Talk:Leo and Diane Dillon

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''Actually, the Dillons were illustrating the interiors of influential magazines such as Galaxy, as early as the late 1950's, well before Harlan Ellison became an influence in S-F circles, in the mid to late Sixties. They, along with Emsh, Dick Powers and (occasionally, for his intermittent cover art with F&SF) Chesley Bonsetell were the premier SF artists, of their day (Kelly Freas has to be mentioned because of his multiple Hugos for illustration but the above, I believe, deserve merit for what they did in the formative boom years of the mid-20th century. I remember, in the nineties, attempting to contact them, for an interview, as I resided in the same neighborhood (Kane Street, in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn) as they.''

Thanks for your work on the article. Capitalistroadster 23:27, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Editing Done To This Article on 12 September 2006
I made extensive changes to the article on Leo and Diane Dillon today, 12 September 2006; the work is not complete, and I will return to complete it as soon as possible. I have been friends with the Dillons since 1989. During a recent visit, I showed them the Wikipedia entry about themselves, which included the line, "Leo is of African-American descent, and Diane is of Jewish descent". At Diane's request, I removed this line, given that she told me she is not of Jewish descent, and is therefore inaccurate.

The entries under the headings Education, Freelance Work, Picture Books, Chapter Books, Awards, Memberships, Courses Taught, and Publications About the Dillons, were extracted from information in the Dillons' personal database of their work, with further editing by me to verify the information, including authors' names. All of the bibliographic information in the article can be verified by searching databases such as OCLC's WorldCat Beta, which includes catalogue records from over 1.3 billion items in over 18,000 libraries. As an academic librarian myself, I have access to the full database, known as OCLC WorldCat, which along with my own collection of the Dillon's illustrated works, I used to further verify the bibliographic information in this article.

I would appreciate any feedback or comments, and I will advise the Dillons of the progress made editing this article.

Podbay 06:26, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Leo's death
I see no news about Leo Dillon dying on May 26, 2012. I'm removing it until an obit appears. --RayneVanDunem (talk) 09:26, 29 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Perhaps the two incomplete references to Harlan Ellison and Spectrum Fantastic Art can be deleted now.
 * If the quotation of Ellison is deemed noteworthy here, which seems reasonable to me, it should be moved out of the reference into the text.--P64 (talk) 01:27, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Authority control data
Leo at Library of Congress Authorities --a useful catalog entry point

Diane at LC Authorities

--P64 (talk) 20:46, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I added templates Authority control to the personal redirects and . --P64 (talk) 15:56, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Cover art in book articles (Old Kingdom and others)
According to our book articles, the Dillons illustrated all three Old Kingdom (book series) covers. ( Two All three are currently listed here; I wikilinked those two titles and writer Garth Nix today.) Unfortunately the book articles do not make clear whether the Dillons painted the first editions (Australia?) or merely the presumably first U.S. editions. Nor are the three cover images clearly identified by edition or artist. Someone who knows the Dillons work may be able to determine the latter.

One note in this joint biography should cover all book articles that are linked to the list of works, regarding whether cover images in those book articles do or don't show the Dillon cover. (For example, our articles A Wrinkle in Time and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea do not display the Dillon cover. Only the former is now linked to the Dillon list of works. )

--P64 (talk) 01:27, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
 * On second thought I drafted a Note and tweaked some of the listings but this needs more attention. --especially regarding the Old Kingdom series where it's possible that the Dillons did illustrate first edition covers or dustjackets. --P64 (talk) 01:59, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

It might be adventageous to mention that Leo and Diane Dillon's artwork may not necessarily appear in non USA editions. Traditionally UK and US books are released with different artwork. For instance "Claymore and Kilt" in its UK version was not illustrated by the Dillons as it is in the US version. Often book dealers use stock images to sell books and you might not get the Dillon artwork version. A minor addition to the article stating that the US first editions are likely to feature the artwork of Leo and Diane Dillon might assist enthusiasts. In good faith, Alex — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.140.132 (talk) 19:41, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

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