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Imaginary Friends #

Imaginary Friends #

This issue is not real, but merely a figment of your imagination...

Suburbia #

This is the Suburbia # because I grew up in the suburbs, and also because the only thing I’m afraid ...

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Crimson Parody

The Lampoon's Spring 2025 parody of the Harvard Crimson

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The Quixotic # • by RYSL

The national draft is underway, and as an amputee I’m terrified of active combat. Thankfully, I’m in...

From the Creators of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!"

Suburbia # • by LKN '25

“I Can Totally See This Being Mayonnaise” Margarine “It’s For My Windshields” Lubricant “Look! A L...

README # • by SMR '25

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned...

Imaginary Friends # • by BJS ’25

Hey, Dave? You know that unicorn piñata...

Next in Line Comix

The Quixotic # • by MIC '26

Suburban Journaling

Suburbia # • by JKF '25

On summer nights, I would sit by the train tracks. There wasn’t much to do around town except go to ...

The Quixotic # • by OMA '24

Those files better say that I can buy a boat, Gene. My wife loves boats. My girlfriend loves boats...

Day in the Life Comix

The Quixotic # • by IKI '26

Lover in the Night Comix

The Quixotic # • by AMC '23

The Quixotic # • by JGB '25

I have the rare version of the Midas Touch where everything I touch turns into rhombuses. It all sta...

The Summer I Turned Into Danny DeVito

Suburbia # • by CYL '26

My mom used to tell me that I just had to wait for puberty to hit and then I wouldn’t be ugly anymor...

Suburbia # • by MRB '25

Ever since I earned my online economics nanodegree, I’ve been controlling my fourth-grade class usin...

Deep Cuts

Antidepressants

The Mental Health Issue # • by EBC '22-'23

What they don’t tell you about starting antidepressants is that sometimes you’ll try to kill yoursel...

Cool # • by GPCP '22

-Hey, I found the quiet kid’s journal—it’s all about the popular kids and how he’s “gonna make them ...

Sets in the West # • by HJH '19

I’ll never forget the summer I road-tripped to Hawaii with my two best friends. While it started out...

Real Estate Tour

Seasons of Life • by HFJ '18

-And here’s the pantry. -What’s with these marks on the wall? -We marked our son’s height each yea...

Flesh & Blood # • by SWR '19-'20

— Hey Brenda how’s it— jesus christ dude! — Ha ha fooled ya. Don’t I look just like her? — You’re ...

One Last Dance # • by EPS '24

The janitor was diligently color-coding dust when the director burst in. “Mort, none of the actors s...

Geoffrey Sanders, World Explorer

All Natural # • by PKS '21-'22

Antarctica - There aren’t many permanent residents so the scientists make friends with penguins and ...

Mutually Assured Destruction # • by JGB '25

When it came time for collecting taxes, the tax collector’s only instruction from the robots was to ...

Cool # • by NGH '23

There’s nothing cooler than being a frat boy. Picture this. I’m sitting on the front porch of the ...

What I Imagine Summer Camp is Like

Break of Day # • by SVG '18

1. Toodle-ee-doo! The trumpet song wakes me up—time to canoe to breakfast. 2. I eat slop with the g...

World's Nicest People Convention

Mutually Assured Destruction # • by BGS '22-'23

-That was an excellent dinner. Should we get the check?-Sure. This one’s on me. -No, please, I’ve go...

Nantucket Sleighride # • by ZDG '20

Soldiers: (storm the beach) (lots of explosions) Father: What the heck we’re having a picnic here! ...