Cracked magazine artistic mainstay,
John Severin, renders the mighty Battlestar
Galactica - and a squadron's worth of deftly-executed Viper fighters - on this classic parody cover. As I have said before, I always preferred
Cracked to
Mad when I was a Star Kid, and Severin's incredibly detailed art was the main reason. Although he no doubt had photo reference, I can't think of a more accurate and detailed drawing of the Colonial warship in comics - certainly not in
Marvel's series.
If I recall correctly,
Cracked's janitor mascot was Sylvester P. Smythe, right?
I had this issue!
ReplyDeleteYes, that was his name.
I saw this on the stands, should pick it up on eBay soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post Chris..!!
I loved Cracked better too. Unfortunately I got rid of all my old mags when I first got married 21 years ago. D'oh!
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