Sick #64, 1 of 3

Here's the first part of Sick # 64 from December 1968.

Long-time followers may ask why I've been posting issues out of order, The short answer is they're the order in which I've been acquiring them.

Cover by Bruce Stark after not making the cut as one of Mad's “usual gang of idiots”.

Charles Rodrigues did the gag. I don't know if it or the caption came first.

Bill Kresse

Al Bare

Harry “The Professor” Borgman

Bob Taylor

Sick #59, 3 of 3

Here's the last part of Sick #59 from March 1968. The previous two parts are here and here. Yeah, I know it's cut on all sides. That's why it was 50 cents.

One-pager by Bob Taylor

Bernard Wiseman

Harry “The Professor” Borgman

Bill Kresse

Sick #49, 1 of 3

This is the 49th issue of Sick magazine from December 1966.

The cover is by Bob Taylor. Usually there's a blurb on the contents page about the cover but maybe there's not in this case because the cover has the same poem as featured in an article on the inside.

The contents page says of this article illustrated by Bob Powell:

“SICK examples of the new gag craze that is sweeping our nation—and written by a fellow who may soon be sweeping the nation himself, with a broom! Some examples of these 'thin books' are, 'Diets That Have Worked For Me' by Jackie Gleason, 'People I Call Friends' by Westbrook Pegler and 'The Best of Sick' by Ye Olde Editor!”

Here is some of the original art for this.

Al Scaduto

“SICK's version of how some of our favorite nursery rhymes would appear if they were written today—namely, much funnier than they were when they were actually written—a couple of weeks ago. These nursery rhymes are sure to become a permanent part of today's culture—along with poverty, crime, unemployment and other areas of this Great Society.”

“MOVIE SPOOF: MY FAIR LADY

“Another SICK film review which shows that movies are better than ever—but our reviews of them are worse than ever”

Sick #65, 1 of 3

This was another issue of Sick, #65 from February 1969. The artist, Bruce Stark, was almost one of MAD's ”usual gang of idiots” and though he didn't quite make the cut, was still a prominent commercial artist.

See if you can guess which of these celebrities is still alive.

Inside front and back cover by Harry “The Professor” Borgman was also a pullout poster

Art by Bill Kresse. Again, see if you can guess which of these celebrities is still alive today.

Parody of The Swimmer. Unlike MAD's parodies (with a few exceptions), many of the movies its competitors did are not remembered today.

I'm not sure which Supreme Court case they're referring to that “coddles criminals”. Miranda v. Arizona two years earlier? That's controversial? Reading someone their rights leads to lawlessness? Okay, I guess time were different back then.

Bob Taylor

Charles Rodrigues