Anthony Taylor

Anthony Taylor is an author, journalist, and screenwriter. He is the author of The Art of George Wilson, as well as Classic Monsters, Modern Art, and Cinefilmania! Adventures In The Retro Hi-Def Film Forbidden Zone. In addition, he has released a two-volume set of color catalog reproductions of Aurora Plastic Model kits from the 1960's and '70's which include a history of the company as well as an interview with artist and kit designer Dave Cockrum. He also wrote Arctic Adventure!, an official Thunderbirds™ novel based on the iconic British television series by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and episodes of the animated Paddle Pop Adventures series from Monk Studios. Anthony wrote the Introduction to Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Complete Series – Volume 2, which includes reprints of the classic Gold Key comic book stories and The Future was FAB: The Art of Mike Trim, chronicling artist Mike Trim’s career designing models and special effects for Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, UFO, and illustrating the cover for Jeff Wayne’s musical War of the Worlds album.

He was a monthly columnist for Toy Shop Magazine for 12 years covering garage kits and genre collectibles. Anthony was a regular contributor and editor for the British magazine Sci-Fi & Fantasy Models International, and contributed a chapter on the Flying Sub miniatures from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea for the book From Sketch to Screen. His articles have appeared in Screem, Retro Fan, Cryptology, SFX, Video WatcHDog, Fangoria, Famous Monsters of Filmland, FilmFax, Amazing Figure Modeler, Effects Special, Modeler’s Resource, and many other magazines. Anthony also designed and co-edited CultTVMan’s Ultimate Modeling Guide to the Jupiter II as well as CultTVMan’s Ultimate Modeling Guide to Classic Sci-Fi Movies.

He is a member of the Horror Writers Association and a Hall of Fame recipient from the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards.