We are about to lose a D&D Icon

[Foundry of Decay]

Heartbreaking, really.

This touched a nerve with me since he not only helped influence me into becoming an artist, but has gone through depressions like I'm hitting, or have hit recently myself. Especially when it comes to feeling 'nobody wants what you produce'.

I hope he recieves all of the well wishes he rightly deserves. It's pretty amazing what simple 'thank you's' can mean to someone who's poured a lot of his life into his craft, especially amongst the void of appreciation.

He certainly deserves to know just how much he meant to the hobby, and to the artists and cartographer's arts as well.

 

[Scarbonac]

Aw, Christ. Paladin In Hell was one of my favorites.

 

[Algolei]

He certainly deserves to know just how much he meant to the hobby, and to the artists and cartographer's arts as well.

There's a quotable fact.

Check out the images at the bottom of pp.170-173 in the 1E DMG: Those have always been the epitome of D&D to me. (Those are Sutherland's drawings, aren't they? I've always believed them to be so.) (If they're not, I guess now's as good a time as any to ask about them.)

 

[Ed Cha]

I grew up staring at David C. Sutherland III's artwork with fascination. There was a story in each illustration. He is a D&D legend and will be sorely missed.

It makes me sad that a lot of the original people involved in D&D are getting older. They are the folks who made this game what it is. If I ever had the financial capability, I'd bring them all together for one big party.

I'm looking forward to the auction. I know I'll be bidding on a few items.

By the way, anyone have an idea how much the "Paladin in Hell" original went for?

 

[Keeper of Secrets]

I realize he is terminal but we can hope for the best, I suppose.

 

[Henry]

Unfortunately, all I can give David and his family are my prayers, but hopefully the auction will do some serious good for his medical bills and his legacy he wants to build for them.

 

[JeffB]

EnWorld front page lists "Donald"..think someone could change that to "David", please ?

 

[Ed Cha]

Well, it looks like I've already been outbid on most of the items I was interested in. Hopefully, I can at least snag one good collectible, but what's more important is that a good amount of money is raised. I'll continue to monitor the auction. Hope others do, too.

 

[Tav_Behemoth]

It makes me sad that a lot of the original people involved in D&D are getting older. They are the folks who made this game what it is. If I ever had the financial capability, I'd bring them all together for one big party.

I've been talking to Peter Adkinson about a "Gen Con Remembers" program track beginning in 2005 that would do just that, as the beginning of an oral history project to collect as many stories from the early days as possible in the words of the people who were there.

Dave Sutherland is one of the top people I would have loved to be there - this news is truly heartbreaking.