The greatest trick Erol Otus ever pulled was convincing thousands of kids that the strangest artwork they’d ever seen was also the coolest.
He wasn’t wrong.
🖼️Erol Otus 1981 cover for D&D Expert Rules by my friend David ‘Zeb’ Cook.
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Before Elmore.
Before Caldwell.
Before Easley.
Before Parkinson.
There was Dave Sutherland’s dragon.
The original 1977 Holmes Basic Set painting is far brighter than the published box cover.
A wizard.
A fighter.
A dragon on a pile of treasure.
That’s it.
That’s D&D.
Fifty years later, we’re still chasing that moment.
Photo from @ZenopusArchives blog