1987 Dragonlance Legends Calendar, as well as several Dragonlance module covers. He was also known for his work on Star Frontiers. Artist Larry Elmore later commented that Caldwell's dragons, compared to those of other artists, appeared "more serpentine—slimmer and more snakeish." Caldwell gained fame producing work for TSR from 1982 to 1992, illustrating many Dungeons & Dragons products at a time when the game was around the peak of its popularity. He was known in particular for his work on Ravenloft and Gazetteer gaming modules. Since 1992 he has again worked as a freelance artist. His work was included as part of the 2002 collection Masters of Dragonlance Art. Caldwell has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. Alleged plagiarism of Caldwell's work In 2003, a Flash animation slideshow titled was released anonymously, alleging that a woman named Jan McRae had plagiarized the work of many artists, including Caldwell, for reproduction in proselytization tracts printed by the Children of God cult. After the slideshow was released, Karen Zerby, leader of the Children of God, acknowledged that McRae had copied the work of others, as did McRae herself, and McRae admitted wrongdoing. References External links Clyde Caldwell at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database 1948 births American illustrators American speculative fiction artists Fantasy artists Living people People from Gastonia, North Carolina Role-playing game artists University of North Carolina at Charlotte alumni University of North Carolina at Greensboro alumni