Paper Tiger Books was a British
publishing house which focused primarily on books of
modern art
Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the tradi ...
, specifically the visionary, the fantastic, and
science fiction, and an imprint of Dragons World Ltd. It was started in 1976 by Hubert Schaafsma and brothers
Martyn Martyn may refer to:
*Martyn (surname), one of the Tribes of Galway and others
*Martyn (given name)
See also
*Martin (disambiguation)
*Marten (disambiguation)
A marten is a mammal in the family ''Mustelidae''. Marten, Mårten, or Martén may also ...
and
Roger Dean after the success of Roger Dean's book ''Views'' through a sister imprint, Dragon's Dream.
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Artists published by Paper Tiger include Chris Achilleos, Stephen Bradbury, Bob Eggleton, John Harris, Peter Andrew Jones, Josh Kirby, Rodney Matthews, Chris Moore, Bruce Pennington
Bruce Pennington (born 10 May 1944, in Somerset, England)''Eschatus'', Paper Tiger Books, 1976, Simon & Schuster, is a British painter, best known for his science fiction and fantasy novel cover art. Pennington's works have largely featured ...
, Barclay Shaw, Anne Sudworth, Jim Warren, David A. Hardy
David A. Hardy (born 10 April 1936) is a British space artist.
Early life
David Hardy was born 10. April 1936 in Bournville, UK. He studied at the Margaret Street College of Art in Birmingham, and was soon painting for the British Interplanetar ...
, and Patrick Woodroffe; as well as numerous titles by Boris Vallejo
Boris Vallejo (born January 8, 1941) is a Peruvian-American painter who works in the science fiction, fantasy, and erotica genres. His hyper-representational paintings have appeared on the covers of numerous science fiction and fantasy fiction ...
and Julie Bell.
History
Initially formed to publish ''The Album Cover Album'', Paper Tiger's range quickly expanded to include art which was not only connected to music, but also the visionary, the fantastic, and the best of science fiction. The staff within the company, apart from Hubert Schaafsma, Martyn and Roger Dean, included Dominy Hamilton (daughter of Richard Hamilton), Jim Slattery, Christine Miles, Shelley Alge, and Steve Henderson.A. T. Mann
Alden Taylor (Tad) Mann, (born August 18, 1943, in Auburn, New York) is an American astrologer, writer, designer and artist who is known for his books and paintings on astrology and sacred architecture, human sexuality and gardens.
Architecture ...
.
Hubert Schaafsma bought out the Dean brothers in 1981 who left the company, and it continued under the management of Dutchman Hubert Schaafsma,[Nigel Suckling's webpage about the Paper Tiger books he has edited](_blank)
/ref> producing a series of fantasy art books, many of which were edited by Nigel Suckling, who also provided text to accompany the pictures.
Under Hubert Schaafsma's leadership the Dragon's World company expanded into other imprints of Dragon's World Children's Book, Dragon's World Natural History books and Dragon's World Books _ the latter being general visual interest books. The Paper Tiger imprint dealing with fantasy/visionary/science fiction and music was expanded to publish over 250 titles in 12 languages throughout the world.
From July 1999 through October 2001, Paper Tiger issued a monthly ezine called ''The Paper Snarl'',Review of The Paper Tiger Fantasy Art Gallery book on Infinity Plus
/ref> which featured interviews with its artists.
In 1997, Paper Tiger was "rescued"
References
External links
Paper Tiger
at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom
Publishing companies established in 1976
1976 establishments in the United Kingdom