Paleoimagery

Allen A. Debus, a retired environmental chemist, has long been infatuated with dinosaurs, paleontology, science fiction, Godzilla and King Kong. He has written several books addressing prehistoric creatures—both real and fictional—in popular culture, and attends Chicagoland’s Wizard World and G-Fest. He is a member of the G-Fan Hall of Fame and lives in Hanover Park, Illinois. The late Diane E. Debus was a writer and coauthored articles with her husband Allen A. Debus. She lived in Hanover Park, Illinois.

Table of Contents



Foreword    

Preface    



1 Dinosaurs and Evolution—Conflated Imagery    

2 Kronosaurus—An Imaginary Sea Monster That Got Away    

3 Grandmasters of the Paleoartists’ Hall of Fame    

4 John Martin and the Element of Paleoart Fantasy    

5 Henry Ward’s Last Great Siberian Mammoth    

6 Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins—A Modern Pygmalion    

7 A Mythic Place in Time-Spirit in the Knight    

8 Paleoart—Search Image and Theory    

9 Verne’s Paleontological Journey    

10 Time for Dinosaurs    

11 Plated Puzzle    

12 America’s Paleoart Reformation    

13 A Tertiary Primer    

14 Othenio Abel—Artistic Founder of Paleobiology    

15 Zdenek Burian’s Global Visions of Prehistory    

16 The Ages of Zallinger    

17 Neave Parker’s Prehistoric World    

18 Acanthopholis—a “Twilight Zone” Dinosaur    

19 Bully for Laelaps    

20 Tickled by Feathers    

21 Inside-Out Mastodon    

22 Louis Paul Jonas’ Prehistoric Sculpturdermy    

23 Speculative Paleontology—Lessons in Reverse Paleontology    

24 Portraying Paleocatastrophe    

25 Tyrant Queen—Icon-o-saurus Rex    

26 The Great Dinosaur Race-Wisconsin's Dinosaurs    

27 Illuminating Fossils from the Dark Continent    

28 Hypsilophodon—a “Super” Dinosaur    

29 High Stakes Dinosaur—Las Vegas’ Robotosaurs    

30 Ernie’s Paleozoo    

31 Building Life-Sized Dinosaurs    

32 Those Incredible Shrinking Dinosaurs    

33 Joined at the Hip?    

34 The Big Sho`    

35 THUNDER in Their Footsteps    

36 Renaissance Dinosaurs    



Notes    

Bibliography    

Index