Charles Yates’ Dinosaurs: The Ankylosaurs!

Charles Yates’ “Dinosaurs: An Illustrated Guide” showcases tons of completely awesome dinosaur drawings. No dinosaur comics enthusiast should be without it! “Dinosaurs” has been out of print for over 20 years and can be hard to find. We present this work with the permission of artist Charles Yates and writer Gary Reed. Gary, now a science teacher, notes that some of the science may be out of date due to new discoveries, but was the best information available at the time.

Collector’s Guide:
-From Dinosaurs: An Illustrated Guide #1 (Carnivores) and #2 (Herbivores).
- Sometimes available on Amazon: Issue One, Issue Two.

Sitting in with Anklosaurus today are special guests Panoplosaurus and Euopliolephlus! Rock!

Sinclair and the Exciting World of Dinosaurs!

Today’s gallery showcases the complete 1967 booklet “Sinclair and the Exciting World of Dinosaurs.” Another one of Sinclair‘s famous free dinosaur promos, this one’s packed with great paintings on every page. Now remember, 42 years of paleontology have updated our vision of these magnificient creatures. In 2005, for example, we found evidence of feathers on the tail of a tyrannosaur. William Stout included this incredible update in his mural depiction of a tyrannosaur at the San Diego Natural History Musuem. And we now conceive of the tails not dragging heavily on the ground but in far more alert and active poses. Still, the paintings are a lot of fun.

Featuring brontosaurus, struthiomimus, trachodon, tyrannosaurus, triceratops, ankylosaurus, corythosaurus, ornitholestes, and stegosaurus.

Too bad Sinclair didn’t credit the artist. He signed the works, but his name…? If you know, please fill us in.

UPDATE December 18, 2012: Thank you to reader Mark Menendez who used the power of enlargement to read the signature we missed: Matthew Kalmenoff. We’ll do some more research on him. But, for now, here is his blurb from the American Museum of Natural History:

Matthew Kalmenoff (1905-1986)

“Kal,” as he was known to his fellow artists, was employed at the AMNH from the 1950s through the early 1970s. His work can be found in the Hall of North American Forests, the renovated Hall of North American Birds, and in the Small Mammal Corridor of the Hall of North American Mammals.

http://amnh.net/exhibitions/dioramas/artists/painters.php#Kalmenoff

Now enjoy the complete “Sinclair and the Exciting World of Dinosaurs!”

Dinosaurs of Turok: Dinosauria!

No collection of pure dinosaur comics is complete without the mother of all dinosaur comics, Young Earth! Young Earth appeared in the golden age comic, Turok Son of Stone. Published first under the Dell imprint and then by Gold Key, Turok sees the light of day again in an archival reprint series by Dark Horse. We will share with you the complete original educational series of dinosaurs, prehistoric mammals, and other animals of prehistoric earth. Enjoy!

Today we share with you all four Dinosauria features from Turok Son of Stone issues #1-69. We’re not sure why the editors began running this feature under its own name instead of just calling it Young Earth, but who cares? It’s awesome dinosaur time!

Today you’ll meet styracosaurus, iguanodon (who seems to be dancing?!), ankylosaurus, and protoceratops – menaced of course by that darn Tyrannosaurus Rex, with a special appearance by an uncredited Ornithomimus snacking on some dino eggs!

We invite you to:
Shop for original issues of Turok.
Choose an archival edition of Turok.
Browse our galleries of Dinosaurs or Dinosaur Comics.
See all our Young Earth or Turok exhibits.
Like Young Earth? You’ll love Age of Reptiles and Prehistoric Mammals.

Dinosaurs of Turok: Complete Black and White Gallery!

No collection of pure dinosaur comics is complete without the mother of all dinosaur comics, Young Earth! Young Earth appeared in the golden age comic, Turok Son of Stone. Published first under the Dell imprint and then by Gold Key, Turok sees the light of day again in an archival reprint series by Dark Horse. We will share with you the complete original educational series of dinosaurs, prehistoric mammals, and other animals of prehistoric earth. Enjoy!

Today we share with you a complete collection of the black and white Dinosaur features from the inside covers of Turok Son of Stone, issues #1-69. That’s 15 pulse-pounding dinos in your face! Heck, we’ll even throw in a full color dimetrodon feature from one of the back covers. A must have for any serious collector of pure dinosaur comics!

Some of the mighty dinosaurs you will encounter in today’s gallery: Styracosaurus, trachodon, brontosaurus, iguanodon, ornithomimus, stegosaurus, brachiosaurusm protoceratops, ankylosaurus, triceratops, parasaurolophus, compsognathus, and paleoscincus (misspelled here as paleoscinus).

Also, the swimming reptiles (not really dinos but shared the earth with them): tylosaurus, stenoterygius, icthyosaurus, and plesiosaurus.

The flying reptiles: pteranodon, pterodactyl, and ramphorynchus.

Dimetrodon was not a dino but a pre-cursor, but he’s cool enough to make the grade here. Don’t believe the hype about him facing a T. Rex – dimetrodon was extinct by the Cretaceous period when T. Rex lived. We’ve learned a little more about the dinos since the 1950s!

Finally, you’ll find some of the prehistoric birds, descendents of the dinos: hesperornis, icthyornis, dinornis, phororhacos, and diatryma.

Think you can handle all that?! Then enjoy our gallery!

We invite you to:
Shop for original issues of Turok.
Choose an archival edition of Turok.
Browse our galleries of Dinosaurs or Dinosaur Comics.
See all our Young Earth or Turok exhibits.
Like Young Earth? You’ll love Age of Reptiles and Prehistoric Mammals.