D&D General Art of Clyde Caldwell Kickstarter

Dire Bare · 2026-03-26T08:57:04+0000

Wow! There is currently a Kickstarter closing on April 18 for an art book featuring the work of Clyde Caldwell, classic D&D artist!

Check it out!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1735313490/the-art-of-clyde-caldwell-legacy-anthology

Plaguescarred · 2026-03-26T09:55:30+0000

Clyde Caldwell's artwork contributed significantly to my passion for D&D in the 80-90's with some of the first images of quality depicting this world of fantasy! It's nice to see this anthology artbook published.

Reef · 2026-03-26T11:26:59+0000

I can’t overstate how much of an influence his art (along with Elmore, Easley, and Parkinson) had on my life. I spent hours absorbing every single piece I came across, whether in a book, a Dragon magazine, or a calendar. So, this would be top of my wish list, if the shipping from the US wasn’t going to kill me.

If it wasn’t a limited print run, and going to be available in stores, it be on my Christmas list for sure! As it, I’ll probably have to content myself with the aforementioned books, Dragons, and calendars.

Bae'zel · 2026-03-26T12:03:29+0000

Wow. I want this, but nearly 200$ CAD, plus shipping, makes it a hard sell. I just got the epic huge Taschen Frank Frazetta book for less, and it's the largest book I've ever owned. So not sure about this. If it was 100$ cheaper, I'd do it.

Sacrosanct · 2026-03-26T14:15:08+0000

Reef said:
I can’t overstate how much of an influence his art (along with Elmore, Easley, and Parkinson) had on my life. I spent hours absorbing every single piece I came across, whether in a book, a Dragon magazine, or a calendar.

Same. This image will always be how I envision black dragons. I remember first seeing his work and spending a lot of time just admiring how he did gemstones lol.

Alzrius · 2026-03-26T14:22:52+0000

That's excellent! Caldwell's art has long been a staple of classic D&D, and I've long enjoyed his work.

He's also a legitimately good guy; I bought a print from him a few years ago, and left a review on his website (which is unfortunately no longer there; I think the site was recently redone). He emailed me about it, and we had a very pleasant back-and-forth about his work. He felt very genuine and happy to talk to a fan of his.

mamba · 2026-03-26T14:26:02+0000

Bae'zel said:
Wow. I want this, but nearly 200$ CAD, plus shipping, makes it a hard sell. I just got the epic huge Taschen Frank Frazetta book for less, and it's the largest book I've ever owned. So not sure about this. If it was 100$ cheaper, I'd do it.

You got the regular version or the XXL one? The latter is $200 on their site ($170 on Amazon), given that the Caldwell book is somewhat smaller (dimension wise, no idea about page count), its $140 do not seem to be that far off

Sacrosanct · 2026-03-26T15:18:44+0000

Alzrius said:
That's excellent! Caldwell's art has long been a staple of classic D&D, and I've long enjoyed his work.

He's also a legitimately good guy; I bought a print from him a few years ago, and left a review on his website (which is unfortunately no longer there; I think the site was recently redone). He emailed me about it, and we had a very pleasant back-and-forth about his work. He felt very genuine and happy to talk to a fan of his.

Larry Elmore is the same way. I've met him a few times, and the last time we were chatting about various stuff (including motorcycles lol), and he invited me to his home if I were to be Kentucky. Not that I ever plan on going to Kentucky lol.

IME of those I've met, most of those TSR era artists were all really nice people (except Donald Sutherland, who was a horrible misogynist). But Darlene, Elmore, Caldwell, Easley, Diesel, Lockwood, Brom? All good people easy to talk to.