National Lampoon Presents: French Comics (The Kind Men Like)

In 1977, National Lampoon, Heavy Metal, and Twenty First Century joined forces for a single, cheeky issue that collected Jean Solé’s wickedly satirical French comics under the banner The Kind Men Like. Solé, both writer and artist, delivered a standalone volume of his signature absurdist, often risqué humor, blending European comic sensibilities with the magazine’s transatlantic irreverence. As a one-shot crossover from the golden age of adult-oriented alternative comics, it remains a curious artifact of the era’s boundary-pushing publishing experiments.