Comments on: Miroslav Sasek

Miroslav Sasek

Alec — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:32:06 -0800

'Welcome to the wonderful world of Miroslav Sasek. This site is devoted to the life and works of the Czech artist, illustrator and author of the This is series of children's books.' From the equally wonderful I Like.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:52:01 -0800

Thanks for calling attention to this wonderful illustrator. Just a few months ago I discovered him when I came across a copy of "This Is New York" in a used book store here in Tokyo. Snatched it up right away as a present for ~~my daughter~~ myself!

By: vronsky

vronsky — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:52:18 -0800

awesome - I had a lot of the "This Is.." books as a kid. I read somewhere that they are being reprinted. Just looking at his artwork regresses me to my childhood. cool post!

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:33:44 -0800

Thanks for the post. Sasek's Charming illustrations make one happy.

By: marxchivist

marxchivist — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:45:40 -0800

That's really cool, I love this kind of stuff.

By: mogget

mogget — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:51:06 -0800

I'm amazed at how many of them there were. I don't recall ever seeing the Texas, Israel, or Edinburgh ones, for example.

By: bitter-girl.com

bitter-girl.com — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:17:47 -0800

I had 2 posters I bought in Prague in 1993, and on looking at the website, I suspect they're Sasek illos -- they were both from a childrens' book exhibition. Need to dig around in the basement and find them! Thanks for the memory!

By: Artifice_Eternity

Artifice_Eternity — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:52:46 -0800

I loved these! I bought the reissued "This Is New York" months ago for the child of some friends... but haven't gotten around to sending it.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:12:00 -0800

Seconding the happy regressing. Loved his drawings in the This Is series. So he illustrated and wrote those books. What a wonderful find. Thanks Alec. His work reminds me a little of the simple-but-sophisticated illustrations of Leo Lionni. A YouTube of Sasek's This is San Francisco.