{"product_id":"lys-mykyta-ch-6-detroit-cherven-1973","title":"Lys Mykyta: A Satirical-Humor Magazine. Issue 6. Detroit, June 1973","description":"\u003cp\u003eLys Mykyta: satirical humor magazine. Issue 6, June 1973. Publication year 23 \/ editor, publisher, and chief caricaturist Edward Kozak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetroit: Lys Mykyta Publishing House, 1973. — Issue volume not verified against a copy. — Approx. 28 × 21 cm. — Price on cover: 50 cents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal two-color printed cover, black and light green, between two solid black lines at the top and bottom: a winged figure in a white robe stands before a portrait captioned \"Brezhnev,\" while a man in black raises his hands opposite it; at the top, the inscription \"What's my line?\", to the right, a row of mannequin heads. Signature \"EKo.\" at the bottom right, drawing title \"Brezhnev in America\". Soiling and brown spots along the edges, yellowing of the paper, rubbing and creases on the edges. Condition: good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe issue has historical and cultural value and is of collectible interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINFORMATION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe issue responds to Leonid Brezhnev's visit to the United States, which took place in June 1973 — the peak of the policy of détente and negotiations with Richard Nixon. Kozak frames the event within the American television game show \"What's My Line?\", where guests were invited to guess the profession of the guest: the question of who the high visitor really is here remains unanswered. Criticism of Western concessions to Moscow was one of the magazine's recurring themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdward Kozak (1902–1992), known by the signature \"EKO\", — caricaturist, painter, writer, and publisher. Studied at the Oleks Novakovsky art school in Lviv, in the 1930s edited the satirical magazines \"Zyz\" and \"Komar\" and illustrated the publications of Ivan Tychter. From 1951, he lived in Detroit, where he himself drew, edited, and published \"Lys Mykyta\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe magazine was founded in Munich in the second half of the 1940s (sources give 1946 and 1948), in New York in the 1950–1951 years, it was published as \"Lys\", and from 1951 to 1991 — in Detroit; the \"publication year\" mark is counted from the Detroit series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"archivevam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64614857113971,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"UAH","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/7885\/2723\/files\/0039-8408738357280942244.jpg?v=1791058383","url":"https:\/\/archivevam.com\/en\/products\/lys-mykyta-ch-6-detroit-cherven-1973","provider":"ARCHIVEVAM РІДКІСНІ КНИГИ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}