SICK November 1963, 2 of 4

Continued from Monday.

art by Bill Draut.

here's some info about the Scott Carpenter pool

art by Vic Martin.

Hales Bar Dam

New Hampshire sweepstakes

The Caracu cartoon went across two pages, but I put it on one so I wouldn't have to a double-page spread. I also figured out that in Photoshop if you a file is line art and you convert it to Grayscale on CMYK you can get rid of things like folds of the paper. Even though I've been using the program for at least 10 years, I'm just learning about things you can do with it.


I think the art here is by fellow SVA alum Angelo Torres


SICK often reviewed current movies rather than parodying them in comic form.



Another SICK feature was parodying the stand-up styles of comedians or sometimes profiling them.

Comedians referenced:
Shelley Berman
Mort Sahl
Herb Shriner
Dick Gregory

continued next Monday.

SICK November 1963, 1 of 4

I should clean up some of the scans. I know I have no excuse for things like shadows and pixillation. In the past I haven't had the best scans that I should have been cleaning up with the same commitment I would one of my own cartoons. However, I like the wear and tear of old comics and magazines. I don't care much about the value, I actually prefer things like markings. Defacements are even better.

This particular issue of Sick was hard to clean up. The pages are brittle to the point where the magazine was literally falling apart while I was scanning it. When I was done there were little brown flakes everywhere. This issue didn't have artwork going to the end of the page like a lot of humor magazines, so I was able to crop the browning margins most of the time. Some I couldn't so you'll see how some of the pages are brittle.

Cover by Jack Davis



More Jack Davis art.
SICK relied more on current events than its competitors. Looking at a back issue is like seeing an episode of The Daily Show from several years ago where you'd only have what they're talking about.




art by Bob Powell.

More historical lessons:
The Profumo Affair
railroad strike

Marshal Tito
test ban talks

art by Bill Draut.


Franz Josef Strauss


Continued on Thursday