#brain slayer

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Terry Oakes, "The Brain Slayer," a 1985 illustration for 'Out of the Pit,' a Fighting Fantasy book.

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Caverns of the Snow Witch, the ninth in the original run of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks, was an expansion of a mini-adventure first published in Warlock Magazine. To be honest, the expansion kind of makes it kind of a tiresome slog in the later stages. 

What sets it apart, however, are the rather unique interior illustrations by Gary Ward and Edward Crosby, which have a bizarre, mediaeval woodcut feel to them (as opposed to the more modern fantasy art of Les Edwards’ cover). Some of the illustrations look a bit silly (the Yeti perhaps, for example), but otherwise, I think they really work. I’m not sure if the work was split between the two artists – some pictures look less stylized than others – or if they were done in collaboration.

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(battle Mask will be the division of Aurora Echoes)