Word: lampooner
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...Lampoon cartoons, McClelland developed an incredible distinctiveness of style which is notable for a young artist. When one sees a McClelland cartoon, one knows it without reading his name...
...interjections) enrich this poster. Plump black letters which form a compositionally important triangle read "Hundreds of boys across the sea: everything for democracy." The Boggie--an all-line quasi-doggie--stops at this poster before moving on to McClelland's Bayeux Tavestry, a facetious tapestry he designed for the Lampoon...
Contrary to rumor, Lampoon editors and ROTC cadets will be accepted in the competition, if they wish to learn how to write, photograph, or sell advertising for the collegiate daily, the source said...
...that there's no humor in this month's issue (at $.50, the Lampoon has at least as many laughs as 5 issues of the New York Times, though it's not as good for starting fires), or that every bit of subtlety inevitably leaves a trail of squashed jokes behind it (as the more-tasteless-than-ever Audio Lab ad on the back cover graphically shows, there are times when an appeal to animal emotions gets nauseating). But there does seem to be an inherent confusion of purpose in the Lampoon's approach to its role as "humor magazine...
...first and last pieces in the Turkey issue show the two poles of the current Poonie identity crisis. A purported ad placed by "Gershon Rolnick" is at the end, protesting the Lampoon's anti-contraception march last month. Even though the whole thing smacks a bit of self-congratulatory free publicity for clever pranks, the ad is funny, and one suspects that the Poonies' hearts lie with this kind of straight-joke appeal...