Quinton B. Hoover (March 16, 1964 – April 20, 2013) was an American artist best known for his art in the collectible trading card game '' Magic: The Gathering''.

Career

Hoover drew over 70 pieces for the '' Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game. Quinton was the artist for the ''Magic'' card "Proposal" which creator

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used to propose to his then-girlfriend (and future wife), Lily Wu. Quinton worked as an illustrator for many other card games including ''

Middle-earth Collectible Card Game Middle-earth Collectible Card Game (MECCG) is an out-of-print collectible card game released by Iron Crown Enterprises in late 1995. It is the first CCG based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, with added content from ICE's ...

'', and role playing books, including ''Dungeons & Dragons'' books such as ''

Monster Manual II ''Monster Manual II'' is the title shared by two hardback rulebooks published for different versions of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy roleplaying game. ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' ''Monster Manual II'' was a 160-page hardcover ...

'' (2002) and '' Book of Vile Darkness'' (2002). He was the co-creator of the comic '' Morgana X''. Hoover was born in

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in 1964 and lived in

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. He was married with four grown children. He died on April 20, 2013."United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KFF2-J29 : accessed 23 May 2013), Quinton B Hoover, 20 April 2013.

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External links

Q's Magic Cards
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoover, Quinton 1964 births 2013 deaths American fantasy artists American game artists American role-playing game artists People from Baker City, Oregon