Tuesday, January 15, 2013

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (1978) CRACKED Art by Severin

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?

3 comments:

  1. I had this issue!

    Yes, that was his name.

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  2. I saw this on the stands, should pick it up on eBay soon.

    Thanks for the post Chris..!!

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  3. 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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