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Army Man (tagline: "America's Only Magazine") was a short-lived comedy magazine published in the late 1980s by George Meyer, the acclaimed writer for The Simpsons.
The magazine consisted mostly of very short and very surreal jokes, along with some cartoons. Each issue also featured Jack Handey's "Deep Thoughts."
Although Army Man was never widely distributed, it gathered a lot of attention in the comedy world. A number of its writers—including John Swartzwelder and Ian Maxtone-Graham—were picked up alongside Meyer to write for The Simpsons by producer Sam Simon, an enormous fan of the magazine. Other notable contributors included Mark O'Donnell, Andy Borowitz, Ian Frazier and Bob Odenkirk.
Only three issues were ever published. The first issue was reprinted and included in the September 2004 issue of The Believer, which also featured interviews with Meyer and Frazier.
