National Geographic's Collectors Corner
Outside Looking In: How the World views the Yellow Border (and all that's in it)
A place to post discussions, links, sharing, ideas, stories, about how other people and entities have seen, documented, or written about the Society, the Magazine, the Channel, etc.
Embrace the broad view. . . .this can include "ancillary" things like vintage books or publications that were written by key Society staff, or members or others associated thereof about topics that enjoyed prominent/partial coverage by N.G.S. through the years, but may not have been strictly an NGS book, program or whatnot.
If something has merely a loose connection to anything Nat Geo, this is the place for it.
If you have suggestions for the scope of this group, or even a better name for it, do let me know. Best,
A Visual Listing of NGM Parody Covers
This is a Chronological list of parody covers of the National Geographic Magazine. Scott Shier has an excellent discussion on this topic in the Ephemera & Collectibles group. I felt that since these covers reflect an outside perception of the magazine I would provide a visual listing over time of these covers here to maybe provide some insight into how others see us.
Note, I am not only including actual covers and pages simulating covers in this listing but also posters, refrigerator magnets, trading cards and electronic images.
March 1936 - Pick & Hammer Club - Cover
May 1958 - Mad Magazine - Page
February 1962 - Sick Magazine - Article
January 1966 - National Press Club - Cover
1967 - Vol. 4, No. 1 Lithopinion - Multiple Pages
1968 - Richard Pryor - Album Cover
May 1972(?) - Rainier Beer - Poster
December 1972 - National Lampoon - Page
October 1974 - Jaws - Movie Prop(?)
1975 - Cracked Magazine - Back Cover
December 1975 - Playboy Magazine - Page
1976 - Dr. Fegg's - Book Page
1980 - Topps Wacky Products - Trading Card
August 1981 - Miss Piggy Cover Girl Fantasy Calendar - Page
February 1982 - Darkroom Magazine - Page
May 1983 - National Lampoon - Page
April 1986 - What's On (Scotland) - Cover
October 1989 - House and Garden Magazine - Menu
1992 - Nude & Natural - Cover
1995 - Waterworld - Movie Props (5)
January 1999 - Amazonia - Cover
2004 - Safely on the Sun - Magnet
March 19, 2004 - Fruitfly Geographic - Cover
April 2008 - Harvard Lampoon - Cover
March 2009 - Vanity Fair - Partial Page
October 24, 2010 (?) - The Portland Mercury - Cover
March 2011 - Mediavengers - eCover
Spring 2012 - Metro Times Chronicle - Cover
December 2012 - Mediavengers - eCover
May 2013 - Mediavengers - eCover
June 2014 - Sarah Palin - Magnet
September 2015 - New York Times - Editorial Cartoon
September 2015 - HBO: Real Time - 8 eCovers
February 2016 - HBO: Real Time - eCover
April 2016 - Michigan J. Frog - Magnet
2017 - Tadeo Jones 2 - Movie
Photo Courtesy of Juan Carlos Herrera del Castillo
2019 - eljueveves (Spanish)
Photo Courtesy of Juan Carlos Herrera del Castillo
2021(?) - Obvious Plant - Poster(?)
Image courtesy of Juan Carlos Herrera del Castillo
Tom Wilson
George Thomas Wilson
Note: I just added a cover from the 2004 book of poetry by Stephen Brockwell.
Feb 19, 2020
George Thomas Wilson
Note: I just added an entry for an October 1974 National Geographic Parody Cover/Movie Prop for "Jaws".
Apr 1, 2021
George Thomas Wilson
Note: I just added an entry for a cover that appears in the Spanish animated movie, Tadeo Jones 2. Thanks to Juan Carlos Herrera del Castillo for finding this gem.
Sep 11, 2022