William Stout

William Stout is a collector of books on late nineteenth-century artists as well as turn-of-the- century children's books, and owns a complete collection of all of the original Oz color-plate books, including a first edition of The Wonderful Wzard of Oz. Years ago he spent nine months designing an entire Wizard of Oz theme park for Kansas, which he says was one of his all-time favorite jobs. Mr. Stout has worked as an art director for rock magazines and has illustrated record album covers, Sunday and daily newspaper comic strips, and Eisner Award-winning graphic novels. He's been involved in production design in film and ultimately worked on the advertising for more than one hundred twenty films. Mr. Stout also worked for Walt Disney Imagineering as a conceptualist, designer, producer, and planner for EuroDisneyland, Disneyland, TokyoDisneyland, and Walt Disney World. He currently resides in Pasadena, California, with his wife and two sons.