Mac Conner's Art

Artist: Mac Conner  (1913- 2019)

D. B. Dowd, 2015:

“...Florence and Richard Lockridge’s noir tale “There’s Death for Remembrance” typifies the assignments Mac received from This Week. This two-part story centers on the murder of Fern Hartley, shown here in mid-air, falling down a flight of stairs to her death. Hartley had been attending a dinner party and reunion of high school friends when her incessant reminiscing provoked someone to silence her. The following week Conner’s illustration shows dinner guests looking down at Fern’s lifeless body.

This Week Magazine was a syndicated free newspaper supplement inserted into local Sunday newspapers. Published from 1935-1969, at This Week’s height it appeared in 42 papers nationwide. As many as 13 million people may have seen this image in print, dwarfing the audience for Conner’s magazine work. It’s appropriate that his biggest audience would see such a representative work–featuring the trademark Conner inventive point-of-view.”

illustration for short story "Let’s Take A Trip Up the Nile", 1950 for  "This Week"