{{Short description|Northern Irish artist and illustrator (born 1955)}}
'''Dave Carson''' (born 1955) is a Northern Ireland-born<ref name=Innsmouth>{{cite web|title=Interview: Dave Carson |url=http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/blog/interview-dave-carson/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713234631/http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/blog/interview-dave-carson/ |archivedate=July 13, 2014 }}</ref> artist and novel illustrator.
==Career== Carson has been presented with five British Fantasy Awards for Best Artist<ref name=Innsmouth /> during more than twenty years of illustration. He is most famous for his illustrations in H. P. Lovecraft's novels, and his work for Games Workshop.
His role-playing game artwork includes ''Call of Cthulhu'', ''Palladium Fantasy'', ''Nightbane'' and ''Beyond the Supernatural''.
Carson provided illustrations for ''The Clock of Dreams'' (1978)<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2699500097.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417051921/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2699500097.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 17, 2016 | title=Lumley, Brian 1937- | series=Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series | date=January 1, 2008 | accessdate=August 1, 2015| via=HighBeam Research}}</ref> and the Fighting Fantasy gamebook ''Beneath Nightmare Castle'' (1987).<ref name="HW">{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|authorlink=Lawrence Schick|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5|page=367}}</ref> He contributed artwork to the H. P. Lovecraft anthology ''Shadows Over Innsmouth''.<ref>Sawicki, Steven (January 2002). "Shadows Over Innsmouth", ''Science Fiction Chronicle'' '''23''' (1): 29.</ref>
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== External links == * [http://davecarson.topcities.com/ Dave Carson homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517032719/http://davecarson.topcities.com/ |date=2008-05-17 }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carson, Dave}} Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:Role-playing game artists