William Stout, America's leading dinosaur illustrator, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on the way to Los Angeles in 1949. At seventeen he won a full California State Scholarship to the Chouinard Art Institute (California Institute of the Arts) where he obtained his bachelor's degree. Stout began his professional career in 1968 with his cover for the first issue of the pulp magazine Coven 13. In 1971 he began to assist Russ Manning on the Tarzan of the Apes Sunday and daily newspaper comic strips and Eisner Award-winning graphic novels. Stout joined Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder on Playboy's Little Annie Fanny in 1972. From 1973 to 1974 Stout began his relationship with the Firesign Theatre and gained international notoriety for his 45 rock 'n' roll "bootleg" record album covers. From 1976 to 1977 Stout was art director for the rock magazine Bomp! 1977 also saw Stout's first movie poster, for Wizards; Stout ultimately worked on the advertising for over 120 films. He debuted his first one man show, "The