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Pekul graduated from [[Beloit College]] in 1976.<ref>[http://darlenetheartist.com/ Pekul's Website]</ref> | Pekul graduated from [[Beloit College]] in 1976.<ref>[http://darlenetheartist.com/ Pekul's Website]</ref> | ||
Pekul started to do freelance work for [[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], publisher of [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. One of her first jobs was to design and produce the sign hung outside TSR's Williams Street building.<ref>[http://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=9309&#p115114 The Greyhawk forum at The Piazza] post by Darlene</ref>{{better source|date=May 2013}} 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''.<ref>[http://tomeoftreasures.com/tot_adnd/roguesgallery/pekul.htm Tome of Treasures]</ref> Her calligraphy was used for the poem 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 Fantasy Game Setting|World of Greyhawk]]. | |||
Pekul was the cover artist for [[Dragon (magazine)|''Dragon'' magazine]] issue 37<ref>[http://wiki.acaeum.com/wiki/The_Dragon_37 The Acaeum: Dragon 37]</ref> 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 Game Fair|Origins '81]] to have the comic strip brought back gathered few signatures.<ref>[http://everything2.com/title/Darlene+Pekul Everything2: Darlene Pekul]</ref> In 1982 Pekul designed and produced the card game ''[[Jasmine: The Battle for the Mid-Realm]]''. | Pekul was the cover artist for [[Dragon (magazine)|''Dragon'' magazine]] issue 37<ref>[http://wiki.acaeum.com/wiki/The_Dragon_37 The Acaeum: Dragon 37]</ref> 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 Game Fair|Origins '81]] to have the comic strip brought back gathered few signatures.<ref>[http://everything2.com/title/Darlene+Pekul Everything2: Darlene Pekul]</ref> In 1982 Pekul designed and produced the card game ''[[Jasmine: The Battle for the Mid-Realm]]''. | ||
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Template:Unreliable sources Darlene Pekul (born 1954 in Wisconsin) is an American artist and calligrapher.
Biography
Pekul graduated from Beloit College in 1976.[1]
Pekul started to do freelance work for TSR, publisher of Dungeons & Dragons. One of her first jobs was to design and produce the sign hung outside TSR's Williams Street building.[2][better source needed] 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.[3] Her calligraphy was used for the poem 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[4] 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.[5] In 1982 Pekul designed and produced the card game Jasmine: The Battle for the Mid-Realm.
![Company logo for TSR Hobbies, Inc. Designed in October 1980.[6]](/greyhawkwiki/File:Tsr_logo_game_wizards.png){kind=logo}