Sick #121

Charlton's irreverent humor magazine returns with a cover by Jack Sparling that throws the pop-culture targets of 1978 into one gloriously chaotic carousel scene — caricatures labeled Cher, the casts of One Day at a Time, On Our Own, and Alice all pile together in a swirl of exaggerated expressions and broad comedy. The issue promises parody content stretching from Love Boat and Close Encounters of the Third Kind to the continuing "Ego-Man" feature, making it a well-packed snapshot of what America was watching that year. If late-'70s TV satire delivered with a loose, energetic pen sounds like your kind of fun, this one delivers.