Abortion cartoon

[Johnny_L.A]

I recall an abortion cartoon, probably from Playboy in the '70s. It was black-and-white. A small, angry child was confronting an adult, and the child had a coat hanger through its head. I don’t remember the caption, or even if there was a caption. I don’t remember if the adult was the mother or the father, but the mother makes more sense.

Does anyone remember that one, and can you clarify my memory?

[Richard_John_Marcej]

Sounds like it could be a Sam Gross cartoon (signed his comics S. Gross)

[Johnny_L.A]

@Richard_John_Marcej

Sounds like it could be a Sam Gross cartoon (signed his comics S. Gross)

I recall it was his style.

It could also have been in National Lampoon, and I also may just be remembering in B&W.

[Rain_Soaked]

I remember it. The parent was asking something like “What makes you think you weren’t wanted?”. It was right next to an article I was reading…

[Qadgop_the_Mercotan]

@Johnny_L.A

I recall it was his style.

It could also have been in National Lampoon, and I also may just be remembering in B&W.

I remember it from NatLamp too. Don’t remember the precise details though. Thought it a bit rude tho not beyond the pale, that much I recall.

[zoid]

Not sure if this is what you’re looking for but this sitedescribes a Sam Gross cartoon thusly…

a character with a wire hanger inserted in his head – “No, lady,” he explains, “I’m not a Martian, I’m just an unsuccessful abortion.”

[Johnny_L.A]

@Rain_Soaked

I remember it. The parent was asking something like “What makes you think you weren’t wanted?”.

That sounds familiar.

@zoid

Not sure if this is what you’re looking for but this sitedescribes a Sam Gross cartoon thusly…

a character with a wire hanger inserted in his head – “No, lady,” he explains, “I’m not a Martian, I’m just an unsuccessful abortion.”

That also sounds familiar.

[Hail_Ants]

You sure it was Playboy? Cause Playboy cartoons (especially back in the '70s) were usually more highbrow than that. Sounds more like Hustler. I don’t remember the one you described, but I remember another showing a guy in doctor scrubs holding a coat hanger with three or four dead fetuses on it in one hand, and holding a telephone in the other saying, “Hello, Guinness Book?” :eek:

[Johnny_L.A]

@Hail_Ants

Sounds more like Hustler.

I didn’t have access to Hustler as an adolescent.

[Richard_John_Marcej]

@Johnny_L.A

I didn’t have access to Hustler as an adolescent.

I’d have to agree with your earlier post that it was in The National Lampoon I remember seeing it and I had access to The National Lampoon, very little access to Playboy and no access to* Hustler*.

[Shoeless]

I definitely remember seeing it in National Lampoon, which I had a pile of in high school and college. Sam Gross sounds about right. I was thinking maybe Gahan Wilson, but now I’m pretty sure it was Gross.

[jtur88]

There was a story going around that the popular state-of-the-art IUD was imperfect birth control because a baby had been born clutching an IUD in his (aww) cute little fist. I suspect this cartoon was a lampoon on that concept, but the child was born not in spite of an IUD, but in spite of an attempt to terminate the pregnancy using the only available method forced upon desperate mothers at the time.

[Johnny_L.A]

@Richard_John_Marcej

I’d have to agree with your earlier post that it was in The National Lampoon I remember seeing it and I had access to The National Lampoon, very little access to Playboy and no access to* Hustler*.

Well, I may have it then. I have a .pdf file of all issues of National Lampoon. (It may take a while to get through them…)

[pseudosagacity]

I’ve got it, but was looking for the date it was published.

Unfortunately, as someone with a new account, I’m alerted I can’t upload the image.

[Chronos]

Welcome to the Straight Dope, @pseudosagacity . Actually, nobody here can upload images directly. You have to find some other place online to host it (imgur seems to be the most popular option), and then link it here.