summer (going out of business) garage sale – 4 pages -The Editors – Includes color photographs by Tom Grimes

- Where the girls are: A guide to the hot spots and scenes – 6 pages - Gerald Sussman

- The altarpiece of secularism – 4 pages in color – Written & illustrated in color by Ron Barrett

- Ben Wa's lucky garden – 4 pages - Kenneth Kosek – Includes illustrations by Ted Enik + Photographs by Tom Grimes

- Wang Beat – 5 pages - Dave Wielgus – Includes illustrations by Paul Corio

- Cartoons: Sons-of-the-beaches – 4 pages - Charles Rodrigues

- The no-minds next door: Development of adolescent group ideology among the "idiot teens" of Jerry's Corners, New York – 8 pages – Chris Marcil & Sam Johnson – Includes a ½ page comic (The Brookhaven senior prom human sacrifice ritual as drawn by Ringo) by Alan Kupperberg + Photographs by Harry Heleotis

- Comic: The Appletons: The lost episode – 3 pages - B.K. Taylor

- Photo-comic: Gilbert Gottfried presents: Crucifixion and the single man – 2 pages - Gilbert Gottfried + Harry Heleotis (Photographs)

- The Gerry Sussman baseball abstract – 4 pages - Gerald Sussman

- Surprise poster #823: Bottomless Beach – 2 pages in color - Andy Simmons + Patrick Pigott (Illustration)

- The men in your life compromised – 2 pages - Debra Rabas – Includes photographs by Tom Grimes

- Rent-a-satirist (A National Lampoon twentieth anniversary greatest hit) – 3 pages – P.J. O'Rourke, Lisa Lenovitz

 

Funny Pages:

- Big woman – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson

- Frank and Bill and the Indian Ocean – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

- Sam DeGroot 24: One of only 38 private detectives in the free world in a coma ("Would you like some warm milk...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- Cartoons: Tom Hachtman's double takes – 1 page – Tom Hachtman

- Trots and Bonnie ("Pretend you don't know me, Bonnie") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

- Stories from Uncle Kunta 5 ("Molly and Todd have come to visit Uncle Kunta") – 1 page – B.K. Taylor

- Docu-comics 1 ("This greatest country on earth of ours...") – 1 page – Mark Marek

 

- The personals – 1 page - Dave Hanson

 

 

Vol. 2, #116 (August 1989)

 

- Cover – Color photograph by George Bogart

- Letters – Includes new title drawing by Ross MacDonald

- Clean fill wanted – ¼ page – Kenneth A. Leach

- Split definitives – ¼ page – Howard Richler

- War stories – 2 pages - Michael Simmons – Includes new title drawing by Ross MacDonald + 1 cartoon ("The worms were cold...") by ?

- Cartoon ("Now I'm going to ask each leaf...") – ½ page – Smith?

- What I did today by Dan Quayle – 1 page - Andy Simmons – Includes 1 title drawing by Ross MacDonald + 1 cartoon ("I'll take it") by Tom Cheney

- One shot: You ate my love – 1 page - Kenneth Kosek – Includes 1 title drawing by Ross MacDonald

- True Facts – 3 pages - John Bendel – Includes new title drawing by Ross MacDonald

- True Facts reporter – 3 pages - John Bendel – Includes new title drawing by Ross MacDonald + 6 illustrations by Rick Geary

- Yellow Journal – 5 pages

- Short story: The foreign exchange student – 7 pages - Chris Miller – Includes 1 color illustration by Jeanette Adams + 3 black & white illustrations by Jeanette Adams + 1 cartoon ("In case of fire") by Ford Button

- True Facts: The best of the eighties – 40 pages - John Bendel

- Comic: Taxi to terror – 1 page in color – Rick Geary

- Comic: True animal facts (Reprinted from the August 1985 issue) – 2 pages in color – B.K. Taylor

- Comic: Trots and Bonnie: Truly outstanding women – 5 pages in color – Shary Flenniken

- Illustrations: Great moments in rock history – Wendy Grossman (Title illustration), Jim Bennett (Elvis is spotted at a supermarket in Kalamazoo), Barry Jackson (Buddy Holly pulls the ace of spades and the Big Bopper and Richie Valens fold), Steve Haefele (Jerry Lee Lewis meets his future bride in the schoolyard), Jeff Wong (The Bush-Atwater Blues Band debuts), Sara Schwartz (Madonna grants the Pope an audience)

- Wandering Dingleberries Vol. 1 – 4 pages - Larry Sloman, Nick Bakay – Includes 1 color illustration by Arthur Thompson (Wandering Dingleberries album) + Illustrations by Alan Kupperberg (Storyboard for first Dingleberries video)

- I'm with the chamber ensemble: Confessions of a groupie – 5 pages - Dave Hanson – Includes photographs by Harry Heleotis + 1 cartoon ("The Holy Bible") by Tom Cheney

- The three guys – 2 pages - Michael Corcoran – Includes 1 color illustration by Kim Drew

- Wet T-shirts through the ages – 2 pages - Larry Sloman, Nick Bakay – Includes color photographs by George Bogart

- Diary of a downfall: James Brown's inner monologues: The PCP years – 5 pages - Nick Bakay – Includes 1 cartoon ("Your message in urine...") by Dan Collins

 

Funny Pages:

- Fashion police – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson

- Trots and Bonnie ("Pepsi... I think your dog may be sick") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

- Cartoons: Tom Hachtman's double takes – 1 page – Tom Hachtman

- Docu-comics 2 ("In the current climate of low sat scores...") – 1 page – Mark Marek

- The Appletons ("It's Saturday afternoon, and we find Mr. Appleton busily painting...") – 1 page – B.K. Taylor

- Sam DeGroot 25: One of only 57 paralyzed private detectives in the free world ("I don't know if I'll survive this...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- White girl sings the blues – 1 page – Mary Kay Brown

 

- The personals – 1 page - Dave Hanson

 

 

Vol. 2, #117 (October 1989)

Back to college

 

- Cover – Color illustration by Jeanette Adams

- Letters – 5 pages – Includes 1 cartoon ("August 9") by Revilo (Oliver Christianson)

- Campus database – 1 page - Larry Sloman & Ed Subitzky – Includes 1 photograph by John 'Duke' Kisch

- One shot: Citizen Mojo – 1 page - Kinky Friedman

- True Facts – 5 pages - John Bendel

- True Facts reporter – 3 pages - John Bendel – Includes 6 illustrations by Rick Geary

- Yellow Journal – 5 pages

- Short story: Lunacy – 9 pages - Chris Miller – Includes illustrations by Stanley Mouse (1 in color + 4 in black & white)

- Politenessman's return to charm – 5 pages – Written & Illustrated by Ron Barrett

- Gilbert Gottfried presents: Gratuitous nudity – 3 pages - Gilbert Gottfried – Includes photographs by Peter Bennett

- How to be an anchorperson – 4 pages - Tom Peyer, Hart Seely – Includes photographs by John Farrell + 1 cartoon ("Rinse") by Tom Cheney

- Illustration: Frontispiece (A National Lampoon twentieth anniversary greatest hit) – 1 page in color - Dan Kirk

- Short story: A dark cloud over Grundy Town – 6 pages - Nick Bakay – Includes 1 color illustration by Jim Bennett + 1 cartoon ("Dr. Monroe says") by Bud Grace

- Playboy's girls of the community colleges – 4 pages - Kenneth Kosek – Includes color photographs by John 'Duke' Kisch

- Comic: Night school – 4 pages in color - Gahan Wilson

- Sussman's 1989-1990 guide to colleges – 8 pages - Gerald Sussman

- Where it's SAT: How to beat the most difficult test you'll ever have to take – 5 pages - Larry Sloman & Ed Subitzky

- Dr. Sterling Passaic presents the freshman guide to ferreting your way into a woman's pants – 5 pages - Dave Hanson – Includes photographs by John Farrell

- Celebrity term papers – 3 pages - Tony Kisch – Includes photographs by Mark Hill – Recreations by Tom Kowal

- Comic: The Fly Brothers in Hollywood – 5 pages in color - Mary Kay Brown

- Cartoons: Unpleasant ways to die – 1 page - Elan Fleisher

 

Funny Pages:

- Latest releases – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson

- Sam DeGroot 26: One of only 19 paralyzed private detectives in the free world ("Yes, Sam, it's me, Baron Dominus...") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- The lord of Eltingville and his pal, Frank Sinatra – 1 page – Drew Friedman

- The Appletons ("It's Saturday afternoon at the Appleton home when suddenly...") – 1 page – B.K. Taylor

- Cartoons: Tom Hachtman's double takes – 1 page – Tom Hachtman

 

- The personals – 1 page - Dave Hanson

 

 

Vol. 2, #118 (December 1989)

Gala party issue

 

- Cover – Color illustration by The Dynamic Duo Studio Inc.

- Letters – 1 page - Includes 1 cartoon ("Party animal – party vegetable") by Sam Gross

- Who was better, Churchill or Roosevelt (or de Gaulle)? – ¾ page – Christopher Larson

- A new look for Aunt Jemima – 2/3 page – Illustrations by Charles Almon

- Party official's official party signals – ½ page – Bob Eckstein

- Separated at the airport? – 2/3 page – Fred Stoller

- One shot: Fat chance – 2 pages - Tony Kisch – Includes 1 cartoon ("I'm sorry you saw me, Timmy") by Nick Downes

- Elvis was the second gunman – 2 pages - Les Firestein – Includes 1 illustration by Robert de Michiell

- True Facts – 4 pages - John Bendel – Includes 1 illustration ('Tis the season to be garish) by John Figurski

- True Facts reporter – 3 pages - John Bendel – Includes 5 illustrations by John Figurski

- True Trails: Confessions of a middle act – 2 pages - Will Durst – Includes 1 title illustration by Ross MacDonald + 1 illustration by Edison Girard

- Yellow Journal – 4 pages

- The National Lampoon party issue party – 13 pages - Larry Sloman & Ed Subitzky – Includes photographs by John 'Duke' Kisch

- Short story: Tales of the Adelphian Lodge: Good sports – 7 pages - Chris Miller – Includes illustrations by James Sullivan (1 in color + 2 in black & white)

 

- Comic: Evil Clown Comics

  Color cover – Alan Kupperberg

  Fake ad: Hard core-spondance - ?

  You can't go home again! – 5 pages - Nick Bakay + Alan Kupperberg

 

- The Andy Warhol party diaries – 2 pages - Gerald Sussman

- Illustrations: Minor political parties – 4 pages in color - Robert Neubecker (Title illustration), Martin Kozlowski (The Communist Party), Randy Jones (The Neo Nazi Party), Patrick Pigott (The Right to Life Party), and George Blume (The Independent Party)

- Stream of mindlessness: Early ritual activity of the "idiot teens" of Jerry's Corners – 8 pages - Chris Marcil & Sam Johnson – Includes photographs by Harry Heleotis + a ½ page comic (The Shriner minicar chase) by Alan Kupperberg

- Comic: I, Joey Heatherton – 6 pages - Josh Alan Friedman + Drew Friedman

- 23 ways to be offensive at the funeral of someone you didn't like (A National Lampoon twentieth anniversary greatest hit) – 1 page – Ed Bluestone

- The latest party lines – 3 pages - Dave Hanson – Includes illustrations by ?

- Jane Fonda's emotional workout – 5 pages - Dave Wielgus – Includes photographs by Tom Grimes

- Short story: Make a fist, my lovely: The further adventures of Drew Blood, private phlebotomist – 4 pages - Richard Boler – Includes 1 color illustration by Doug Taylor

- Martha Stewart's entertaining the K Mart way – 3 pages - Chris Marcil – Includes color photographs by Mark Hill

 

Funny Pages:

- Bachelor cooking show – 1 page – Buddy Hickerson

- Trots and Bonnie ("What a rip-off!") – 1 page – Shary Flenniken

- The Appletons ("We find the Appleton family attending...") – 1 page – B.K. Taylor

- Cartoons: Tom Hachtman's double takes – 1 page – Tom Hachtman

- Sam DeGroot 27: One of only 26 paralyzed private detectives in the free world ("Dr. Ugatti speaks to Sam") – 1 page – Charles Rodrigues

- Ward C ("Hee hee hee ha hee") – ½ page – Tom Cheney

 

- The personals – 1 page - Dave Hanson