Justine Mara Andersen (born Dennis Cramer) is an American artist, illustrator, animator, and poet, whose work has appeared in

role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out ...

s and

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Works

Andersen has produced interior illustrations for many ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...

'' books and ''

Dragon A dragon is a Magic (supernatural), magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but European dragon, dragons in Western cultures since the Hi ...

'' magazine since 1995, such as '' Player's Option: Spells & Magic'' (1996), ''

The Sunless Citadel ''The Sunless Citadel'' is an adventure module for the 3rd edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Plot summary This 32-page book begins with a two-page introduction. According to the adventure background provided, the ...

'' (2000), and the 3rd edition ''

Fiend Folio ''Fiend Folio'' is the name of three separate products published for successive editions of the fantasy role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''). All three are collections of monsters. The bulk of the material in the first edition c ...

'' (2003). Andersen also created the erotic comic ''Mara of the Celts'' from

Eros Comix Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and (formerly) the erotic Eros Comix imprint. They have managed several awards for ...

. Andersen has created works for

DC Comics DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...

Image Comics Image Comics is an independent American American comic book, comic book publisher and is the third largest direct market comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry by market share. Its best-known publications include ''Spawn (comics) ...

Lucasfilm Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC is an American film and television production company founded by filmmaker George Lucas in December 10, 1971 in San Rafael, California, and later moved to San Francisco in 2005. It is best known for creating and producing th ...

, and Barbarella. Andersen also has animations published on YouTube, including works to support elephants and indigenous folk in India, and works for the University of Florida.

Personal life

Justine Mara Andersen is a transgender woman, and before coming out mainly published works under birth name Dennis Cramer and pseudonym Dennis Crabapple McClain. Andersen is currently an illustrator for Magic: The Gathering and

, and has a personal website.

References

External links

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Personal website
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