Cartoonist Otto Soglows is best known for his king, in his strip The Little King. The Little King was Soglows major work along with a number of New Yorker and other magazine gag cartoons. His king... Read full biography
Cartoonist Otto Soglows is best known for his king, in his strip The Little King. The Little King was Soglows major work along with a number of New Yorker and other magazine gag cartoons. His king was the antithesis of the stereotype of real-life monarchs in that he was extremely kind and gentle,... Read full biography
Cartoonist Otto Soglows is best known for his king, in his strip The Little King. The Little King was Soglows major work along with a number of New Yorker and other magazine gag cartoons. His king was the antithesis of the stereotype of real-life monarchs in that he was extremely kind and gentle, jovially playful, and very democratic. An uncomplicated man, the king, take away the royal robe and crown, could have passed for the fellow down the street. Without being abrasive, or even seemingly... Read full biography
Cartoonist Otto Soglows is best known for his king, in his strip The Little King. The Little King was Soglows major work along with a number of New Yorker and other magazine gag cartoons. His king was the antithesis of the stereotype of real-life monarchs in that he was extremely kind and gentle, jovially playful, and very democratic. An uncomplicated man, the king, take away the royal robe and crown, could have passed for the fellow down the street. Without being abrasive, or even seemingly conscious of it, Soglows king tweaked the noses of pompous uppity-ups around him, doing the simplest, most unexpected, and most nonsensical things, rather than the most ceremonial. In one story, the king gets up from his luxurious bed, traverses the... Read full biography
Cartoonist Otto Soglows is best known for his king, in his strip The Little King. The Little King was Soglows major work along with a number of New Yorker and other magazine gag cartoons. His king was the antithesis of the stereotype of real-life monarchs in that he was extremely kind and gentle, jovially playful, and very democratic. An uncomplicated man, the king, take away the royal robe and crown, could have passed for the fellow down the street. Without being abrasive, or even seemingly conscious of it, Soglows king tweaked the noses of pompous uppity-ups around him, doing the simplest, most unexpected, and most nonsensical things, rather than the most ceremonial. In one story, the king gets up from his luxurious bed, traverses the length of his magnificent palace, has the drawbridge opened, and takes in the morning quart of milk. On another occasion, when he learns on his wa... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (17)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
187 pages
100 Years of American Newspaper Comics An Illustrated Encyclopedia
1996
Horn, Maurice (editor)
414 pages (color)
The Art of the New Yorker 1925-1995
1995
Lorenz, Lee
200 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
The New Yorker Album of Drawings, 1925-1975
1975
Peppe, Carmine (Layout)
200 pages
Classic Comics & Their Creators Life Stories of American Cartoonists
1973
Sheridan, Martin
304 pages
The New York School A Cultural Reckoning
1972
Ashton, Dore
246 pages
Faces and Facts about 26 Contemporary Artists (illustrators)
1968
Birchman, Willis
81 pages
Comic Art in America
1959
Becker, Stephen
387 pages
The Comics
1947
Waugh, Coulton
360 pages (color)
American Book Illustrators Bibliographic Checklist of 123 Artists
1938
Bolton, Theodore
290 pages
History of American Graphic Humor 1865-1938
1938
Murrell, William
267 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index