Sick #129

Charlton's long-running humor magazine Sick serves up another helping of irreverent satire in this October 1979 issue, with cover art by Jack Sparling depicting a grinning young knight in armor wielding a pair of chopsticks over a set of nuclear cooling towers — a wonderfully absurd juxtaposition that sets the tone perfectly. A knight on horseback lurks in the background while a plate of food and a bottle sit nearby, as steam billows from the towers in place of a proper medieval feast. Inside, the magazine promises features including "The Chopstick Syndrome," "The Dopers," "Dif'runt Folks," and "Oil Co's… Kiss Our Gas!" — a lineup that captures Sick's cheerfully combative sense of humor at its late-'70s best.