Ed Cox (artist)

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Ed Cox
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H. Ed Cox
Nationality American
Known for Fantasy art

H. Ed Cox is an American artist and fantasy illustrator whose work has appeared in role-playing games.

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Career

His Dungeons & Dragons work includes the 3.5 Dungeon Master's Guide (2003), Complete Warrior (2003), Frostburn (2004), Races of Destiny (2004), Sandstorm (2005), Lords of Madness (2005), Tome of Magic (2006), Complete Scoundrel (2007), and Magic Item Compendium (2007).

He has also worked on the Legend of the Five Rings , and 7th Sea collectible card games. [1]

He did the cover art for Mark W. Tiedemann's 2001 novel Compass Reach. [2]

He has illustrated box covers for MPC model kits based on Star Wars and other franchises.

He was the guest of honor at the Oasis 17 science fiction literary convention in 2004.

Cox was nominated for a Chesley Award, for Best Monochrome Work – Unpublished, in 1999, for his work "A Hard Act to Follow". [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Ed Cox | Board Game Artist | BoardGameGeek".
  2. "Publication: Compass Reach".
  3. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1999 Chesley Awards". Archived from the original on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  4. "Chesley Award nominations", Science Fiction Chronicle 20. 5 (Apr/May 1999): 5