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Post by daredevil123 on May 17, 2023 15:29:52 GMT
I don't know if anyone has seen this, but FF artist Russ Nicholson has just died.
I'll always remember reading The Warlock of Firetop Mountain for the first time and getting freaked out by the picture of the Ghoul.
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Post by CharlesX on May 17, 2023 15:42:54 GMT
RIP Russ Nicholson, a truly talented artist of FF and outside it, who was always highly-skilled, evocative, and memorable.
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Post by Wizard Slayer on May 17, 2023 16:08:26 GMT
This is sad indeed. I'd never claim he was my favourite artist, yet there were plenty of his illustrations which are unforgettably iconic, and several that are among the best. I often thought of him as much a founder of FF as Jackson and Livingstone. Too many for one person to clutter up the thread with, so I'll only put this one: Morgana, one of the rare FF drawings that looks like action, not a static illustration.  RIP Russ. |
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sylas
Baron
"Don't just adventure for treasure; treasure the adventure!"
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Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy, Way of the Tiger
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Post by sylas on May 17, 2023 16:26:50 GMT
RIP Russ Nicholson the definitive FF artist and a master of his craft. He will be missed.
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Post by misomiso on May 17, 2023 19:39:43 GMT
Great man. Sadly missed.
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IoannesKantakouzenos
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Being slowly eaten alive by a Ghoul
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Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy (Aventuras Fantásticas)
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Post by IoannesKantakouzenos on May 18, 2023 22:10:11 GMT
Aw, man… My favourite FF illustrator. Ever since TWoFM I have thoroughly enjoyed his artwork (one of the few pluses on Chasms of Malice and Deathmoor, per instance), and it kinda helps that he was the illustrator in some of my favourite books (Masks of Mayhem, Warlock itself). May he rest in peace. and getting freaked out by the picture of the Ghoul. Same here. For years I would fold the page with that image whenever I went through the references in the opposing page. |
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Post by Wilf on May 21, 2023 8:50:46 GMT
RIP Russ Nicholson the definitive FF artist and a master of his craft. He will be missed. Couldn't have put it better. |
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Post by evilwizard on May 26, 2023 17:37:27 GMT
RIP
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Post by drmanhattan on Jul 5, 2023 22:07:15 GMT
So glad I got to exchange an email with him and thanked him for his legendary contribution to making FF such an amazing success. He was very glad to hear of the WoFTM art contest I ran here but said his health wasn’t great. Sad to hear his news. Legend
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roidhun
Wanderer
Ironic, self-deprecating nerd and geek extraordinnaire.
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Favourite Gamebook Series: The Legends of Skyfall (Yes, really!)
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Post by roidhun on Aug 18, 2023 13:21:37 GMT
Requistat In Pace, Mr. Nicholson. Without you, Fighting Fantasy would have been much the poorer.
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