On Finer Newsstands Now!

Accept no substitutes.

Ever since I dug up an issue way back in 2008 (do you believe it?), this classic periodical has gained a certain discerning little following.  Dear Donna Lethal discovered several back numbers over in her droll corner of the cyberverse, and dear Jon has even come across an issue or two over in Blighty (perhaps he found them in some tempting corner of the Portobello Road?).

As with the legendary Flair, though, complete sets are hard to come by, and I do believe we can all live in hope of finding new editions.  Later issues seem to be especially rare - there's no denying dowagers were an endangered species once Mamie Eisenhower left the White House...

Magazine Rack

Clever Donna Lethal uncovered another issue of my favorite light reading, which inspired me to rummage around the piles of magazines that litter far too many of the Villa Muscato's darker corners and see what I could find.

Herewith a somewhat later edition of DQ; interesting to see that the emerging Great Depression turned up even at these rarefied heights...

A Little-Read Periodical

Leafing through magazines over on Fabulon, I was reminded of one of my favorites, alas as vanished as Smart Set, Flair, or the real Vanity Fair:

It was, as you can imagine, a formative influence.