tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post483969731932687871..comments2024-03-28T15:08:55.350-07:00Comments on Art Contrarian: Some Collier's Magazine Cover ArtistsDonald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-1892173946102543762014-12-05T13:58:00.170-08:002014-12-05T13:58:00.170-08:00A very tasty collection of covers, Don (especially...A very tasty collection of covers, Don (especially that Parrish!). Thanks for posting. By mid-century, the Saturday Evening Post used its superior market position to insist that it's illustrators not work for Collier's. This was usually pretty effective, since nobody in their right mind wanted to be blacklisted by the Post. I've only heard of one illustrator who had the gumption to tell the Post to get stuffed. Robert Fawcett, who was a flaming lefty with a natural dislike for fascist tactics, stopped doing work for the Post and went on to do his famous Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot series for Collier's. David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.com