Sad Sack Comics #271

George Baker's cover for Sad Sack #271 says it all with a single glance — our hapless hero has apparently taken a "Start a Hobby" magazine a little too literally, surrounding himself with a roomful of potted cacti and predictably suffering for it, recoiling in pain while a bemused fellow soldier looks on from the corner. Harvey's long-running military comedy series, "loved by millions" as the masthead proudly declares, continues delivering the kind of good-natured slapstick that made Sad Sack a staple of American humor comics. Fred Rhoads handles the interior writing and art throughout, making this 1979 issue a thoroughly charming addition to the series.