National Lampoon Magazine #36
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Remember the Good Old Days?" is a striking, surreal short story from National Lampoon Magazine #36 (1981), written and illustrated entirely by Charlie Rodrigues. The tale follows Blind Bob, whose sudden return of sight after a gunshot leaves him facing a terrifying truth about the woman he once knew—Deirdre—whose face proves too much to bear. With a stark, hand-drawn style and a darkly comic edge, Rodrigues crafts a disquieting exploration of perception and memory, all on the cover of a 2.00 USD magazine from 1981.
Blind Bob wakes up in the hospital after a stray bullet from a policeman—fleeing Deirdre’s hideous face—strikes him, suddenly granting him sight. He rushes to see her, only to be blinded again by what he sees.
In "null," Bert is committed to Byberry Hospital for the Hopelessly Insane by his father, Dad McHenry, only to undergo shock treatment that unexpectedly unlocks a hidden genius—though just what that means remains shrouded in mystery.
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Reprinted in At Home with Rick Geary: Collected Stories 1977-85 #[nn] (1985), Pox #9/1987 (1987), Housebound with Rick Geary #[nn] (1991), Rick Geary: The Lampoon Years 1979-1992 #[nn] (2012)
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