Edward Daniel Cartier (August 1, 1914 – December 25, 2008), known professionally as Edd Cartier, was an American

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who specialized in science fiction and fantasy art. Born in North Bergen, New Jersey, Cartier studied at

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. Following his 1936 graduation from Pratt, his artwork was published in Street and Smith publications, including ''

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'', to which he contributed many interior illustrations, and the John W. Campbell, Jr.-edited magazines ''

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'', '' Doc Savage Magazine'' and ''

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''. His work later appeared in other magazines, including '' Planet Stories'', '' Fantastic Adventures'' and other pulps.

WWII

Cartier served in

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, and he was severely wounded in the

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. He returned to the United States and attended the Pratt Institute again on the

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, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1953. In the post-war years, he continued providing illustrations for ''Astounding'' and also for

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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

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. He is interred at George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus, New Jersey.Grimes, William
"Edd Cartier, 94, Pulp Illustrator, Dies"
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'', 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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