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Ah, youth. Every generation has its bizarre fashion choices, to be sure.

The moon-faced fellow is Mr. Punch, the violent puppet after whom the magazine was at least partly named.



I've always enjoyed the twisted fairy tales subgenre of humor. You may remember this tale as the basis of the opera "Der Freischutz", or as a passing reference in "Hellsing."



The lower cartoon was the main reason I hung onto this issue. During my time in England, I was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford, not far from Oxford. Like the more famous Greenham Common, we had a Peace Camp of anti-nuclear/anti-war protestors stationed outside the main gate. Every so often (usually once a month), they'd get up a major demonstration and block the gates, so the base would go on full alert for a day or two. The pub in Lower Heyford down the road was off-limits to us US Air Force types as it was the peace protestors' hangout.

And I have just found out via Wikipedia that RAF Upper Heyford has been closed, and the runway is now used to store Audis. Sic transit gloria mundi.



A recurring feature column, which I think is absolutely hilarious if read out loud in the proper accent.