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for
up a HUM-
the next

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EDITOR — HARVEY KURTZMAN MANAQER — HARRY CHESTER ASST. EDITORS — JACK DAVIS. WILL ELDER, AL JAFFEE.
ARNOLD ROTH CONTRIBUTORS — BLECHMAN, ROQER PRICE LARRY SIEQEL J SWIFT TRUMP.
—

Oh yes — it's too much.

MAN - WE'RE books — a feeling of beatness creeps
BEAT!
will degenerate , . .. There are some
through our satirical veins and capil- types of magazines which are at their
Radiation has got us beat.
laries and we think how George S. best only when they are intimate and
The levelling-off period has got us beat. Kaufman once said, "Satire is some- subtle . . . The 15c Humbug was perfect

Satire has got us beat.

thing that closes Saturday night", and in every respect if you need money —
we wonder what day it is and we turn that keep the old format and
badly,
1953 — We started MAD magazine for to our mail-box to the letters of the raise the price to 25c. I'll gladly pay it
a comic-book publisher and we did some rather than have another Life-size mag
pretty good satire and it sold very well. cluttering up the house You still . . .

1956 —
We started TRUMP magazine
print the best satire in the country.
— McConnell
(see pg. 31) and we worked much J.
Durham, N. C.
harder and we did much better satire
and we sold much worse.
. . . Another crumy magazine like

1957 — We started HUMBUG maga- yours has 48 pages, compared to your

zine and we worked hardest of all and 32 for the same expensive price of 25c.
turned out the very best satire of all, You better have 48 pages next issue or
which of course now sells the very else. — Tony Ames
worst of all. Phoenix, Arizona

We stated to our readers in HUMBUG Crumy? — ed.

#1, page 1, quote: "We won’t write for Hoo-Hah on your first enlarged edi-
morons. We won't do anything just to tion; it’s great stuff man. Elder and
get laughs. We won't be dirty. We Us Davis now have some work to do. There
won’t be grotesque. We
won't be in bad are still some improvements though:
taste. We won't sell magazines." other beat ones from all over the land. 1 — Thicken the magazine to 4,000

Humbug has no! let it’s readers down! And here is what they are saying: pages.

NEW FORMAT 2 — Take the chicken out of the fat

And now ... as they throw rocks ink. Criminy Dutch

at Vice President Nixon ... as space
Dear Editor Harvey Kurtzman: — Wayne D. Komer
gets cluttered with missiles . . and
. No! NO! NO! ! Humbug was so Ontario, Canada

as our names are carefully removed nice and simple and effective in the
from our work in MAD pocket- 15c edition —
now the new 25c version ... I am glad your mag had a face-

<ra*s&*n)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
RANDAN 3 TV TITLES II PORTRAIT OF THE WEST 84

HUMBUi; HOLIDAY ALBUM 5 WHO GETS KILLED 14 GULLIVERS TRAVELS 26

JUDO 6 MUSCLE MAGAZINES 15 BLECHMAN 2V

RACING FANS 7 OLD PRINTS IV CONFORMISTS :»

FILTERS 10 THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER. . 22 TRUMP 31
lifting. It was hard straining my eyes nothing I have ever read before . . .
As I understand it. Humbug is an
to find it on the newsstands . . . You should have that story published adult humor magazine specializing in
— Norman Triglia
• Jr. in book form ... Bill Cheely — satire. As such it shouldn't be required
New York, N. Y. Cleveland, Ohio. to limit its humor to the grade-school

comic book level as another similar

I hope your magazine won't be too magazine has chosen to do. On the
adult for my cute little niece. She is contrary it should strive to appeal more
24 . . . — Joanne Surasky to adults.
As for Humbug's recent actions be-
Philadelphia, Pa.
ing labeled "not in good taste" — any
CRITICISM AND PRAISE student of humor can tell you that

You are a disgrace to the entire humor and especially satire is not meant
satiremagazine industry. You have used to be in "good taste".
photographs! ... I may sound harsh, John Dryden aptly said, "The true
but we like art, no photos. Please. end of satire is the amendment of vices
— Larry Weiss by correction. And he who writes hon-

Los Angeles, Cal. estly is no more an enemy

to the of-
fender than the physician to the patient,
... I will laugh as loud and as long when he prescribes harsh remedies to
as anyone else when reading your maga- an inveterate disease".
zine until you bring in religion and The greatest vice of our time is that
place it up to possible ridicule. I am people take themselves too seriously.
Roman Catholic by religion and two Americans are no longer willing to
things I saw in your magazine I DID laugh at themselves . . .

NOT LIKE. One, the drawing of the

Page 24 — Dell Mortimer
monk and second, the drawing of the Houston, Texas
. . pages 23, 24, 31 were some of the
Holy See. These were apparently put in .

best you ever printed.

for laughs as was everything else on pomber kimet
that page. I now speak for approx-
— Stanley Friedenburg
. .

with smlonys.
. It's all
—
to clear
Lokraska Myilkadoit
Rego Park, N. Y.
imately 150 members of the A.V.M.C., Mikobg
in Baltimore, who saw, disliked and
will stop buying if it continues.
... 1 removed page 24, framed it,
Enclosed a snapshot of myself. I
is
"Snow White Snow
— Jack Malstrom titled
Storm" ...
it in
— Richard Chylla
a
am forming a club for teenagers with
Baltimore, Md. cruddy minds. "We read Humbug" club
Utica, Michigan

Oly things
is for
C is f °r
that
In
Humbug,

(if they
the letter
I
column of the
discovered
were either very subtle
were real ones) were
several
latest
letters
satire
positively
or

ILm.
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^ i
sickening! Both were from irate mothers
who
Humbug
were threatening

perance and Book Burning Clubs.

Humbug dared to characterize a fam-
ous painting of a nude. And horrors of
horrors that "dirty
to
before their Local Ladies
condemn

book” also dared

Tem-

Lokraska Renicke
Disliked
to lampoon the maudling overdone will do . . .
— Renicke Splud
story of "little Benny Hooper". Cer Fort Worth, Texas
Your article on pages 23, 24, 25 and tainly we are all glad to see him saved.
31 of the May Humbug has long been But we also get rather sick and tired
needed. Never before has the American of seeing his picture plastered across The voice of So. California speaks.

freedom of the press been truly real- the front page of every newspaper in We are sick and tired of people writing
the country for several months after to you and condeming your (and our)

his rescue. And by the same token, after magazine because this or that is in bad
In our town several stores that sold
taste. Phooey! We want Humbug to be
Humbug have been burnt down .... about the 86th time, we begin to tire
— Robert J. Mathery of seeing television emcees fawning as corrupt as possible
— Tom
. . .

Eccleson
Wood River, 111. over him and giving him wrist watches
and rocking horses, while asking him, El Centro, Calif.

I read that story in your May issue "What did you think about down
of Humbug, you were right, it was like there?” letters continued on page 47
 MOVIES

RANDAN
This Japanese science-fiction thriller with English
dubbed in, has shattered all theatre records, be-

cause though it may not be the best science-fiction

film, it’s the noisiest . . . and that's what shatters

the records. The story starts in a small Japanese

mining town where the air is full of evil omens.

(Go, Shiguru! The II— Fights arej There is (The TThe ISesu My THediekilAi Hi! Anything evil happening down here?
need an engineer breaking an evil [sounds coal (broke arth- llost his Iwhat
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out amongstl smell in sound jlooksja mir- ritis Irabbit's levil No! We've had a lovely day. But there'!
in the shaft. It
omens! men the shaft! levil ! jevil! jror. hurtsllfoot! lomens! mine in the next town.
trouble in the

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monster out to speed with proper l

of the pro- construct cur-
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wing-flap, will create [- that dumb
historic rents of air to supersonic shock-waves
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past! destroy the city! 1 of hurricane intensity ...

Gentle- I From Shiguru’s observations, it Therefore, it has halchcd-and because

men! Well is clear the monster bird is a of the A bomb, it can now fly thru the
prehistoric Randan, long buried stratosphere with Atomic power— because
|
in an egg. After millions of of its Atomified muscles. Which proves
I years its dormant life juice's flu- they shouldn't have dropped the Atom
t metabolism have been bomb and all Atom bombs should be got-
ted by the Atom bomb. ten rid of because they are no good.
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 V SPORTS,/]

RACINQ FANS
The sophisticated Sport of Kings attracts the world’s most sophisticated and well-mannered people.
These pictures capture the spirit at the track during that magnificent moment of truth when the horses cross the
line— proving that the greatest excitement in sport is created by animals
finish . .as they watch the horses go by.
.
J * U D O
Lessons in this practical sport
* *
Here are useful Judo lessons for Humbug read-
ers. The science of Judo, you know, cancels
out physical advantage, i. e., a little lady who
knows Judo can beat up a big Marine — unless
the Marine also knows Judo— in which case the
little lady had better not start up with him.

OVERHEAD FLING VITAL SPOT

if |P
Man
the
with a club attacks
girl from behind.
With a lightning motion
she grabs his club hand.

SIP
Natural leverage puts hint
in position for wrist-flip.
SI
Then, with a quick, sim-
ple toss, he is disarmed.
 FOLLOW THROUGH SIDE-HAND SLASH

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PRACTICAL APPLICATION - JUDO AS DEFENSE IN PICTURES OF ACTUAL HOLD-UP!

Robber with gun holds up She never learned Judo with As club descends, womai Then she , .hinml This
.

defenseless (hah) woman, guns — asks he use club. turns for "overhead-fling. crook doesn't know Judo!

She quickly applies one This robber, obviousI, Woman now deftly applies
finger jab to "vital-spot. tlcklisl a quick " finger-twist

i final strength, she -then applies sudden full. Crook is knocked out. /
says shoe-lace is untied— fisted uppercut to the ;'i other example, proving Nothing can beat Judo.
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MEDICINE

-up shows working diagram of filter-tip, illustrating frustration smoke faces trying to get thru.

report on cigarette In the beginning - smoke was enjoyed by

everybody.
Then came medical tests, and worried people stopped
smoking. Then came the filter-tip which filtered out harm-
fulsmoke. But then, without smoke, smoking wasn’t fun

FILTER TIPS —so then came stronger tobacco. —Now people have their
and their smoke and everything is all right again
filters
 TELEVISION
However — new' horizons

TV. beckoned. A still further

technique was introduced
to intrigue the viewer,
and to hold him for the
more important part .

the heart of the program

. .

TITLES mainly the commercial!

(Theme up, dramatically played . . .)

Notice how this style is

Let ustake note of a vital, basically the same cliff-
yetseldom talked about hanger technique that
element of a television made Flash Gordon chap-
show the t.v. title. TV
. . . ters famous. However, it
title-makers today are wasn’t until recently that
unsung heroes, much as tin; king-size cliff-hanger
movie title-makers . . . was introduced to us . .

Working modestly, they

evolve new techniques,
the latest of which, we
show here. But first, we’d
like to point out that time
was when a title would ap-
pear as a prelude to a tele-
play in this manner . . .

(Drum roll, blending into (heme music) (Sounds: Guffawing — glasses tinkling)

(Theme up .. . dramatically played . .

.)
"Now gel out of Lunkville an stay out
We don't like strangers in Lttnkville!

Naturally, by now, you

and the program have
now blended into one,
and you’re too happy to
watch the commercial
which follows the title.
How far — we wonder can
they move the titles up?
I hale strangers, don't you, boys

I especially hr.

Mary Lou?’

Tasmaniar
 "Paw, Tasmanians kidnapped my boy."

"I hale all Tasmanians! String him up!"

"Wail! He's innocent!" "It's Mary Lou!" "This station Is now going off the air—

Oh how wrong have I been, son, hating

Ta t —The message is very clear
and / can see how it applies to the
whole social and political scene. I sud-
denly realize the importance of trial by
jury and the unfairness of mob psychol-
ogy, and they shouldn't lynch you alone
for being Tasmanian — for I know / too
am Tasmanian — I know the just thing
is — They should lynch us both!
Co ahead son . . . violate . . . that is,

what I mean to say is like, buy Mary

Lou all the violets you want ." . . . of the freeeee." (Drums and theme
MOM HAS TWO FOI NE SONS . . . and "you know who" gels killed.

UNDER THE BIO TOP , . . and “you know who” gets killed.
 PRESS

MUSCLE
magazines Whol to do
about the
CHARLIE
You may have a good sense of humor, hut HORSE I

do you have muscles?

If you are weak and flabby like us, per-
haps you should invest your money in the
‘muscle,’ rather than the ‘humor’ magazine.
THE MAGAZINE FOR FRFSH
And if you don't know what a muscle
magazine is .. . read this article.

ISCLEMENT
HOW TO BUILD MUSCLES ON THE MUSCLES Sr MUOR
mu5cledam
LARRY SIEGEL -ASSISTANT EDITC

Herman Bound
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
 Through this magazine 1 want to transfuse some of my mus-
clement to you.
Why are muscles important?
Because since time immemorial, the wheels of revolving physi-
cal progress have spun roundly in an encircling movement of
spherical rotundity, nurtured by the sinews of globosity.
Or to state it another way, if you have muscles, when you sit
on a beach for months with no shirt on, even in the middle of
the winter, and catch pneumonia, your doctor won't have to
inject a needle into bony skin.
It is the purpose of this magazine to sell you on the principles of
self-development.
it is also the purpose of this magazine to sell you the Herman
Bound Gym Dumbbell Set.
And Herman Bound's Protein Pills, Herman Bound's Exercise
-
Bench, Herman Bound's Wheat Germ Oil, and all of Herman
Bound's other muscle magazines.
You will want to buy all this.
You had better buy all this.
Why?
Because / say so.
1 am more muscled than you.

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by Herman Bound
Q. I feel I have an excellent chance of becoming "Mr. Ameri-
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Herman Bound who puts out the Herman Bound

Q. Are you the
Gym Dumbbell Set, the Herman Bound Protein Pills, the Her-
man Bound Wheat Germ Oil, and the other Herman Bound
muscle magazines?
A. Yes, Iml it’* hardly proper for me to discuss these things, out-
side of the advertisements, isn't it? (Also the Herman Bound
Exercise Bench).
* * *
Q. I have a wonderful rippling-musclcd physique. However, I
was just disqualifiedfrom the "Mr. Morris Avenue” and six
other contests. I was also banned by my gym and fined $500.

The reason being, last Wednesday on the beach, I wore a shirt

for an hour and a half. Is this fair?

Q. What is the best thing for weak ear-lobes?

Q. I am a beautiful girl of 23. At the 1956 Olympics, 1 fell in

love with a handsome, muscular Russian weight-lifter named
N. Kopovokov. Although I never spoke to him, I have written
him many times; but he hasn't answered me. What should I do?
She got married lust month.
A. Forget the whole thing.
MUSCLE
MEN
MASS IN
MIGHTY
MUSCLE-
RAMA!
A REPORT ON THE MR. ABDOMINAL REGION CONTEST BY HERMAN BOUND
old friends discussing serious matters in the refreshment hall.

M any years ago

frail,

to help him.
in Europe
bushy-haired fellow. I
I met a
decided
Bound Exercise Bench and
Bound Products.
Also, I
other

wanted to emphasize the fact

Herman "Lats" Fazzuli's gymnasium and see some
of the fabled men of our time-like Roger
Thumpkin ("Mr. Ncw-Zealand- Wrists").
“Hello, frail, bushy-haired fellow,” I that there were no frail, bushy-haired fel- And that fellow, flexing his triceps and
said to him. "I am Herman Bound. I put lows at the greatest muscle show of the pounding his chest like any other average
out the Herman Bound Bar-Bells, Herman century last month — the “Mr. World-Pro- guy-that is Dick DuBench ("Mr. Uni-
Bound Wheat Germ Oil, and all the Her- fessional - American - East - Coast - Hackcn - verse - Equator- South - Chicago -Shoulder-
man Bound muscle magazines." sack-Abdominal-Region-Contcst" (M. W. Blades").
“Hello, Herman Bound," said the frail, R A. E. C. Hackensack A. R. C.). And then as the muscle orchestra breaks
bushy-haired fellow. “I am Albert Ein- As you know, I have been a part of into a medley of muscle tunes, you instinc-
many truly historic events in my colorful tively begin to giggle. Because this is the
He then left, and to his misfortune, I life-time. On November II, 1918, it was time for Muscledom's great humorist,
never saw him again. the "Mr. Arctic-Zonc-Neck-Muscles" con- George Oaferman (“Mr. West -Europe-
Why am I telling this poignant, down- test. On December 7, 94 1 1 , it was the "M r. North- Professional - Flatbush -Forearms”)
to-earth story? Peoria -Shore - Apartments - Eighth - Floor- to come on stage.
Well, for one thing, somewhere in this Biceps" competition, to name a few. You know, I think it's a wonderful thing
heart-warming report,
I wanted to impress Well, let us go to last month. You for- to have a witty guy like George Oaferman
upon you the importance of the Herman get those other shows as you stride into around with his hilarious routines.
 A SHORT BUT EXTREMELY VITAL EXERCISE FOR THE SERIOUS MUSCLE BUILDE

Whenever I say lo him, “George, your cles flexed, looking grimly intelligent. And lapping his head! AND ON ONE FOOf
sense of humor is worth a million dollars, to the accompaniment of a long drumroll And you are so excited and so happy
don't ever lose it," he looks at me solemnly they’re rotating their abdominal muscles the judges give Bert his cup that you nev
and says sincerely, “I won't, Herman.” counterclockwise, in perfect unison. in a million years can imagine tragedy
Whereupon he proceeds to drop his pants Suddenly everything makes sense. Those about to strike.
revealing bright purple polka-dot tights. long hours of training and conditioning —
guess I'm a sucker for that kind
Well, I those arduous days posing on the beaches don’t think there
f is any point in goir
of low-pressure humor because I laugh - those weary trips to the household into that terrible thing again. You a
so hard, my trapezius aches. What an un- money borrow for buying home gym
jar to heard about it or read about it in tb
predictable cut-up that guy is! sets — those weeks in the gym hiding from papers. You know what happened whe
And now you see him doing his sophis- unemployment office inspectors. All of laughable George Oaferman, while clowi
ticated comedy bits. You roar as he walks this suddenly seems worth-while. ing with Bert Goodrock, mistakenly lit
around with a dumbbell-shaped lamp- Because you now realize that the win- trick match loo close to Bert's heavi:
shade on his head, and things like that. ner of this, M. W. R A. E. C. Hackensack oiled body . .

And then you draw a breath and prepare A. R. C. will be qualified to Compete foi
for the final and greatest laugh— his pants- the greatest prize available to an American But before I close, I want to say thL
dropping act. male. The crown in next month’s M. W. R All those who think that musclemen don
And tears of mirth flood your eyes, as A. E. C. Hoboken A. R. C. stick together, or don’t have feelings an
the trousers fall. But that crazy, lovable And then you see the great musclemen respect for their buddies, are wrong.
George This time-no tights!
. step forward, one by one, on the stage to We had 100%
. .
a turnout for Bert Gooc
George hurries off wrapped in a towel, display their amazing talents, and to the rock’s funeral, most of us leaving beache
the house lights dim, and a nervous buzz accompaniment of thunderous outbursts and gyms, right in the middle of some c
runs through the audience. It is now time of applause we see the ever-popularflexed- our most important work, to attend.
for the Main Event. bicep pose, the thinker pose, the archer- Even George Oaferman was at the ft
The curtain parts and your blood begins pulling-the-bowstring pose, the punch-my- neral parlor. And believe me, he was we
to race fiercely through your veins, your self-in-the-face pose and so forth. come. Because if he didn’t arrive in h:
heart pounds wildly, your deltoids twitch And when it’s over, you know who the purple polka-dot tights to cheer us up
and you feel a catch in your throat. For winner is and you also know why. Bert bit,I don’t know what we would hav
I here on the stage is one of the most mag- Goodrock! — who has absolutely fired the done.
nificent sights imaginable to the human imagination of the audience by becoming However, when the service startec
eye. the man Muscledom
first in all to present George immediately changed into blac
Twenty-five rippling-muscled men in the incredible feat of rotating one abdom- tights, like the rest of us.
tights, their bodies well-oiled, each muscle inal muscle clock-wise and another coun- Bert would have wanted it that way
glistening, arc standing side by side, mus- ter clock-wise — at the same time — while xfli*-

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YOUNG’UN STREET BRAWLER: HERO: / don't want VILLAIN When I was a child
:

Please lei me You dirty cheat — I’m going to draw,Ringo — my lather used to lock me in
watch the gun- to thrash you! . . . First — The men I've outdrawn the bureau drawer— Ever since
fight, gramps me a had
for dealing have given me a guilt then, I've had a trauma about
— don't frus- hand — and second, for complex. Subconscious drawers . They tell me you're
. .

an emotional outlet! ly — l can't draw. the fastest drawer . .

GRAMPS: Don’t admire gunfighters, boy . . GIRL: Where's your libido, Matt! You can be
For every a faster gun. Besides
last gun, there's good inside, but out here, men destroy you
— gunfighters are unstable psychologically. if you don't have a strong, fortified ego!
enled from adult western movies and television, with identifying ca| lions.

IZEN : Why don't you stop 'em, sheriff? // you don't INDIAN The redman has burned
: DOC : The bullet wound
op 'em now, the accumulating tension is bound to explode . , and killed —but with the coming is superficial — but the

of the white man, there has been experience may have far-
SHERIFF When : I was young, I had no rein on my
no security — only frustration. reaching emotional con-
emotions. However, over the years, my conscious mind sequences. Now if you'll

has tempered the id and I'm keeping out of trouble. lay down on the couch —
SOLDIER Go back
: to your people
relax,and tell me any-
Cochise. Tell them the great white
thing that comes to
1 2nd CITIZEN : It's such rationalizing that allowed a father in Washington has removed Gen.
mind . .

I psychotic mob to lynch that innocent man. In the old Custer. Tell your people we didn't
I days -he would have been saved at the last minute. realize the General was neurotic. H0f*<
CLASSICS
(For intelligent readers onljJ

SHORT EXCEtfr
s
VJLL I

from the pen of

Jonathan Swift..
concerning adventures
that befell Lemual
Gulliver, who upon
being shipwrecked on
the Island of Lilliput,

is captured while
by the tiny
Lilliputians; and

to gain the good

of the Emperor.
PT FROM THAT CLASSIC OF SATIRE...

VER'S
My gentleness and good behaviour
TRAVE LS
against him by the whole board, and bour under two mighty evils; a violent
had gained so far on the Emperor and confirmed by the Emperor the articles faction at home, and the danger of an
his court, and indeed upon the army and conditions upon which I should invasion by a most potent enemy from
and people in general, that I began to
conceive hopes of getting my liberty
be set free, and to which I must swear abroad ... we are threatened
were brought to me by Skyresh Bol- with an invasion from the Island of
in a short time. I took all possible golam in person, attended by two un- Blefuscu, which is the other great em-
methods to cultivate this favourable and several persons of
der-secretaries, pire of the universe, almost as large
disposition. The natives came by de- distinction.After they were read, I and powerful as this of his Majesty.
grees to be less apprehensive of any was demanded to swear to the perform- For as to what we have heard you af-
danger from me. I would sometimes ance of them; first in the manner of firm, that there are other kingdoms
lie down, and let five or six of them
my own country, and afterwards in the and states in the world inhabited by
dance on my hand. And at last the method prescribed by their laws; which human creatures as large as yourself,
boys and girls would venture to come was to hold my right foot in my left our philosophers are in much doubt,
and play at hide and seek in my hair. hand, to place the middle finger of my and would rather conjecture that you
. .The Emperor having ordered that
.
right hand on the crown of my head, dropped from the moon, or one of the
part of his army which quarters in my thumb on
and the tip of my right stars; because it is certain, that an hun-
and about his metropolis to be in readi-
dred mortals of your bulk would, in a
ness, took a fancy of diverting himself I swore and subscribed to these ar-
short time, destroy all the fruits and
in a very singular manner. He desired ticles with great cheerfulness and con- cattle of his Majesty's dominions. Be-
I would stand like a Colossus, with my tent, although some of them were not sides, our histories of six thousand
legs as far asunder as I conveniently so honourable as I could have wished; moons make no mention of any other
could. He then commanded his Gen- which proceeded wholly from the regions, than the two great empires of
eral (who was an old experienced malice of Skyresh Bolgolam the High Lilliput and Blefuscu. Which two
leader, and a great patron of mine) to Admiral: whereupon my chains were mighty powers have, as I was going to
draw up the troops in close order, and immediately unlocked, and was at
I tellyou, been engaged in a most obsti-
march them under me, the foot by full liberty.
nate war for six and thirty moons past.
twenty-four in a breast, and the horse One morning, about a fortnight *
by sixteen, with drums beating, colours after I had obtained my liberty, Rel- It began upon the following occasion.
flying, and pikes advanced. This body dresal, principal Secretary (as they style It is allowed on all hands, that the
consisted of three thousand foot, and him) of Private Affairs, came to my primitive way of breaking eggs before
a thousand horse. His Majesty gave or- house attended only by one servant. we eat them, was upon the larger end:
ders, upon pain of death, that every He ordered his coach to wait at a dis- but his present Majesty's grandfather,
soldier in his march should observe tance, and desired I would give him while he was a boy, going to eat an
the strictest decency with regard to my an hour's audience; which egg, and breaking it acording to the
I readily
person; which, however, could not pre- consented to, on account of his quality ancient practice, happened to cut one of
vent some of the younger officers from and personal merits, as well as the his fingers. Whereupon the Emperor
turning up their eyes as they passed many good offices he had done me his father published an edict,com-
under me. And, to confess the truth, during my solicitations at court. of- manding
I all his subjects, upon great
my breeches were at that time in so ill fered tolie down, that he might the penalties, to break the smaller end of
a condition, that they afforded some more conveniently reach my ear; but their eggs. The people so highly re-
opportunities for laughter and admira- he chose rather to let me hold him in sented this law, that our histories tell
my hand during our conversation. He us there have been six rebellions raised
I had sent so many memorials and began with compliments on my liberty; on that account; wherein one Emperor
petitions for my liberty, that his Ma- said he might pretend to some merit lost his life, and another his crown.
jesty at length mentioned the matter, in it: but, however, added, that if it These civil commotions were constant-
first in the cabinet, and then in a full had not been for the present situation ly fomented by the monarchs of
council; where it was opposed by none, of things at court, perhaps I might not Blefuscu; and when they were quelled,
except Skyresh Bolgolam, who was have obtained it so soon. For, said he, the exiles always fled for refuge to
pleased, without any provocation, to be as flourishing a condition as we may that empire. Itis computed, that eleven
my mortal enemy. But it was carried appear to be in to foreigners, we la- thousand persons have, at several times,
 suffered death, rather than submit to ket perspective-glass, and viewed the of the cables to which my hooks were*
break their eggs at the smaller end. enemy's fleet at anchor, consisting of tied, and with great ease drew fifty of 1
Now the Big-Endian exiles have about fifty men of war, and a great the enemy's largest men-of-war after
found so much credit in the Emperor number of transports: I then came |

of Blefuscu's court, and so much pri- back to my house, and gave order (for The Blefuscudians, who had not the
vate assistance and encouragement which I had a warrant) for a great I«ast imagination of what I intended,
j
!
from their party here at home, that a quantity of the strongest cable and were at first confounded with aston-
bloody war hath been carried on be- bars of iron. The cable was about as ishment. They had seen me cut the
tween the two empires for six and thick as packthread, and the bars of cables, and thought my design was only
thirty moons
with various success; dur- the length and size of a knitting- to let the ships run a-drift, or fall foul
ing which time we
have lost forty needle. I trebled the cable to make it on each other: but when they perceived
and a much greater num-
capital ships, stronger, and for the same reason I the whole moving
fleet in order, and
ber of smaller vessels, together with twisted three of the iron bars together, saw me pulling at the end, they set up
thirty thousand of our best seamen and binding the extremities into a hook. such a scream of grief and despair,
soldiers; and the damage received by Having thus fixed fifty hooks to as that it is almost impossible to describe
the enemy is reckoned to be somewhat many cables, I went back to the north- or conceive. When I had got out of
greater than ours. However, they have east coast, and putting off my coat, danger, I stopt awhile to pick out the
now equipped a numerous fleet, and shoes and stockings, walked into the arrows that stuck in my hands, and
are just preparing to make a descent sea in my leathern jerkin, about half face, and rubbed on some of the same
upon us; and his Imperial Majesty, an hour before high water. I waded ointment that was given me at my first
placing great confidence in your valour with what haste I could, and swam in arrival, asI have formerly mentioned.
and strength, hath commanded me to the middle about thirty yards till I felt I then took off my spectacles, and wait-
lay this account of his affairs before ground; I arrived at the fleet in less ing about an hour, till the tide was a
than half an hour. The enemy was so little fallen, I waded through the
I desired the Secretary to present my frightenedwhen they saw me, that they middle with my cargo, and arrived safe
humble duty to the Emperor, and to let leaped out of their ships, and swam at the royal port of Lilliput.
him know, that I thought it would not to shore, where there could not be The Emperor and his whole court
become me, who was a foreigner, to fewer than thirty thousand souls. I then stood on the shore expecting the issue
interfere with parties; but I was ready, took my tackling, and fastening a hook of this great adventure. They saw the
with the hazard of my life, to defend to the hole at the prow of each ship, ships move forward in a large half-
his person and state against all in- I tied all the cords together at the end. moon, but could not discern me, who
While I was thus employed, the enemy was up to my breast in water. When
The Empire of Blefuscu is an island discharged several thousand arrows, I advanced to the middle of the chan-
situated to the north-north-east side of many of which stuck in my hands and nel, they were yet in more pain, because
Lilliput, from whence it is parted only face; and besides the excessive smart, I was under water to my neck. The
by a channel of eight hundred yards gave me much disturbance in my work. Emperor concluded me to be drowned,
wide. I had not yet seen it, and upon My greatest apprehension was for my and that the enemy's fleet was ap-
this notice of an intended invasion, I eyes, which I should have infallibly proaching in a hostile manner: but he
avoided appearing on that side of the lost, if I had not suddenly thought of was soon eased of his fears, for the
coast, for fear of being discovered by an expedient. I kept among other little channel growing shallower every step
some of the enemy's ships, who had necessaries a pair of spectacles in a I made, I came in a short time within
received no intelligence of me, all in- private pocket, which, as I observed be- hearing, and holding up the end of
tercourse between the two empires hav- fore, had escaped the Emperor's search- the cable by which the fleet was fast-
ing been strictly forbidden during the ers. These I took out and fastened as ened, I cried in a loud voice. Long live
war, upon pain of death, and an em- strongly asI could upon my nose, and the most puissant Emperor of Lilliput!
bargo laid by our Emperor upon all thus armed went on boldly with my This great prince received me at my
vessels whatsoever. I communicated to work in spite of the enemy's arrows, landing with all possible encomiums,
his Majesty a project I had formed of many of which struck against the glass- and created me a Nardac upon the
seizing the enemy’s whole fleet: which, es of my but without any
spectacles, spot, which is the highest title of hon-
as our scouts assured us, lay at anchor other effect, further than a little to our among them.
in the harbour ready to sail with the discompose them. I had now fastened The reader may remember, that
first fair wind. I consulted the most all the hooks, and taking the knot in when I signed those articles upon
experienced seamen, upon the depth of my hand, began to pull; but not a ship which I recovered my liberty, there
the channel, which they had often would stir, for they were all too fast were some which I disliked upon ac-
plumbed, who told me, that in the held by their anchors, so that the bold- count of their being too servile, neither
middle at high-water it was seventy est part of my enterprise remained. I could anything but an extreme neces-
glumgluffs deep, which is about six therefore let go the cord, and leaving sityhave forced me to submit. But be-
foot of European measure; and the rest the hooks fixed to the ships, I resolute- ing now a Nardac, of the highest rank
of it fifty glumgluffs at most. I walked ly cut with my knife the cables that in that empire, such offices were look- ,

towards the north-east coast over fastened the anchors, receiving above ed upon as below my dignity, and the
against Blefuscu; and lying down be- two hundred shots in my face and Emperor (to do him justice) never
hind a hillock, took out my small poc- hands; then I took up the knotted end once mentioned them to me. However,
j
 not long before I had an op- the poor people supplied me with them extinguished, and the rest of that noble
portunity of doing his Majesty, at least, as fast as they could; but the flame was pile, which had cost so many ages in
I then thought, a most signal ser- so violent that they did little good. I erecting, preserved from destruction.
:. I was alarmed at midnight with might easily have stifled it with my It was now day-light, and I returned
cries of many hundred people at which I unfortunately left behind
coat, to my house without waiting to con-
my door; by which being suddenly me for haste, and came away only in gratulate with the Emperor: because,
awaked, 1 was in some kind of terror. my leathern jerkin. The case seemed although I had done a very eminent
I heard the word burglum repeated in- wholly desperate and deplorable; and piece of service, iyet 1 could not tell
cessantly: several of the Emperor's this magnificent palace would have in- how his Majesty might resent the man-
court, making way through the
their fallibly been burnt down to the ground, ner by which I had performed it: for,
crowd, entreated me
to come imme- if,by a presence of mind, unusual to by the fundamental laws of the realm,
diately to the palace, where her Imper- me, I had not suddenly thought of an it is capital in any person, of what
ial Majesty's apartment was on fire, by expedient. Ihad theevening before quality soever, to make water within
the carelessness of a maid of honour, drunk plentifully of a most delicious the precincts of the palace. But I was
who fell asleep while she was reading wine, called glimigrim, (the Blefuscu- a little comforted by a message from
a romance. I got up in an instant; and dians call it flunec, but ours is esteem- his Majesty, that he would give orders
orders being given to clear the way be- ed the better sort) which is very diure- Grand
to the Judiciary for passing my
fore me, and it being likewise a moon- tic. By the luckiest chance in the world, pardon form;
in which, however, I
shine night, I made a shift to get to had not discharged myself of any part
I could not obtain. And I was privately
the Palace without trampling on any of it. The heat I had contracted by assured, that the Empress, conceiving
of the people. I found they had al- coming very near the flames, and by the greatest abhorrence of hadwhat I
ready applied ladders to the walls of labouring to quench them, made the done, removed to the most distant side
the apartment, and were well provided wine begin to operate by urine; which of the court, firmly resolved that those
with buckets, but the water was at I voided in such a quantity, and ap- buildings should never be repaired for
some distance. These buckets were plied so well to the proper places, that her use.
about the size of a large thimble, and in three minutes the fire was wholly

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A re you a CONFORMIST?
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can desire to "be like everyone else”. Those people what you are — Conformist or Non-conformist.
who want to be like everyone else are called Con- Each check in the Conformist column is worth
formists; those who want to "be individuals" are 10 points; Each check in the Non - conformist
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With permission of

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ANIMALS
HAVE FINE
ABILITIES
FOR SURVIVAL X
Hunting is too one-sided. To survive, animals have been forced Sc -

to develop amazingly keen senses of hearing, sight, and smell.

Hunters hear, see, and smell as bad as ever. It's just not

fair the way animals have everything stacked in their favor.

Animals are strong

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fooled by well made decoy into

thinking it was just another duck.

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SITTING DUCKS

—
VITAL KILL AREAS

IMPORTANT RULE for hunter sportsmen is - shoot to kill. The sight of

wounded animals staggering thru the forest bloody and howling in pain,
can be, to say the least . . . disgusting. Big guns used at close range and
aimed at vital organs will bring the beast down to stay. A few more blasts

while he lays there won’t hurt any either. In fact, it might be fun.

Killing animals it easy at pie when hunter learns to hit vital organs (dark areas) like heart, lungs, and (Ugh) kidneys.
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A READER CANNOT experience the real thrill of
hunting unless he gets a real gun’s eye view of it. That's
why we mounted a movie camera onto a gun and
hired a seasoned woodsman to carry out this assignment.
Our sports however, had other ideas. His motto
editor,
is, "If you want something done well, do it yourself!"
And so he did. After five weeks in the woods, he returned
with 7,098 feet of film strapped to his jeep's fenders,
right is best example of the shooting he did.

This was on 6,733 feet of film before he turned camera around.

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More to come on the next page, gang, following this tantalizing peek into a typical T.V. adventure of . .

TIN RIN RIN TIN RIN

^ bas been said that after observing the crook’s gun-hand— (when chosen for acting,
Rover, one finds it hard to deny the if they leap off the rock and grab the crook’s pant
— Mfnm. theory of evolution. Watching how seat, they’re fired). Hearts of viewers are being
smart these dogs are in movies and on TV, the won by the dogs teamed with little kids. These
evolution is very clear. Obviously, human beings dogs are creating an appreciation of nature’s crea-
have evolved into dogs, who are clearly a tures ... an appreciation of the meaning of
superior form of life. For what man can match appreciation of

the dog in being man’s best friend, being able One such dog is TIN-
cereal. -ir -

to sense the presence of supernatural forces, RIN-RIN-TIN-RIN, who is

and being able to leap off the rock and grab seen on television as follows.

LLUSTR ATIONS BY JACK

 '
Hey, Irvy! These boys don't be- Hey Tinnyl Let's see

lieve Tinny is smart. Show ’em you go to the store

how Tinny understands anything. and fetch me two plugs
of Old Yellowstain
chewin' tobacco, and
[acopy of Confidential,

IJuillcts. Go ahead I

(Good bwah, Tinny!

[Good dog bwnhl

receipt.

Go]
ahead,

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understands.
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gling guns to the Indians business has got Wash- Crimanetalies! That n
ington on my back—and I'd sure appreciate if you hasn’t done anything.
and Tinny could help me—even a teenchy bit . .

, Tinny boy I

(Tinny! Come back here Tinny! you mutt you!

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muzzle Tinny — attack- he's got arrange to take you off K.P.
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or I'll give you my heel!
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tell this dog to f Okay for you , I do believe -It’s two
Now 1 think
I quit dragging me Tinny! is trying to words!
hear you’re right
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the leash! bwah? [

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probably tell him where the smugglers rifles Tinny’s uncanny ani-

are keeping the rifles for the indians. ,mal senses have led us to.
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 FOLLOW ME!

Tie him up good, [Now untie me. Tinny, before [Tinny boy ... I repeat . .
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/ cannot impress upon you too
boy! That’s it,
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the fuse burns down to the the necessity to untie me strongly the absolute necessity

boy ... a bowline powder keg. Let me urge upon with speed and dispatch is I
of untying me with extreme
I and a sheepshank you the necessity for speed. l of the utmost importance. quickness Tinny boy.
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going to bad guy. I'm the good bad guys, and if Irvy is one of 1
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left,he
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I'M THE DOG CATCHER!

And so, TIN-TIN-MN-TIN MN-RIN-TIN and Irvy to learn from contemplating the simple bond between
We recommend you watch a boy and his dog . that silent force that ties
end another adventure. . .

two creatures and two hearts together yes

these shows about boys and dogs, whether it be
about Tinny, Lassicdog or Muggs — there is much you guessed it the leashl
. . . END
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MEDNICK
My school has long been a supporter Two issues ago, in Humbug No. 9,
you printed a fantastic letter from some
of MAD, and they didn't appreciate
of maga- clods at St. Josephs Prep who mainly
Humbug. Then an assortment
calling themselves humorous, wanted to start a Seymour Mednick Fan
zines,
They were, namely: FRENZY, Club, and many people were interested
came out.
CRACKED and THIMK. Many of the enough to send a letter. We've gotten
them from all over from Renton,
students grabbed for these and thought
. , .

Washington to Brookfield, Mass. .

them very funny, but I stayed in there

. .

plugging for HUMBUG.

I questioned from Houston, Texas to Ann Arbor,
night and day about this Michigan . .

my friends
.

subject and all I got was an assorted We are printing bulletins, member-
list of favorites, in order. Of course, ship cards and pictures about Seymour,
of them had MAD
at the top, fol- to be given to the newly acquired mem-
all

lowed by those others. They just don t bers of the club ... — Richard Corliss
seem to appreciate your humor. Through Pres. Seymour Mednick Fan Club
my efforts, however, I have pursuaded 6910 Heyward Street
kids to buy the pocket-book of HUM- Philadelphia 19, Pa.

BUG and they all liked it. I think that

if I keep it up, HUMBUG'S circulation

may increase. Actually though, you of Freberg

Humbug shouldn't feel bad, because
most of the students I asked told me mine) may have filled a profound need
that HUMBUG
has too much reading in the East, but out West here we use
matter and not enough comics .
cards like the one enclosed . . .

John Emelin — I am happy to note that you feel the

Larchmont, N. Y. same way I do about my friend and

neighbor Stan Freberg and his Good
I have only one thing to say for your Works ... Easy Sloman —
mag (?): "It makes me even MADder CBS TV
than ever for your competitor's maga- Hollywood, Calif.
zine.” — Ron Scheibner
APO, San Francisco FREBERG
Stan Freberg has shown me the light.
FISHER
Right after I finish writing this letter
How would youfe like it if fomebody 1 am going to go out and buy his new
wrote you a letter like thif. Yor article reedrd ! —
John Welsh
fcrawled by E. Fifher waf juft af hard • AN FBANCIBCO Stratford, Conn.
to read af thif letter if.
Stan Freberg a genius! Has everyone
— Martin Kohn Western Card
seen his ventriloquist act
is

on TV? Hoo-
Brooklyn, N. Y.
ray for Stan Freberg. — ed.

ihrtwe open cahineii and they re percei \ HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL
ayoung ladye, verye faire and neiily drefi
compliment Hum-
DAVE GARROWAY
who teemed no whit difeompofed by We would like to
Dave Garroway displayed Hum-
bug for the appearance of "Have Gun . . .

outraged exportations, nor by the ord bug, among other magazines read by
Will Travel” business cards. We are
of her five dayes concealment in sw ) teen-agers on this mornings program.
doing a thriving business
narrowe quartyers. She is ycieped GWF,
—
Richard Merchant
. . .

— Robert B. Immordino
NA HARDYNG, and is sole heiress of Robert Wilkins
Trenton, N. J.
rich Sir ANDREW HARDYNG; she
Jamestown, N. Y. Indeed he did. This lovely fellow has
greene-eyed. redde-haired and verye fie been generously plugging our maga-
tempered, meseemeih the fpoiled darl zines for many years now and would
I your "Have Gun Will Travel"
like
o/ an overindulgent parent. Defpite cards and 19 other boys would like that we could do as much for his show
cold reaclyon towyard her prefence in more like "Have Zipgun Will which isa favorite of ours and we hope
mid ft she wonne the hearts of all the cri Travel".
this:
— Robert Zinner yours; and needs no plugging. ed. —
that night by cookyng them “the firft go, Los Angeles, Calif.
mele they ete since leaving Terra". I wo WHO GETS KILLED
tafte none of yt, howyvyr, which mayde Your Useful Cut-Out Cards in your you blundered in one of the
. . .

Sulk mot! rhnrminolpy June issuefl think they were in your "you know who" gets killed panels. In
Fifher article issue of Humbug. I know they were in "A Quiet Night" on page 32, the woman
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MORE FAUBUS

gee dad - it's HUMBUG concerning the very Honorable Gover-

nor Paubus, have but one question to
I

JEWELRY publish such cheap, rotten tripe

You must have hit rock bottom
. , .M
fot 1
satirical material or you arc filthy car-

petbaggers — Rebel Hoker

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1

Raleigh, N. C.
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The Grand Humbug Award couldn't I

have gone toa more deserving recipient.

Commander Paubus is unexcelled ... j

Thank the Lord that we have such out-

NAAWP and the Ku Klux Klan to de-

fend us against the black enemy!

— David Paul Sexton 1

Mt. San Antonio College

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nor Orval Paubus of Arkansas.'

j

Humbug Award Winner as the mo

"humorcsquclcss" humbugger of tf

Port Leonard Wood, M

- Hostrl tov chon*

Humbug is undoubtedly one of the I

best mags of its type tin the market, I

flirts humorous . .
.
your "digs" at the

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Milan Dincen pointed out, the North I
is as bad if not worse stop trying to 1 . .

make such a terrible situation funny. I

Hugh Redtnon -
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around, severely injured our foreign

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— Robert S. Griswold 1

and forget political lies . .

When al
humorous magazine prints an article I

which has some political source, people .

should realize the article is cntiicly in I

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We have bound back issues of the first 9 Humbugs into a hard-

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