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149:, you have an inkling of the type of work he's done for these issues between the years 1938 and 1943... Nothing was too farfetched to speculate upon if it could offer the possibility of a good picture. Finlay and Conrey both provided lots of imaginative drawings. Other regular contributors included Joe Little, Gordon Ross, Edmund Frederick, Ben Jorj Harris, et al, and I've turned up occasional work by John R. Flanagan, 31: 592: 115:
It was billed as having a circulation of over 50,000,000 readers and was filled with scantily clad showgirls and tales of murder and suspense. It was large—about 21" x 15"—and printed on fragile newsprint, so few copies have survived the ensuing decades... While much of each 12-24-page
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and lots more. The best (and most) of the interior art is by the amazing Lee Conrey. Our collection runs from 1918 to 1943 and issues from 1923 through 1943 have his work. It's clear to me that he was a major influence on
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in 1963 before it was finally cancelled in 1966. Due to the low quality of the paper on which it was printed, many issues have been lost despite the large circulation. As a result, it has become a collectors item.
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Woodward, Calvin. "Rough Seas: Say a prayer for the Sunday magazine, a meandering journey for the mind that's sailed into some dangerous waters", American Society of News Editors:
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issue was taken up with sensationalistic photos and text (and even some acknowledged fiction), the illustrations are generally top-notch... Cover artists include
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Magazine and illustration historian Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. outlined the contents and detailed the publication's leading illustrators:
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from 1896 to 1937, launched Hearst's Sunday magazine, later commenting, "Nothing is so stale as yesterday's newspaper, but
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as a supplement, which often can be viewed archivally online and by microfilm.
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may be around the house for days or weeks and lose none of its interest."
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Owned by Montclair Communications and operated by Hearst under an
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Index

American Weekly
From the Dave Riebeek Collection
Marilyn Monroe
Sunday newspaper supplement
Hearst Corporation
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
William Randolph Hearst
New York Journal
Howard Chandler Christy
James Montgomery Flagg
Nell Brinkley
Russell Patterson
G. E. Studdy
Virgil Finlay
Alex Raymond
Orson Lowell
Otto Soglow
Willy Pogany
N. C. Wyeth
Norman Rockwell
New York Journal-American
Buffalo Courier Express
Cincinnati Enquirer
Times Union (Albany)
Syracuse Herald-Journal
National Enquirer
Parade
This Week
USA Weekend

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