Sick #124

Charlton's Sick magazine closes out 1978 with this December issue featuring cover art by Jack Sparling — and he's in fine, chaotic form: a rearing horse labeled "Sir Sick" has just launched an armored knight (briefcase and all) into the air, with a one-room schoolhouse visible in the background. Inside, Dave Manak handles writing and art duties across a lineup that includes parody features like "The Hardly Boys," "Fantasy I Land," and "The Death of Ego-Man," plus the audaciously headlined "Hitler Found Driving a Bus in Miami Beach." At 75 cents, this issue captures Sick doing exactly what it did best — poking absurdist fun at pop culture with gleeful, unrepentant irreverence.