Dave Carson Explained

Dave Carson (born 1955) is a Northern Ireland-born^[1] artist and novel illustrator.

Career

Carson has been presented with five British Fantasy Awards for Best Artist during more than twenty years of illustration. He is most famous for his illustrations in H. P. Lovecraft's novels, and his work for Games Workshop.

His role-playing game artwork includes Call of Cthulhu, Palladium Fantasy, Nightbane and Beyond the Supernatural.

Carson provided illustrations for The Clock of Dreams (1978)^[2] and the Fighting Fantasy gamebook Beneath Nightmare Castle (1987).^[3] He contributed artwork to the H. P. Lovecraft anthology Shadows Over Innsmouth.^[4]

External links

• Dave Carson homepage

Notes and References

1. Web site: Interview: Dave Carson . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140713234631/http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/blog/interview-dave-carson/ . July 13, 2014 .
2. Book: Lumley, Brian 1937- . https://web.archive.org/web/20160417051921/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2699500097.html . dead . April 17, 2016 . Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series . January 1, 2008 . August 1, 2015. HighBeam Research.
3. Book: Schick, Lawrence. Lawrence Schick

   . Lawrence Schick. Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books . 1991. 0-87975-653-5. 367.

4. Sawicki, Steven (January 2002). "Shadows Over Innsmouth", Science Fiction Chronicle 23 (1): 29.