Sick #133

Charlton's long-running humor magazine Sick swings into June 1980 with a cover by Jack Sparling that sends up the sci-fi craze of the era — a starship unmistakably inspired by a certain famous TV vessel streaks through space, rechristened the U.S.S. Sick, while a tiny astronaut and a horse romp across its oversized lower hull. Inside, the laughs keep coming with parody features including "Star Wrek," "Crapper John M.D.," "C.H.A.P.S.," and "The Political Mother Goose" — a lineup that shows Sick had no shortage of pop-culture targets in its sights.