Sad Sack Goes Home #[nn]
In "Sad Sack Goes Home," George Baker delivers a wry, self-aware satire of postwar civilian life through the misadventures of a soldier finally discharged after years of grueling duty and disciplinary trouble. Struggling to navigate the absurdities of buying clothes, finding housing, and earning a wage—only to be treated with unexpected kindness—Sad Sack finds himself questioning whether the military was really the worst place he’s ever been. With sharp, expressive art and a perfectly timed punchline, this 1951 free issue by George Baker (writing, drawing, and inking) captures the humor and irony of civilian life through the eyes of a man who’s seen too much army.
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After doing every dirty job the Army can find him to do, plus serving time in the guard house, Sad Sack is called into the Captain's office and given his discharge papers. But when he gets out in the real world: having to buy his own clothes, get his own housing, buying his own food, and getting a job (and being better treated than he was in the Army), Sad Sack decides the best course of action would be to re-enlist!
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