Cracked #224

Cracked #224 (November 1986) serves up a quintessentially absurdist cover by Bill Wray: a figure's oversized, sagging pants are pooling around their ankles against a red-and-white striped background, with a copy of Cracked itself stuffed into the pocket and a polka-dotted tie dangling from one hand alongside a rumpled top hat. The headlines promise parodies of Cosby, Nanny, Bickering, and Rock 'n' Roll content, so there's clearly no shortage of targets inside. It's a cheerfully self-referential snapshot of mid-'80s humor magazine culture at its most gleefully silly.