illustratorillustratorTony GleesonTony Gleesonhttps://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/haggard/editions/images/000/000/54/original/allansWifeCoverBoardsForgottenFantasy1980.jpg?1783910930Tony Gleeson is an American illustrator, graphic designer, and author based in Los Angeles. He grew up in upstate New York and spent his early years between upstate New York, Washington, D.C., and New York City before...Tony Gleeson is an American illustrator, graphic designer, and author based in Los Angeles. He grew up in upstate New York and spent his early years between upstate New York, Washington, D.C., and New York City beforeGle...Tony Gleeson is an American illustrator, graphic designer, and author based in Los Angeles. He grew up in upstate New York and spent his early years between upstate New York, Washington, D.C., and New York City before settling on the West Coast. He studied Fine Arts at Georgetown University and Illustration at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. Gleeson's earliest professional illustrations appeared in science-fiction magazines such as Galaxy, Amazing Science Fiction, and Fantastic Stories, and he produced a series of jacket designs for Doubleday's Science Fiction Book Club. He fell in love with southern California while at art school and, after a few years back in Manhattan, relocated to Los Angeles in 1977 with his wife, Annie, where he has operated his own illustration and design studio ever since. Across roughly five decades he estimates close to a thousand published illustrations for books, magazines, newspapers, advertising campaigns, and product packaging — with clients including the Los Angeles Times and Pasadena Weekly — as well as concept art for film, television, video, theme parks, and toy and product design. His work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions. A lifelong affection for fanciful dinosaurs and imagined creatures has surfaced throughout his career, notably in the solo exhibit Fantastic Beings (Century Books, Pasadena, 2012), a traveling art show, and an ongoing series of sketchbooks shared on social media. Gleeson began writing in the early 1980s, contributing essays, reviews, and criticism — largely on popular culture — to various publications. In the new millennium he turned to crime fiction, creating the Personal Crimes procedural series, which follows a rotating cast of detectives in the Personal Crimes Unit of an unnamed West Coast metropolis. Beginning with Night Music, the novels were first published in Britain as part of the Linford Mystery Library, with a number of them reissued in the United States by Wildside Press; the series has grown to roughly ten titles, among them A Different Kind of Dead and Find the Money. He cites Ed McBain's 87th Precinct novels and Donald Westlake as major influences. A dedicated jazz enthusiast and onetime bookseller, Gleeson lives in Los Angeles. Further Reading "Career Illustrator Tony Gleeson Spotlights His Other Love — Writing Crime Novels." Pasadena Weekly. 20 Sept. 2019. Web. Gleeson, Tony. "About." tonygleeson.com. Web. "Meet Tony Gleeson." All About Jazz: Out and About — The Super Fans. 27 Nov. 2022. Web. "Meet Tony Gleeson | Illustrator, Concept Artist and Writer." ShoutoutLA. 11 July 2022. Web. "Tony Gleeson." Goodreads: Ask the Author. Web.
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Tony Gleeson
Tony Gleeson is an American illustrator, graphic designer, and author based in Los Angeles. He grew up in upstate New York and spent his early years between upstate New York, Washington, D.C., and New York City before settling on the West Coast. He studied Fine Arts at Georgetown University and Illustration at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.
Gleeson's earliest professional illustrations appeared in science-fiction magazines such as Galaxy, Amazing Science Fiction, and Fantastic Stories, and he produced a series of jacket designs for Doubleday's Science Fiction Book Club.
He fell in love with southern California while at art school and, after a few years back in Manhattan, relocated to Los Angeles in 1977 with his wife, Annie, where he has operated his own illustration and design studio ever since. Across roughly five decades he estimates close to a thousand published illustrations for books, magazines, newspapers, advertising campaigns, and product packaging — with clients including the Los Angeles Times and Pasadena Weekly — as well as concept art for film, television, video, theme parks, and toy and product design. His work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions.
A lifelong affection for fanciful dinosaurs and imagined creatures has surfaced throughout his career, notably in the solo exhibit Fantastic Beings (Century Books, Pasadena, 2012), a traveling art show, and an ongoing series of sketchbooks shared on social media.
Gleeson began writing in the early 1980s, contributing essays, reviews, and criticism — largely on popular culture — to various publications. In the new millennium he turned to crime fiction, creating the Personal Crimes procedural series, which follows a rotating cast of detectives in the Personal Crimes Unit of an unnamed West Coast metropolis. Beginning with Night Music, the novels were first published in Britain as part of the Linford Mystery Library, with a number of them reissued in the United States by Wildside Press; the series has grown to roughly ten titles, among them A Different Kind of Dead and Find the Money. He cites Ed McBain's 87th Precinct novels and Donald Westlake as major influences. A dedicated jazz enthusiast and onetime bookseller, Gleeson lives in Los Angeles.
Further Reading
"Career Illustrator Tony Gleeson Spotlights His Other Love — Writing Crime Novels." Pasadena Weekly. 20 Sept. 2019. Web.
Gleeson, Tony. "About." tonygleeson.com. Web.
"Meet Tony Gleeson." All About Jazz: Out and About — The Super Fans. 27 Nov. 2022. Web.
"Meet Tony Gleeson | Illustrator, Concept Artist and Writer." ShoutoutLA. 11 July 2022. Web.
"Tony Gleeson." Goodreads: Ask the Author. Web.
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