{"product_id":"national-lampoon-december-1971-a-heart-warming-christmas-issue-vintage-magazine","title":"National Lampoon — December 1971, \"A Heart-Warming Christmas\" Issue (Vintage Magazine)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal December 1971 issue of National Lampoon — the twenty-first issue overall and the last of the magazine’s second year. Theme: \u003cem\u003eA Heart-Warming Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e. The cover is a numbered diagram — rendered in the style of a clinical illustration or museum exhibit — depicting a thoroughly bleak holiday scene: a drunken father sprawled on the floor, a woman collapsed in bed, a street preacher holding a \u003cem\u003eREPENT\u003c\/em\u003e sign, and various figures in states of quiet despair, each assigned a number keyed to a caption below. Teasers: \u003cem\u003eThis Is Your Life…Francis Gary Powers · The Sweetest Story Ever Told · Blind-Date Comics · 5 Erotic Editorial Fantasies\u003c\/em\u003e. Original cover price: 75¢.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe numbered diagram format transforms a scene of domestic ruin into something that reads like a nature documentary — detached, precise, and deeply funny. One of the more conceptually sophisticated Christmas covers in the Lampoon’s run. Stored in a protective sleeve. Sold as found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNational Lampoon, December 1971\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheme: A Heart-Warming Christmas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover: Numbered diagram of a bleak holiday scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeasers: Francis Gary Powers · The Sweetest Story Ever Told · Blind-Date Comics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal cover price: 75¢\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecond year of publication — twenty-first issue overall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinal issue of 1971\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStored in protective sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSold as found — vintage condition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Foundry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47254418751677,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/7801\/3117\/files\/IMG_8181_4578a1ea-db17-43c3-bab8-c2f994a70f3b.jpg?v=1783019604","url":"https:\/\/thefoundryhlc.com\/products\/national-lampoon-december-1971-a-heart-warming-christmas-issue-vintage-magazine","provider":"The Foundry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}