This week’s “L” choice was an easy one to make. As a kid I drew tons of D&D stuff, but for some reason this little guy was my favorite. As he appears in the 1979 edition of the game, though, he’s a bit of an odd bird. Lizard men appear in two locations of the book, neither of which are consistent with one another (not to mention the Lizard Man entry in the Monster Manual, which is also different). In the “Monsters” section of the book, they’re described as “aquatic monsters” who are “at least semi-intelligent and use weapons such as spears and clubs,” but on the very first page of the book we get this drawing of a lizard man–the one I was most fixated on:
This guy’s clearly more than “semi-intelligent,” is sporting full armor, and appears to be hanging on dry land. I love how he’s not only a lizard himself, but he’s also got a lizard on his helmet and he’s riding a lizard.
Anyhoo… here’s my “L” entry for this week:
L is for Lizard Man
The original art for this is for sale here.
Embarrassing bonus: Some of my childhood drawings of the Lizard Man. The sketchbook these are from isn’t dated, but I’d guess I was maybe ten years old when I did these. Note the “mixed nerd signals” here with the D&D lizard man under the Star Wars Tattoine double-sun.
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