Cracked #226

Cracked rings in its 29th Anniversary Special with a John Severin cover bursting with the magazine's beloved cast of cartoon characters — a wild parade of recurring oddballs, caricatured TV figures (including nods to Aliens, Family Ties, and Moonlighting), and candle-wielding celebrants marching in gleeful chaos. Severin's loose, energetic linework gives every figure in the crowd its own personality, from the striped-shirt rascal up front to the muscle-bound partygoer towering at the back. For fans of 1987's humor magazine scene, this anniversary issue promises the irreverent, anything-goes spirit that kept Cracked running strong for nearly three decades.