Sick #50, 3 of 3

The final installment of the 50th issue of Sick from February 1967. The first two parts were here and here.

I don't know if this article by Bernard Wiseman is referring to something that was actually in the news, but it was one of the articles highlighted and blurbed on the contents page. This is what they said about it:

A new absurdity today is growing square trees, and this article shows how it might look if other products took on different shapes—like square basketballs, round coffins and triangular meatballs! Mostly,this shows what happens when a square writer and artist get together—they create one of the squarest articles you ever saw!

The fact that this was done by a single person suggests that the copy for the contents page was either written before the article was assigned or without seeing the article.

Beginning from the back cover was a 1967 calendar you could hang on the wall. The art here is by Harry “The Professor” Borgman.

And this was the original of that piece.

If you're alive next year, the earth is still here, and you're willing to wait, Next year will be the same as 1967, and you'll be able to use the calendar again.

Maybe you will be here. Even back then, the magazine made the same prediction:

A special twelve-page section featuring the latest MOD outfits, with tips on what to wear each month of the year—if you last long wearing them, that is!

The art on this calendar is by The Professor and Bob Taylor,who was one of his students.

Sick #50, 2 of 3

The second part of the 50th issue of Sick from February 1967. The first part was posted last week.

On the contents page, there is a description of the article:

The latest adventures of SICK's super hero has him crashing the LBJ ranch where he creates a lot of fire and brimstone—they try to barbecue him alive! This time out TEENMAN tries to get a bill passed enabling teenagers to vote—it's vetoed when the teenagers want Ringo Starr for President!

Al Scaduto

Bob Taylor

Harry “The Professor” Borgman

Angelo Torres.

Again on the contents page:

Another glimpse into the world of MOD which reveals the late Mod wear—the late Mod wear meaning when you put them on you look dead! In a recent poll these fashions were selected as those all America should wear—the poll was conducted by the Viet Cong!

Sick #51, April 1967, 4 of 4

The last of the fifty-first issue of Sick from March 1967. The other three parts were posted last week and the week before that and the week before that.

Sick would often profile popular comedians of the time. This portrait of London Lee was drawn by Joe Simon.

“The Professor” is an artist that I've only seen in Sickand I always wondered about him. The editorial clears up one part of the mystery for me. Not.:

“You may have noticed the fabulous artwork in certain SICK articles that are signed ”The Professor”. Who is The Professor? Well, all we are at liberty to disclose is that he is a bona fide faculty member of one of the country's leading art colleges. If enough people write in he may be tempted to reveal his identity.”

Angelo Torres

If any of you were wondering what the original art for some of these magazines looks like, here is one example.

Art from the Motorpsycho article (see first installment) is recycled for the back cover ad parody, or maybe it was the other way around, but here it is anyway.

And this is what the original for it looks like.

Sick #51, 1 of 4

This was the 51st issue of Sick magazine in March 1967. In case you didn't trust the information on the cover they gave you, its owner rewrote it for you.

The cover art is by Bob Taylor.

This article drawn by Harry “The Professor” Borgman is called The Roadents in the contents page, which says of it:

“In this article SICK rides along with a typical motorpsycho club—maniacs who do 120 miles an hour. And this is just backing out of the driveway!”

And here is the original art minus the first page, which I found at Heritage Auctions. I wonder how much anyone paid for this.