A kind reader has sent me Ed Subitzky’s strip “Saturday Nite on Antarius

(The planet with 12 different sexes)” from the Feb. 1974 National Lampoon

. It is as good as I

remembered it, though not altogether suitable for a family webiste.

Synopsis:

E’xtar, a healthy green-blooded young alpha, goes out for a night on the

town. He starts by cruising the beta bars, of course. After a couple of

brush-offs, he meets V’obik, a willing beta. (Whose thought bubble says:

“It’s not very big for an alpha, but the place is beginning to thin out…”)

Off they go looking for a gamma. They get lucky: the gamma has a friend

tagging along — a delta! The delta, however, has doubts: “I’m not sure

it’s right before marriage.” The others scoff: “Come on! This is the

9,032nd century!”…) Things go along in this way until one of each sex is

present. Then they all go to E’xtar’s apartment, where things get intimate.

(“Did anyone ever tell you you have xenon breath?” … “Don’t be shy, of

course you can touch my storps”…) After a satisfactory conclusion, E’xtar

asks: “Er, I was wondering… if all of you aren’t doing anything a week

from tinight…”

They don’t draw ‘em like that any more.