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Topic: Artist fails saving throw vs. liver failure. (Read 1745 times)
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Shockeye
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Skinny-dippin' in a sea of Lee, I'd propose on bended knee...
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Dungeons & Dragons illustrator, Minneapolis native, diesJune 14, 2005, 3:46 PM MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- David Sutherland, the Minneapolis native and illustrator whose images helped lead the fantasy role-playing game "Dungeons & Dragons" to success in the late 1970s and 1980s, has died of chronic liver failure. Sutherland died June 6 at his home in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. He was 56. A graduate of Minneapolis' Roosevelt High School, he trained as a commercial artist before serving as a military policeman in Vietnam in the late 1960s. After returning, he launched his fantasy-art career by widely distributing his while working odd jobs, such as making moccasins, said his sister, Trudy DeKeuster of Omaha, Neb. A university professor involved with "D&D" development helped Sutherland find his way to Tactical Studies Rules, at the time an emerging Wisconsin publisher of "D&D." Sutherland's illustrations include the famed scene of a dragon, a wizard and a bow-flexing knight on the first "D&D" boxed set that brought the game into the mainstream. Images on the covers of "Dungeon Masters Guide" and "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual," were his as well. Sutherland also worked as TSR's artistic director, but felt more at ease doing his own illustrations. After a Pacific Northwest firm bought TSR in the late 1990s and didn't rehire Sutherland, his career crashed. Recently divorced, Sutherland became despondent. An auction of his memorabilia in late 2004 drew $22,000 and revived his spirits. The money was used for a trust fund for his daughters. In addition to his sister and two daughters, Sutherland is survived by his mother and a brother. A visitation will be held at 9 a.m., June 22 at Fort Snelling Memorial Chapel, with a memorial service at 10 a.m. A military burial follows at 11:30 a.m. at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. |
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schild
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Damn.
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WayAbvPar
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I can't remember his stuff off the top of my head. 56 is too young for organs that can't be revived with Cialis to be giving out.
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Mesozoic
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His art is one of the reasons I prefer 1st Ed. to all others. Nothing else feels or looks like a 1st Ed. book.
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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/sadf
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Shockeye
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Skinny-dippin' in a sea of Lee, I'd propose on bended knee...
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Bunk
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I wasn't a big fan of his art, but he contributed to a major part of my childhood, so here's to him.
I was always more of an Elmore Elf boobies fan.
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shiznitz
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the plural of mangina
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I always loved that DMG cover.
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I have never played WoW.
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ahoythematey
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Did he do the Fiend Folio art? That was always my favorite D&D art book, and I feel particularly stupid for having given it away(even if it was for a friend).
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Arnold
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I wasn't a big fan of his art, but he contributed to a major part of my childhood, so here's to him.
I was always more of an Elmore Elf boobies fan.
While his illustrationas were simpler, and more primitive, I dug all the pictures that Erol Otus did the most. He had a unique, angular style. |
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