Edward Daniel Cartier
(August 1, 1914 – December 25, 2008), known professionally as Edd Cartier, was an American
pulp magazine illustrator who specialized in science fiction and fantasy art.
Born in
North Bergen, New Jersey
North Bergen is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the township had a total population of 63,361. The township was founded in 1843. It was much diminished in territory by ...
, Cartier studied at
Pratt Institute. Following his 1936 graduation from Pratt, his artwork was published in
Street and Smith publications, including ''
The Shadow
The Shadow is a fictional character created by magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator, and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by writer Walter ...
'', to which he contributed many interior illustrations, and the John W. Campbell, Jr.-edited magazines ''Astounding (magazine), Astounding Science Fiction'', ''Doc Savage, Doc Savage Magazine'' and ''Unknown (magazine), Unknown''.
His work later appeared in other magazines, including ''Planet Stories'', ''Fantastic Adventures'' and other Pulp magazine, pulps.
WWII
Cartier served in World War II, and he was severely wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. He returned to the United States and attended the Pratt Institute again on the G.I. Bill, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1953.
In the post-war years, he continued providing illustrations for ''Astounding'' and also for Gnome Press and Fantasy Press.
However, low pay for such illustrations led Cartier into employment as a draftsman for an engineering firm during the 1950s. He worked for more than 25 years as an art director with Mosstype, a Waldwick, New Jersey, manufacturer specializing in printing machinery.
Cartier died at age 94 on December 25, 2008, at his home in Ramsey, New Jersey. He is interred at George Washington Memorial Park (Paramus, New Jersey), George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus, New Jersey.
[Grimes, William]
"Edd Cartier, 94, Pulp Illustrator, Dies"
''The New York Times'', January 8, 2009. Accessed January 8, 2009.
Awards and reprints
Cartier was given the 1992 World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 1996 and 2001, he was nominated for Retro Hugo Awards for artwork published in 1945 and 1951.
''Edd Cartier: The Known and the Unknown'' is a 2000-copy limited edition hardcover published by Gerry de la Ree in 1977. Cartier's illustrations of L. Ron Hubbard's fiction were reprinted in ''Master Storyteller: An Illustrated Tour of the Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard'' by William J. Widder (Galaxy Press, 2003.).
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AP Obituaryin ''The Jersey Journal''
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1914 births
2008 deaths
American magazine illustrators
American speculative fiction artists
Analog Science Fiction and Fact people
Artists from New Jersey
Burials at George Washington Memorial Park (Paramus, New Jersey)
Fantasy artists
People from North Bergen, New Jersey
People from Ramsey, New Jersey
Pratt Institute alumni
Science fiction artists
United States Army personnel of World War II
United States Army soldiers