Cracked #341

Cracked's January 2000 issue takes gleeful aim at Toy Story 2, with cover artist John Severin rendering a wide-eyed Woody and a battered Buzz Lightyear flanking a Barbie-like figure whose arms are popping right off — billed with a straight face as "A Disarming Love Story." The issue also promises send-ups of Galaxy Quest, Sega's Dreamcast, Y2K anxiety, and Barbie's 40th birthday, making this a wonderfully overstuffed time capsule of turn-of-the-millennium pop culture. Inside, Mike Morse and Frank Cummings tackle "Worst Promotional Characters," keeping Cracked's irreverent comedic tradition firing on all cylinders.