Darlene Pekul

Darlene Pekul (born 1954 in Wisconsin) is an American artist and calligrapher.

Biography

Pekul graduated from Beloit College in 1976.^[1]

After college Pekul dated Mike Carr, who was working as an editor at TSR Inc., the publisher of Dungeons & Dragons.^[2][3] As a result of this connection Pekul started to do freelance work for TSR. In 1979 and 1980 her black and white drawings appeared in the interior of the Dungeon Master's Guide, Deities & Demigods, and an accessory book called Rogue's Gallery.^[4] Her calligraphy was used for the poem, penned by the wizard Keraptis, which players receive at the start of the adventure White Plume Mountain. She provided color cover art for the adventure In Search of the Unknown and she drew the 34" by 44" map for the World of Greyhawk.

Pekul was the cover artist for Dragon magazine issue 37^[5] which was also the first issue to carry a color comic strip written and illustrated by Pekul. The comic strip was called Jasmine after its titular heroine, a princess whose realm is coveted by an evil prince. It ran for 12 issues before being cancelled for not appealing to the magazine's mostly male readers; a petition at Origins '81 to have the comic strip brought back gathered few signatures.^[6] In 1982 Pekul designed and produced the card game Jasmine: The Battle for the Mid-Realm.

Notes

1. ^ Pekul's Website
2. ^ Dragonsfoot Forum: recollection of Tim Kask (kaskoid)
3. ^ Acaeum Forum: post by Darlene
4. ^ Tome of Treasures
5. ^ The Acaeum: Dragon 37
6. ^ Everything2: Darlene Pekul

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