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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

A Selection of Harvard Lampoon Illustrations From the 1990s

My sister, being smarter than me, went to Harvard. Somewhere along the line, picking at the crumbs of her Ivy League education, I managed to glean a few copies of the Harvard Lampoon from the mid-90s, which I recently rediscovered in a box.

Since getting the entirety of their archives online doesn't seem to be a priority (as opposed to, say, getting their ass kicked by The Onion, College Humor, and, shit, 4chan in any objective measure of humor quotient and cultural influence), I scanned in a few of the more interesting illustrations -- the full set, which I'll probably be adding to, is on Flickr: Harvard Lampoon Illustrations from the 1990s.

First, a few items I'd photocopied (in the pre-digital era) for wall decorations:

superhero-comix-push-button
Superhero comic strip parody, Vol 182, Issue 3 (Fall, 1992): "Got to push the button before Dr. Bad Guy destroys the planet! Gotta do it! Gotta do it!"

davinci-vitruvian-man
Vol. 180, #2 (Dec, 1989): Bunny ears parody of DaVinci's Vitruvian Man.

wonderful-treasure-light-bulb
Vol. 182, Issue #4 (Winter, 1992): "The Wonderful Treasure in Every Light Socket Which You Can Get Out With a Fork."

Next, a couple of items from the Lampoon's Monday Poster Series:

animal-mondays-irrelevant
Vol. 180, #2 (Dec, 1989): "As an animal, Mondays are irrelevant to me."

stupid-embarrassed
Vol. 180, #2 (Dec, 1989): "When you are stupid, you do not get embarrassed."

Another comic:

dr-tom-batchelders-self-improvement
Vol. 182, Issue #4 (Winter, 1992): "Dr. Tom Batchelder's Instant Self-Improvement Courses"

Lastly, here's not an illustration, but an actual advertisement, for some upstart humor publication at some podunk state school that will never amount to anything:

onion-ad
Vol. 183, Issue #4 (February, 1994): Subscribe to the Onion.

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2 Comments:

  • Yo Dave its ya fra' Marco. haven't seen you at Geno's and was just checkn on u. You still gettin smoochy wit that short hare tinerello? Get backs!!/

    -M.

    By Anonymous MarcoBones, At 2/13/2010 9:55 PM  

  • Dave told me to tell you to stop bothering him. And also to get to the clinic, because that short hare tinerello... well, just get to the clinic.

    By Blogger Joelogon, At 2/23/2010 11:38 PM  

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