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Bruce Eagle NES Might and Magic cover illustrator has died

Sep 5, 2014 at 4:08:37 PM
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http://46m.org/art-photo/bruce-ea...
 
Bruce not only illustrated movies and D&D products but videogames. 
 
Mobygames doesn't credit him with Might and Magic but they have him listed as the illustrator of these titles as well. 
 
Old news but I'm just hearing this now. I've never met or spoken with Bruce but I do have a couple of his videogame originals in my videogame collection.
 
Metal morph for the Super Nintendo
 
 
Knights of Karnage (unreleased in US) Playstation 1



Edited: 09/05/2014 at 04:40 PM by buyatari2

Sep 5, 2014 at 6:20:51 PM
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He probably did the art for the unreleased Might & Magic 2 for SNES too.

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Sep 5, 2014 at 6:24:40 PM
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Sep 5, 2014 at 6:48:24 PM
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Might and magic has got to be one of the best covers in the library. Too bad he's passed.

Frank do u have a pic of the M&m2? I never heard about that before

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Sep 5, 2014 at 6:54:09 PM
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Originally posted by: Bronty

Might and magic has got to be one of the best covers in the library. Too bad he's passed.

Frank do u have a pic of the M&m2? I never heard about that before

I saw it before on one of those slick flyers they used to give away to the press at the expos etc.


Sep 5, 2014 at 6:57:49 PM
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I remember many a game mag having that picture in the ad pages.

Sep 5, 2014 at 7:24:18 PM
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I just found M&M2 on google. Looks like his I agree

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Sep 5, 2014 at 7:27:32 PM
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Yeah M&M2 was really heavily advertised for several months, I remember being surprised when I found out years later it never came out.

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Sep 5, 2014 at 7:32:40 PM
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@Frank - Does Might and Magic II exist in any form?

Here is the CES flyer I was talking about.

Sep 6, 2014 at 11:30:53 AM
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The ads with ass in them always grabbed my attention once I hit middle school.

Bruce Eagle -- now that's a name!

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Sep 6, 2014 at 5:04:33 PM
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Thanks for sharing Adam, that is indeed a nice cover. MM2 on snes would also be a cool one to have!



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Sep 6, 2014 at 5:12:16 PM
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How come I never hear of these guys until after they die? Great work but it'd be nice to see some of this stuff when the artists are still alive to cherish it.

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Sep 6, 2014 at 7:26:55 PM
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Originally posted by: jonebone

How come I never hear of these guys until after they die? Great work but it'd be nice to see some of this stuff when the artists are still alive to cherish it.

Marc Ericksen did NES Megaman 2 and more going back to Atari.

http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/...

Cliff Spohn did many of the early Atari boxes. 
 
http://cliff-spohn.artistwebsites...

Here is Mike Winterbauer on ebay selling a book he wrote about the videogame paintings he did. Looks like he also sells prints.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221542044...

Yoshitaka Amano illustrated many Squaresoft games including Final Fantasy games.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosh...

Ayami Kojima did several Castlevania covers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayam...

Drew Struzan did some Spyro and movie tie in covers.

http://www.drewstruzan.com/illust...


 


Edited: 09/06/2014 at 08:38 PM by buyatari2