But for now, let's jump right in with something to READ (this is a library, after all!), with this issue of SICK: #119 February 1978.
SICK, had been around for quite some time having been first published by Joe Simon, then Pyramid, it finally came to Charlton for the rest of it's run. Many have a large dislike for Sick, as it was never considered on the Level of MAD, CRACKED etc, but there were some really great moments, and this issue is one of them. The issue features almost all Jack Sparling artwork on the stories (with a bit of Dave Manak, DEK, and Bill Burke in there to boot), and featuring the writing talents of Joe Gill, Bill Pearson, George Kashdan, Arnold Drake, and David Allikas.
The choices of parodies are pretty strong with rips on The Deep, MASH, CPO Sharkey, Rhoda, and Fish, as well as arguably Sparling's greatest (recurring) character; Cher D'Flower.
Welcome back! You've been missed. Sick magazine is often overlooked when it comes to this kind of satire and while they were far from the slickest, they did have some artists who had more than a smidge of punch. Jack Sparling never looked so good.
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Thanks Rip! It's good to be back. After over 6 months of roaming across the country and traversing the ocean, writing this first new post felt like coming "home".
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