Sick #91, 1 of 3

Another Monday, another issue of Sick, this issue is #91 from July 1972. The cover is by Joe Simon.

Inside front and back cover of the issue.

People younger than me always give me a blank look whenever I make a reference to All In the Family or Archie Bunker. When I explain it to them, they find it hard to believe the show ever existed. You could never have such a show now. Today it's just remembered as a show about a guy who calls his son-in-law a Meathead and has a wife who sings badly, but it would still shock today. The first few episodes were mainly about “white flight”, and a typical show had ethnic slurs that could never be aired now, even when taken back. It's dated in that even as late as the early seventies, acknowledging a house has a bathroom or showing a married couple sharing a bed, or even anyone saying the word “sex”, was considered dirty for TV, but it's nothing you'd think twice about if it were in a Pixar movie. It's the racial humor that's somewhat more shocking now, even though it's making fun of prejudice.

The pictures of Nixon are from previous issue. Don't know if I mentioned this before, but I have the hunch there was a tight budget for the magazine, considering most of the articles either didn't have artists or were reprints.

John Costanza

Sick # 84, 3 of 3

The last part of Sick #84 from June 1971. The first is here and the second part is here. Sorry, no Spiro Agnew this time.

This was drawn by Arnoldo Franchioni

John Costanza

Review/parody of Ryan's Daughter

I think this article by Vic Martin was a reprint.

As was this.

Sick #84, 1 of 3

This here is the first part of Sick #84 (or as they say, volume 11, number 4) from June 1971.

First is the cover. They liked to make fun of Spiro Agnew. The contents page blurb tells us:
This months cover painting is by JACK SPARLING. The original is now hanging in the SICK office. Not the painting—the original JACK SPARLING!

Also on the contents page were more of their favorite targets: Ringo Starr, Tiny Tim, and Michael J. Pollard.

Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice was always being satirized in these magazines. It's one of those 70s movies I've only seen evidence of there and I'm convinced their staff made them up.

Obligatory Ripley's Believe It or Not parody.

Text-only piece to make up for their inability to pay for much art.

John Costanza

Sick #85, 3 of 3

The final part of Sick from August 1971. The first two parts are here and here.

This was illustrated by Tony Tallarico

I think this was a reprint.

This piece by Arnoldo Franchioni was probably a reprint too.

John Costanza

Spiro Agnew's legacy is mostly remembered for references on the Simpsons.

I had to look on Wikipedia to see all these people died in plane crashes. Too soon?

They really milkedthis quote as much as they could. I'm surprised when anyone under 35 crosses the street so it's either all relative, things have changed since then, or a little of both.