Sick #50, 1 of 3

Another issue of Sick from February 1967.

Cover by Bob Taylor

I found the original for this online.

Bob Powell

Al Scaduto

Angelo Torres

The contents page says of this article:

A series of cartoons for the Age of Automation, that has its hero a computer machine—a machine so funny it recently got a job as a social director in the Catskill Mountains! These cartoons were drawn by a mystery cartoonist named “Thumbtack”—who may be a machine himself for all we know...

Because the contents were probably written before the articles were finished, this is called Combining TV Western Shows.

What it would be like if several TV western shows combined into one spectacular—something like “Have Gunsmoke, Will Travel By Iron Horse To the Bonanza At Laredo In The Wild Wild West!” Reading this article, you'll want to start rip roarin'and rip snortin'—but mostly, you'll want to rip pages, the ones from the article!

Sick #51, 2 of 3

More of Sick #51 from March 1967. The previous part was posted last Thursday.

The art here is by Bob Taylor.

The contents page says of this story: "A funny thing happened after SICK selected this 100% All-America team—they were all deported! These selections were based on ability, teamwork, fortitude and mainly bribery—from the guys who gave us money to select them!”

Parody of The Joe Pyne Show by Angelo Torres. Hard to be believe with things like Rush Limbaugh and Fox News this was once considered abrasive.

“Episode Two dealing with these fantastic machines that tell you what to do,what to think, what to wear, etc.—in the past we called them 'mothers'. This article shows that computers have advanced so far there's a new one for every need—in fact, if you have a special problem they have a computer that recommends you to another computer!”

Arnoldo Franchioni