Malcolm Whyte is an author, editor, publisher, and founder of the

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."Trustees,"
Cartoon Art Museum website. Accessed Jan. 28, 2014. He has produced nearly 200 books, 45 of which he has written or co-written. His taste is for unique, offbeat ideas with a sense of good humor and produced with an eye for color and beautiful graphics as represented by ''The Original Old Radio Game'' (possibly the world's first trivia book) from 1965 to ''Maxon: Art Out of Chaos'', FU (Fantagraphics Underground) Press, 2018. Whyte lives in Marin County, California with his wife, author Karen Cross Whyte.

Cartoon Art Museum

Whyte founded the

in 1984. He wrote and produced exhibition catalogs that featured the art of

Walt Kelly Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. (August 25, 1913 – October 18, 1973), commonly known as Walt Kelly, was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip '' Pogo''. He began his animation career in 1936 at Walt Disney Studios, contr ...

Charles Schulz Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (; November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip ''Peanuts'', featuring what are probably his two best-known characters, Charlie Brown and Snoopy. He is wi ...

Edward Gorey Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers. Hi ...

, and Charles Crumb,

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, and Maxon Crumb. Additionally he wrote and produced two catalogs for touring exhibitions: ''Draw Me A Story'', ''A Century of Children’s Book Illustration'' and ''Walk In Beauty, Discovering American Indian Art''.

Troubador Press

Whyte founded Troubador Press in 1959 as a job printer and designer/printer of greetings cards. In 1967 the press published its first book, ''The Fat Cat Coloring & Limerick Book'' with art by Donna Sloan and verses by Whyte. Troubador incorporated in 1970, ceased greeting card manufacturing and became a full-time book publisher, producing scores of critically acclaimed educational books for children (game books, activity books, elaborate color-and-story books), specialty cookbooks (''Complete Yogurt Cookbook'' and ''The Original Diet'', both by raw vegetarian pioneer Karen Cross Whyte), and art books (''The Scrimshander'' and the initial edition of ''Great Comic Cats''). Whyte worked with licenses from Harry Abrams & Co. (several ''

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'' books),

TSR, Inc. TSR, Inc. was an American game publishing company, best known as the original publisher of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''). Its earliest incarnation, Tactical Studies Rules, was founded in October 1973 by Gary Gygax and Don Kaye. Gygax had bee ...

(''

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''), and

(''Gorey Games,'' ''Gorey Cats Paper Dolls''). In 1982 Whyte sold Troubador, which is now a subsidiary of Penguin-Putnam, and continued to produce Troubador books for the new owners until 1994. Whyte wrote educational text for many of the books.

Troubador Press artists

The artist of ''Beasties Coloring Book'' (1970), Vernon Koski, was posthumously selected to have his ashes incorporated into a painting, which is in the collection of the

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art, and wa ...

Winston Tong Winston Tong (born 1951 in San Francisco, California) is an actor, playwright, visual artist, puppeteer, and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his vocals in Tuxedomoon and for winning an Obie award in puppetry for ''Bound Feet'' in 1978. E ...

did the artwork for ''The Dinosaur Coloring Book'' (1969). Other artists include

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, ''Maze Craze, Color & Puzzle'';

Greg Irons Greg Irons (September 29, 1947 – November 14, 1984) was an American poster artist, underground cartoonist, animator and tattoo artist. Profile Irons was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He moved to San Francisco, California, in 1967, w ...

, ''Advanced Dungeons and Dragons''; William Gilkerson, ''The Scrimshander''; Elizabeth Miles, ''Mother Goose Coloring Album'';

Morrie Turner Morris Nolton Turner (December 11, 1923 – January 25, 2014) was an American cartoonist, creator of the strip ''Wee Pals'', the first American syndicated strip with an integrated cast of characters. Biography Turner was raised in Oakland, Ca ...

, ''Black & White Coloring Book'';

Phil Frank Phil Frank (March 27, 1943 – September 13, 2007) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the San Francisco-based comic strip '' Farley'' and the artist on nationally syndicated comic strip ''The Elderberries''. Works In additi ...

, ''San Francisco Scenes, Travels with Farley''; and Andrea Tachiera,Andrea Tachiera website.
Accessed Jan. 28, 2014. ''Tropical Fish Coloring Album, Color of Nature Series''.

Word Play Publications

In 1994 Whyte founde
Word Play Publications
to publish limited, signed illustrated books, among them ''Goreyography'', the bibliography of the works of

, photo-documentary of underground cartoonists ''The Underground Comix Family Album'',''The Underground Comix Family Album'' page
Word-Play Publications website. Accessed Jan. 28, 2014. and ''Maxon’s Poe'' illustrated by Maxon Crumb.

Selected list of works

*''The Original Old Radio Game'', Ed Callahan, Bill Shilling, co-authors. Pisani Press (1965) *''Great Comic Game Book'', John Stanley, co-author. Price/Stern/Sloan (1966) *''Fat Cat Coloring & Limerick Book'', Donna Sloan, art. Troubador Press (1967) *''Love Bug Coloring & Limerick Book'', Donna Sloan, art. Troubador Press (1968) *''Mona Lisa Coloring Book''. Troubador Press (1970) *''Dinosaur Coloring Book'', Winston Tong, art. Troubador Press (19970) *''Beasties Coloring Book''. Troubador Press (1970) *''North American Wildlife Coloring Album'', Gompers Saijo, art. Troubador Press (1972) *''North American Birdlife Coloring Album'', Gompers Saijo, art. Troubador Press (1972) *''North American Sealife Coloring Album'', Gompers Saijo, art. Troubador Press (1973) *''The Meaning of Christmas'', Varian Mace, art. Troubador Press (1973) *''Monster Movie Game'', John Stanley, co-author. Troubador Press (1974) *''Gorey Games''. Troubador Press (1979) *''Great Comic Cats'', Bill Blackbeard, co-author. Troubador Press (1981) *''Huggs & Cuddles, Teddy Bear Paper Dolls'', Terra Musick, art. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1984) *''Huggs & Cuddles, Teddy Bear Fun Book'', Terra Musick, art. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1985) *''Travels With The Happy Bears Paper Dolls'', Terra Musick, art. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1985) *''Dinosaur Action Set'', Dan Smith, art & design. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1986) *''Dinosaur Action Set 2'', Dan Smith, art & design. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1987) *''Great Whales Coloring Album'', Dan Smith, art & design. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1987) *''Undersea Dinosaur Action Set'', Dan Smith, art & design. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1988) *''Prehistoric Mammals Action Set'', Dan Smith, art & design. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1988) *''Drawn to Excellence'' catalog.

(1988) *''African Safari Action Set'', Dan Smith, art & design. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1989) *''Butterflies - Colors of Nature Series'', Andrea Tachiera, art. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1989) *''Farm Animals - Colors of Nature Series'', Andrea Tachiera, art. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1989) *''Zoo Animals - Colors of Nature Series'', Andrea Tachiera, art. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1989) *''The Art of Fantasia'' catalog.

(1990) *''Zap to Zippy, Impact of the Underground'' catalog.

(1990) *''Zoo Animals Action Set'', Dan Smith, art & design. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1990) *''Zoo Animals Action Set 2'', Dan Smith, art & design. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1990) *''Dolphins & Whales Model Set'', Dan Smith, art & design. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1992) *''Great Plains Indian Action Set'', Dan Smith, art & design. Troubador Press, Price/Stern/Sloan (1992) *''Pogo's Golden Anniversary Exhibition'' catalog.

(1992) *''Artist of Mystery, Works of Edward Gorey'' catalog.

(1993) *''Wilson's Andersen'', S. Clay Wilson, art. Word Play Publications (1994) *''Tropical Fish Coloring Album'', Andrea Tachiera, art. Putnam, Price/Stern/Sloan (1995) *''Exotic Animals Coloring Album'', Alice Carter, art. Putnam, Price/Stern/Sloan (1995) *''Wild, Wild West Puzzles & Games'', Larry Evans, art. Putnam, Price/Stern/Sloan (1995) *''Oceans of Invisibles'', Larry Evans, art. Putnam, Price/Stern/Sloan (1995) *''Gorey World'' catalog.

(1996) *''Goreyography''. Word Play Publications (1996) *''The Underground Comix Family Album'', photographs by Clay Geerdes, foreword by

Will Eisner William Erwin Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series '' The Spirit'' (1940–1952) was no ...

. Word Play Publications (1998) *''Out of Chaos, Art of the Brothers Crumb'' catalog.

(1998) *''Great Comic Cats'' (revised),"Great Comic Cats,"
Word-Play Books website. Accessed Jan. 28, 2014. foreword by

Patrick McDonnell Patrick McDonnell (born March 17, 1956) is a cartoonist, author, and playwright. He is the creator of the daily comic strip '' Mutts'', which follows the adventures of a dog and a cat, that has been syndicated since 1994. Prior to creating ''Mu ...

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(2001) *''Draw Me a Story'' catalog.

(2006) *''Literary Forms, Eclectic Formats: The Book Art of Edward Gorey'' article. Book Club of California: QNL LXXIII #4 (2007) *''Walk in Beauty'' catalog. Johnson Museum of Art (

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) (2007) *''Making Howl Whole'' article. Book Club of California: QNL LXXIII #4 (2008) *''Panda: Her Story''. Word Play Publications (2009) *''Maxon: Art Out of Chaos''."''Maxon: Art Out of Chaos'',"
Word-Play Publications website. Accessed Nov. 19, 2018 *''The Making of Stereo Views'' article. Book Club of Calif: QNL LXXVII #1 (2012) *''Cottage Classics: Their Makers & The Making''. Word Play Publications (2014) *''Maxon: Art Out of Chaos''. FU Press 2018

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