131. Tribal Construction Workers Comic

December 11, 2008

Q: I am pretty sure there was NL issue that was dedicated to a collection of different sorts of cartoons. One of the cartoons that comes to mind is a high-rise constriction site where all the construction workers are Native Americans who battle rival tribes who are constructing skyscrapers across the street. Another is a WWII Japanese propaganda poster that shows a Samurai Warrior standing in a kamikaze (zero) that is about to crash onto the deck of an American aircraft carrier. The US soldiers all look like devils and one of them is holding a hot dog bun with a baby inside of it. Does this ring a bell at all?

A: The first item was not from that issue. Carol (once again) provides the answer for the first item: “It’s a comic called ‘Trail of Tiers’, written by Brian McConnachie and drawn by Nick Cardy in the Nov 75 (Work) issue. It was reprinted in Best Of #7.” Thanks, Carol!

The second one is from a mock WWII Japanese propaganda comic book from a special issue called “National Lampoon Presents The Very Large Book of Comical Funnies” (1975). The “poster” you remember is the cover of the mock comic.

Comments

Tribal construction workers? Dead easy! It's a comic called 'Trail of Tiers', written by Brian McConnachie and drawn by Nick Cardy in the Nov 75 (Work) issue. It was reprinted in Best Of #7.

—Carol

December 11, 2008 8:22 pm

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