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''Ken'' was a short-lived illustrated magazine first issued on April 7, 1938. It was a controversial, political, large format magazine with full page photo spreads, published every two weeks on Thursdays. It contained both articles and stories. ==History and profile== ''Ken'' was founded in 1938 by publisher David A. Smart and editor Arnold Gingrich, who earlier had founded ''Esquire''. Initial publication was delayed due to difficulties in assembling an editorial team. Jay Allen was the first editor hired, and he began to assemble a staff drawing heavily from the political left. Smart and Gingrich found his work unsatisfactory and quickly fired Allen and most of his new men, replacing him with George Seldes; but as Seldes's left-wing views provoked little sympathy from potential advertisers, he was soon downgraded although not fired. ''Microbe Hunters'' author Paul de Kruif was brought on as an editor, but was not able to devote full time to the project.〔 Smart and Gingrich then took more direct editorial control and launched the magazine with contributors including Seldes, Ernest Hemingway, John Spivak, Raymond Gram Swing, Manuel Komroff, critic Burton Rascoe, and sportswriter Herb Graffis.〔 Sam Berman contributed caricatures, and David Low cartoons. Some of the politicians with photo layouts in the magazine included Presidents Calvin Coolidge, Grover Cleveland, Thomas Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt and as well as many prominent people in German politics.〔 The publication was investigated 1938 for being Communist leaning. However its editor Arnold Gingrich denied that the publication had any political slant. ''Ken'' ceased publication in the fall of 1939. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ken (magazine)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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