Popular Post OtherEric Posted March 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2022 Found at my local store today. For a title created by Joe Simon that ran 134 issues, you sure don't see this one around very much at all. I've wanted an issue or three for a long time to see what it was like. oakman29, Jayman, Randall Dowling and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jayman Posted March 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2022 A terrific cover featuring Boris Karloff as Mord the Executioner from the film Tower of London. Morganmi, Artifiction, OtherEric and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post greggy Posted March 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2022 Randall Dowling, chevalmeow, Morganmi and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted March 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2022 In today. This gives me the first 75 issues of the series, including all the Specials that had new material in that period. Add in a scattering of later issues with various creators or features I want, and I'm calling the project done... although I reserve the right to grab stray later issues as the opportunity presents. Despite the obvious effort I've put into putting together the run I have, NatLamp remains a book I have very mixed feelings about. A lot of the humor hasn't aged well or wasn't that funny in the first place. They also had a tendency that got worse as the title went on to mistake "a willingness to offend to make a point is worth doing" for "being offensive is its own point". But at its best, the book could be absolutely hilarious and viciously, brilliantly satirical. Any magazine that had work from Neal Adams, Gahan Wilson, Arnold Roth, Vaughn Bode, Frank Frazetta, Edward Gorey, Barry Windsor-Smith, Nick Cardy, Jeffery Jones, Russ Heath, Bernie Wrightson, and tons more has to command the interest of any comic fan. And Michael Gross, no matter how he came across in interviews, really was a brilliant designer of the parodies... they may have been offensive and tasteless, but they were never crudely done. Morganmi, onlyweaknesskryptonite, Jayman and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 6:33 AM, greggy said: Pity about the subscription crease in all of these. Randall Dowling and Artifiction 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Three (3) Creepy number 62👍‼️ 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggy Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 2:15 PM, batmiesta said: Pity about the subscription crease in all of these. Sigh, it may be time to just get a new scanner batmiesta, oakman29 and Randall Dowling 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 10:46 PM, greggy said: Sigh, it may be time to just get a new scanner You can afford one. oakman29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 5:18 PM, batmiesta said: On 3/10/2022 at 4:46 PM, greggy said: Sigh, it may be time to just get a new scanner You can afford one. As someone eluded to in the scanner thread. (Especially for Greggys volume) It may be time to work on a prototype double sided scanner as that he could drastically reduce scan time. Artifiction and Randall Dowling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 5:47 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said: As someone eluded to in the scanner thread. (Especially for Greggys volume) It may be time to work on a prototype double sided scanner as that he could drastically reduce scan time. I've never even heard of such a thing. Sounds awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Legal size is nice for mag and slabs! jimjum12 and Randall Dowling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 5:56 PM, Randall Dowling said: I've never even heard of such a thing. Sounds awesome. On 3/10/2022 at 6:28 PM, Jayman said: Legal size is nice for mag and slabs! And what they were referring to is either some of the mobile scanners (that use CCD) mounted inverse of each other so they can image both sides or using two scanners similar to the one above, but removing the lid and using the second as a top that could be lowered to scan both side. I too think it is a neat concept. Randall Dowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/11/2022 at 12:28 AM, Jayman said: Legal size is nice for mag and slabs! What's the illegal size? jimjum12, Stevemmg and Randall Dowling 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 8:21 PM, batmiesta said: What's the illegal size? ThothAmon, Randall Dowling and batmiesta 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 8:34 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said: It's shocking how much that looks like @Stevemmg.. oakman29, onlyweaknesskryptonite and Stevemmg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 9:14 PM, Randall Dowling said: It's shocking how much that looks like @Stevemmg.. It is Chris Hansen from to catch a predator Randall Dowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 9:21 PM, batmiesta said: What's the illegal size? One that doesn’t give you enough area for those large books! chevalmeow, jimjum12 and batmiesta 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post greggy Posted March 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 13, 2022 chevalmeow, Stevemmg, onlyweaknesskryptonite and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 4:51 PM, OtherEric said: In today. This gives me the first 75 issues of the series, including all the Specials that had new material in that period. Add in a scattering of later issues with various creators or features I want, and I'm calling the project done... although I reserve the right to grab stray later issues as the opportunity presents. Despite the obvious effort I've put into putting together the run I have, NatLamp remains a book I have very mixed feelings about. A lot of the humor hasn't aged well or wasn't that funny in the first place. They also had a tendency that got worse as the title went on to mistake "a willingness to offend to make a point is worth doing" for "being offensive is its own point". But at its best, the book could be absolutely hilarious and viciously, brilliantly satirical. Any magazine that had work from Neal Adams, Gahan Wilson, Arnold Roth, Vaughn Bode, Frank Frazetta, Edward Gorey, Barry Windsor-Smith, Nick Cardy, Jeffery Jones, Russ Heath, Bernie Wrightson, and tons more has to command the interest of any comic fan. And Michael Gross, no matter how he came across in interviews, really was a brilliant designer of the parodies... they may have been offensive and tasteless, but they were never crudely done. National Lampoon were smart👍‼️ They knew a sexy cover issue would sell❤️👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 On 3/13/2022 at 9:34 AM, greggy said: Pretty sure these are both Jim Starlin covers, got to say I like the first rendition the best. Jordysnordy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
