Dec 1984 NATIONAL LAMPOON Magazine X-Women, Dune Parody, Body Paint Suit

December 1984. This issue includes a mutant spoof, "The X-Women," with art by Frank Springer, and an excerpt from the Lampoon's parody of Dune, "Doon." Stories and art by Sean Kelly, Kevin Curran, Shary Flenniken, Bill Griffith, Ralph Reese, and B.K. Taylor. Additionally, it features letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. This was the first issue edited by longtime National Lampoon backer and film producer Matty Simmons. Intended for mature readers. 92 pages. The bodypaint cover predates the infamous Demi Moore Vanity Fair cover by eight years.

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NATIONAL LAMPOON

During the magazine's most successful years, parody of every kind was a mainstay; surrealist content was also central to its appeal. Almost all the issues included long text pieces, shorter written pieces, a section of actual news items (dubbed "True Facts"), cartoons and comic strips. Most issues also included "Foto Funnies" or fumetti. The result was an unusual mix of intelligent, cutting-edge wit, combined with some crass, bawdy jesting.[1] In both cases,  National Lampoon humor often pushed far  beyond the boundaries of what  was generally considered appropriate and acceptable. As co-founder Henry Beard described the experience years later: "There was this big door that said, 'Thou shalt not.' We touched it, and it fell off its hinges."

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