Twenty-five of the finest fantasy and science fiction artists reveal their creative secrets. The interviews come from The Paper Snarl, Paper Tiger’s own e-zine; each features the artist’s personal choice of work. Among those who speak are Brom, Frank Kelly Freas, Fangorn (concept artist for the movie A.I.), Bob Eggleton, Jim Burns, Vincent Di Fate, Jael, Anne Sudworth, Ron Walotsky, and more.
At its height Paper Tiger was one of the foremost publishers of fantasy and science fiction artwork who championed the idea of celebrating the works of artists who were often recognised for their work and not their name. As such the publishers portfolio grew and grew as did their focus. Out of this came the electronic magazine Paper Snarl. Now I will be the first to admit I know relatively little about this member of the Paper Tiger stable as it was relatively short lived and ceased activity long before I started collected. However this book is a I guess as much an epitaph to that e-zine as the fact it has some great artwork from some of the more active contributors to the series of titles. So here you have a collection of artists demonstrating why they were at the top of their profession (they probably still are its just a lot harder to be sure after all these years), along with extensive interviews and written articles on their work. In short rather than letting such material disappear in to the ether we have here one final celebration.