Happy 90th, Sandy Kossin! (Movie poster designer & illustrator: "Me and the Weirdos" by Jane Sutton, 1981)

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He's also illustrated sci-fi novels and thrillers.

https://nz.pinterest.com/pin/321514860880362974/
(brief birthday post)

http://www.societyillustrators.org/Awards-and-Competitions/Hall-of-Fame/Past-Inductees/2013--Sandy-Kossin.aspx
(longish biography)

Excerpt:

...After art school Kossin threw some drawings in a folder and went to New York “just to look.” There he met other illustrators and was able to build his confidence. LeBrun had encouraged him to show his work to the art director at Parents Magazine, where he sold his first illustration. Getting in print was Kossin’s first success, and his first shock of disappointment: the art director pulled his secretary into the office and asked her, “what’s wrong with this artwork?” She then proceeded to criticize it, starting at the lower left and continuing across the entire piece.

But the work from Parents led to assignments from a range of children’s magazines such as Children’s Digest and Tom Thumb. Soon Kossin was doing black-and-white pictures on a continual basis, including science fiction stories that, as he says, “is really where I learned to conceptualize.”...

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22sandy+kossin%22+books&biw=1244&bih=565&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhrtPR4o7NAhXKOz4KHQvgDXkQ_AUIBigB
(general artwork)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5933537-me-and-the-weirdos?from_search=true&search_version=service
(some reader reviews of "Me and the Weirdos")

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=sandy%20kossin&pics=on&sortby=7
(some covers)

http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2008/01/textbook-example-sandy-kossin.html
(pictures from a 1970 textbook)

http://www.illustratorsonline.com/kossin/kossin.html
(other pictures)

http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2013/02/sandy-kossin-composition-to-me-is-most.html
(more pictures)

http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2013/02/sandy-kossin-on-his-bay-of-pigs-series.html
(pictures from his Bay of Pigs series for LIFE)

http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2013/02/sandy-kossin-i-found-out-some-time-ago.html
(more book covers)

https://niteowljr.wordpress.com/tag/sandy-kossin/
(book covers - mostly of "The Shadow," but not all)

http://drewfriedman.blogspot.com/2011/06/sandy-kossin-realistically-funny.html
(movie posters, some book covers, and three photos of Kossin)

http://theamazeworld.blogspot.com/2013/04/sandy-kossin-on-movie-poster-design-job.html
(1969 interview, with movie posters)

Juvenile works, as illustrator:


Think about It, You Might Learn Something by Robyn Supraner, 1973
("A fourth grader records in her diary only those events which she considers most important and thought provoking.")

The Kids' Candidate by Jonah Kalb, 1975
("A mistaken posting of age limitations sets thirteen-year-old Barnaby off and running, politically, for the school committee of his Massachusetts town.")

The Easy Baseball Book by Jonah Kalb, 1976
("Discusses ways of improving baseball techniques, how and where to practice, how to choose equipment, and how to make simple equipment to improve skills.")

The Goof that won the Pennant by Jonah Kalb, 1976
("The young players on a baseball team who are developing a taste for winning take advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime error.")

Baseball Brothers by Jeff Rubin & Rick Rael, 1976
("Two young baseball fans can't get tickets to Henry Aaron's last game of the year, but instead they unexpectedly meet the famous athlete in person.")

The Easy Ice-Skating Book by Jonah Kalb, 1981

Me and the Weirdos by Jane Sutton, 1981
("Ten-year-old Cindy, constantly embarrassed by her 'weird' parents, finally learns to accept and appreciate their uniqueness.")

The Sesame Seed Snatchers by Dale Fife, 1983
("Ten-year-old Mike and his best friend form 'The Two Guys Private Eyes' detective agency and discover how sesame seeds are mysteriously disappearing from Silas Newton's Wild Red Raspberry Jelly Factory in San Francisco." "Complete with odd characters and maybe even ghosts!")

The Many Lives of Underfoot the Cat: Hit the Road: and Strike it Rich by Jack MacGuire, 1991

Gold-Rush Phoebe by Kathleen Karr, 1998
("Phoebe Brown has pulled up stakes and is heading for Gold Country. Along the way to Sutter's Mill they encounter all sorts of mishaps, but Phoebe has survived the hardships of the Oregon Trail, and she's ready to handle any adventure that comes her way - except romance.")


Lenona.