''National Lampoon Comics'' was an American book, an anthology of
comics
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate ...
; it was published in 1974 in paperback. Although it is to all appearances a book, it was apparently considered to be a special edition of
''National Lampoon'' magazine. (The book is described on the first page as being "Vol I, No. 7 in a series of special editions published three times a year".)
The anthology contained material that had been published in the magazine from 1970 to 1974. There is a 13-page ''
Mad'' magazine parody, various photo funnies (
fumetti
Photo comics are a form of sequential storytelling that uses photographs rather than illustrations for the images, along with the usual comics conventions of narrative text and word balloons containing dialogue. They are sometimes referred to ...
) and many comics from the "Funny Pages" section of the magazine, including artwork by
Charles Rodrigues
Charles Rodrigues (September 29, 1926 – June 14, 2004) was an American cartoonist perhaps best known as a contributor to '' National Lampoon''.
Rodrigues was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts; his father came from Madeira, Portugal and his mot ...
,
Vaughn Bodé
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*Vaughn, California, former name of Bodfish, California
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Name
*Vaughn (surname) ...
,
Shary Flenniken,
Jeff Jones,
Gahan Wilson,
M. K. Brown
M. K. Brown is an American cartoonist and painter whose work has appeared in many publications, including '' National Lampoon'' (1972-1981), ''Mother Jones'', ''Wimmen's Comix'', ''The New Yorker'', ''Playboy, among others.'' She has written seve ...
,
Randy Enos,
Bobby London
Robert "Bobby" London (born June 29, 1950) is an American underground comix and mainstream comics artist. His style evokes the work of early American cartoonists like George Herriman and Elzie Crisler Segar.
Biography
As a child, London was "pen ...
,
Ed Subitzky.
Stan Mack and
Joe Orlando
Joseph Orlando (April 4, 1927 – December 23, 1998) was an Italian American illustrator, writer, editor and cartoonist during a lengthy career spanning six decades. He was the associate publisher of '' Mad'' and the vice president of DC Comics, ...
.
References
Details of the contents page on Mark's Very Large National Lampoon Site
Comics
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate ...
1974 books
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