National Lampoon Magazine #16
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Pornography: Threat or Menace?", Joe Orlando crafts a sharp, satirical tale of two women whose lives take wildly divergent turns. Mary, the picture of domestic respectability, finds her world unraveling when financial strain drives her husband to drink and leaves her homeless, while Mona, the carefree party girl, rises to fame after landing a movie contract. The story’s final panel brings their fates into unexpected collision, all rendered with Orlando’s distinctive, expressive art.
In "The Two Paths," two women take wildly different roads: Mary, who builds a conventional life with marriage and children, and Mona, who embraces a carefree, rebellious lifestyle. The story unfolds with sharp satire, flipping expectations as Mary’s seemingly stable world crumbles under financial strain, while Mona’s wild choices lead to fame and fortune—until their fates unexpectedly intersect in a final, telling panel.
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Reprinted in The Breast of National Lampoon #[nn] (1972)
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