Byron Preiss produced a collection of Ray Bradbury short stories called Dinosaur Tales, which was published by Bantam Books. The book featured illustrations by Overton Loyd, Moebius, Kenneth Smith, Steranko, William Stout, David Weisner and Gahan Wilson. Ray Harryhausen wrote the foreword, and Bradbury did the introduction.
Byron told me that Bantam Books wanted Bradbury’s name and the title to be big. I used a few LetraSet typefaces, whose names I’ve forgotten. With Instant Lettering it was easy to manipulate the letterspacing and baseline of the words. Below are a couple of cover comps, with smaller type, featuring Stout’s first concept for the cover art.
Big and bolder type was requested for the cover revision, as well as a new cover art concept.
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| Bantam Books, 1983, trade paperback; cover art by William Stout |
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| Story opening page sample |
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| Text spread sample with running head and folio (and rubber cement stains) |
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| Kenneth Smith art |
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| Part-title page with Kenneth Smith art |
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| Title page with Kenneth Smith art |
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| Copyright page with Kenneth Smith art |
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| Contents page with Kenneth Smith art |
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| Foreword with Kenneth Smith art |
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| Introduction with Kenneth Smith art |
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| “Besides a Dinosaur, Whatta Ya Wanna Be When You Grow Up?” |
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| David Wiesner art |
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| David Wiesner art |
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| David Wiesner art |
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| David Wiesner art |
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| “A Sound of Thunder” |
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| William Stout art |
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| William Stout art |
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| William Stout art |
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| William Stout art |
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| William Stout art |
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| William Stout art |
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| William Stout art |
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| William Stout art |
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| William Stout art |
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“Lo, The Dear, Daft Dinosaurs!”
Overton Loyd art
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| Overton Loyd art |
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| Overton Loyd art |
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| Overton Loyd art |
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| “The Fog Horn” |
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| Steranko art |
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| Steranko art |
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| Steranko art |
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| Steranko art |
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| Steranko art |
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| “What If I Said: The Dinosaur’s Not Dead” |
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| Gahan Wilson art |
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| “Tyrannosaurus Rex” |
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| Moebius art |
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| Moebius art |
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| Moebius art |
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| Moebius art |
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| Moebius art |
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| Byron sent a photocopy of Ray's letter to me. |
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| Bantam Books, 1984, mass market paperback; cover art by Sanjulian |
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| Bastei Lubbe, 1985, German paperback |
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| Barnes & Noble, 1996, hardcover; cover art by William Stout; jacket design by Curtis Tow |
Dinosaur Tales
(1922 – 2012)
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