carto on monarch

otto soglow &

the little king

Introduction by

edited by Dean Mullaney Jared Gardner foreword by Ivan Brunetti

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SOURCES: Page 1: Tabletop drawing for Fred Waring. The famous bandleader was a noted comics fanstarting in 1948 and for the next twenty-five years he hosted members of the National Cartoonists Society at his Pennsylvania golf resort, Shawnee Inn & Country Club. His extensive collection of cartoonist specialty drawings are held at Penn State. Page 2: Promotional photograph of Otto Soglow drawing The Ambassador, 1933. Title page: Decoration for the dustjacket of the 1933 Little King collection. Page 432: Drawing for Fred Waring, early 1950s. Front endpaper: Modified panel from the March 16, 1941 Sunday. Back endpaper: An early 1930s New Yorker cartoon which Soglow re-used as the basis for the May 20, 1951 Sunday (see page 281). Front dustjacket image: Promotional drawing for the Famous Artists School. Back dustjacket image: Detail from the June 27, 1948 Sunday, which in turn was recycled from a New Yorker cartoon. Back dustjacket flap: Self-caricature from the catalogue for Meet the Artist, an exhibit of self portraits by American artists held at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco, 1943.

Jared Gardner
FOREWORD

Ivan Brunetti
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

ISBN: 978-1-61377-148-8 First Printing, March 2012

Beau Smith
Special thanks to Randy Scott and the Comic Art Collection at Michigan State University for providing most of the artwork in the volume. Thanks also to The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museums Milton Caniff Collection, San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection, and the Toni Mendez Collection for additional artwork and photographs; and to Timothy Babcock, Cordinator of Fred Warings America, at Penn State University. Additional thanks to Jackson Glassey for scanning assistance and to Justin Eisinger and Alonzo Simon for proofreading and coordination. For providing material and advice, our appreciation to Steve Stanchfield, Chris Buchman, Rex Schneider, and Thunderbean Animation; Jeet Heer; Heather Winter of Hakes Americana and Collectibles; Jeff Vaughn; and Rob Stolzer.

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THIS PAGE: Two early Little King cartoons originally in The New Yorker and gathered by Soglow in a 1933 collection. OPPOSITE: Two more entries in the Manhole Series. Left to right: February 2, 1929 and August 3, 1929, and three examples of Soglows headers for The Talk of the Town.

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BOTH PAGES: These Little King cartoons Soglow published in The New Yorker introduce several gags he would return to time and again in the syndicated newspaper stripsuch as the soap box orator (always presenting a sympathetic take on protesters) and wind-blown hats.

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THIS PAGE: The tattoo gag on the top right, published in Judge, January 1930, is an early example of one of Soglows recurring themes in The Little King. The other cartoons were published in Colliers.
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ABOVE: Covers to Soglows solo books, Pretty Pictures (1930) and Wasnt the Depression Terrible (1930), plus his cover for Ogden Nashs Happy Days (1930). LEFT: Two illustrations for Nashs Four Prominent So-and-Sos (1934).

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OPPOSITE LEFT: Cover to Dumb-Belles Lettres (1933), a collection of a newspaper feature of the same name published in The Daily Mail. OPPOSITE RIGHT: Two cartoons from Soglows Confidential History of Modern England (1939). OPPOSITE BOTTOM: Illustrations from Recipes and Menus for Allergics (1939). THIS PAGE (Clockwise from top left): Illustration from L'Affaire Jones, a novel by Hillel Bernstein (1933); Its the Law (1933), a collection of a monthly feature in American Magazine; an illustration from Fields for President (1940), a humorous campaign book by noted film comedian W. C. Fields; the dustjacket for Liberated Latin (1951).

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