I was a young man when I saw this on the stands, and a rather hypermasculine guy I had a crush on saw it and laughed. It set my mind racing...
The style of the art looks like Norman Rockwell, but it isn't, it's some illustrator who was doing covers for the lampoon at that time. Beautifully meticulous work.
wow...first time I have ever seen this! thanks for sharing this one :-)!
ReplyDeleteThe artist for the National Lampoon fraternity paddling cover is Louis Glanzman
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mike. I hadn't heard of him but a quick search shows he was an extraordinary painter/illustrator in a range of styles and subjects. I really admire some of the mid-20th century artists who did sci-fi and western paperback covers and comics. He also did a lot of portraits and historical paintings, it appears.
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