Tomorrow the World is Ours, Cover, Ken magazine

This is the original image upon which Not Here!. Not Now. Not Ever. is based. It is a cover from a short-lived magazine from the late 1930s called Ken.

Ken, started by Esquire publisher David Smart and editor Arnold Gingrich, was a mostly visual publication, originally meant to convey a leftest perspective of world events. Ernest Hemingway wrote for Ken about the Spanish Civil War. The publication was investigated for being Communist, but Gingrich always denied it had any political leanings.

This was the cover for the June 16, 1938 edition of the magazine. The text at the bottom says, "Tomorrow the World is Ours." This was the cover for the June 16, 1938 edition of the magazine. The text at the bottom says, "Tomorrow the World is Ours." Take a look at this issue's original contents.