Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (book)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and Artists who made National Lampoon Insanely Great by Rick Meyerowitz, is a 2010 book which was published by Abrams Books of New York. The book consists of a compilation of work by a selection of writers and artists whose work appeared in National Lampoon magazine in the 1970s, as well as introductory commentary on those people and their work, by Meyerowitz and others. The book is hardback, coffee-table sized and is profusely illustrated.[1]
Author | Rick Meyerowitz |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | National Lampoon |
Publication date | September 1, 2010 |
Media type | |
Pages | 320 |
ISBN | 978-0-8109-8848-4 |
A very similar title was used for the 2015 documentary film National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead, for which Rick Meyerowitz designed the poster, as he also did for the 1978 film National Lampoon's Animal House.
Writers and artists included
The book covers the work of the following people. The content of the book is as follows:[2]
- The Founders: Doug Kenney, Henry Beard
- Present at the Birth: Michael O'Donoghue, George William Swift Trow, Christopher Cerf, John Weidman, Rick Meyerowitz, Michel Choquette
- The Cohort: Arnold Roth, Tony Hendra, Sam Gross, Sean Kelly, Anne Beatts, Charles Rodrigues
- The First Wave: Brian McConnachie, Chris Miller, Gerry Sussman, Ed Subitzky, P.J. O'Rourke, Bruce McCall, Stan Mack
- The Second Coming: M.K. Brown, Ted Mann, Shary Flenniken, Danny Abelson & Ellis Weiner, Wayne McLoughlin
- The End of the Beginning: Ron Barrett, Jeff Greenfield, Ron Hauge, Fred Graver
- The Art Directors: Cloud Studios, Michael Gross and David Kaestle, Peter Kleinman, Skip Johnson
References
- "Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead offers sharp profiles of National Lampoon's addled crew". The Georgia Straight. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- Meyerowitz, Rick (September 1, 2010). Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great (1st ed.). Amazon.com: Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-0810988484.
- Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Artists and Writers who made National Lampoon Insanely Great, 2010, Rick Meyerowitz, Abrams Books, New York, ISBN 978-0-8109-8848-4