Karl Waller

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Karl Waller is an American artist whose work has appeared in comic books and roleplaying and collectible card games.

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Early life and education

He graduated from the Pennsylvania School of Art in 1987, with a diploma in communication arts. [1]

Career

Karl Waller produced interior illustrations for many Dungeons & Dragons books and Dragon magazine from 1988 to 1998.

He has also produced artwork for other role-playing games including Shadowrun and Earthdawn (FASA), Shatterzone , Torg , and Bloodshadows (West End Games), Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth (Last Unicorn Games), and In Nomine and GURPS (Steve Jackson Games), Vampire: The Masquerade and Wraith: The Oblivion (White Wolf), and Mutants & Masterminds (Green Ronin Publishing).

Waller has also illustrated cards for Last Unicorn Games' collectible card game Heresy: Kingdom Come . [2]

Waller has also worked in the comic book industry, [3] including illustrating the prequel comic book X-Men the Movie: Wolverine. [4]

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References

  1. Wallace, Brian (September 29, 1995). "Show puts alumni on the wall", Intelligencer Journal , p. 12.
  2. "Heresy Cards by Artist". The Sendai Bubble. Archived from the original on 2003-12-10. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  3. "Avatar Press".
  4. Radford, Bill (June 4, 2000). "Prequels showcase heroes and villains of X-Men film", The Gazette , p. L2.