Dungeons and Dragons artist dies

June 17, 2005 D. H. McKee

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Weird — it’s like a blast from the past:
David Sutherland, an artist whose work appeared in various Dungeons and Dragons rule books, has died. He was 56 years old.
Sutherland passed away at his home in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., on June 6 from chronic liver failure.
Although he remained faceless to Dungeons and Dragons players, a generation of gamers grew up with Sutherland’s otherworldly images in the 1970s and ’80s.
Perhaps his best-known illustration is the one that appeared on the cover of the first Dungeons and Dragons set.
CBC Arts: Dungeons and Dragons artist dies

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