IF YOU GO* What: Con-Nooga 2010.* When: 2 p.m. today through 6 p.m. Sunday.* Where: Chattanooga Choo Choo, 1400 Market St.* Admission: $20 today, $25 Saturday, $10 Sunday; $5 ages 6-13 each day. Three-day pass $35 adults, $15 ages 6-13. Exhibitor hall open Sunday at no charge.* Phone: 872-2529.* Web site: www.connooga.com.OTHER GUESTSIn addition to Larry Elmore:* B-horror film director/Troma Studios founder Lloyd Kaufman* “Dead Moon Rising” actress Tucky Williams* Comic-book artist Sanford Greene* Tribal-fusion bellydancer Amberetta* DJs Spider and Addambombb
Longtime fans of tabletop fantasy novels might not immediately recognize Larry Elmore’s name, but they’ve probably owned many examples of his work.
In the 1980s, Elmore, a professional fantasy painter for almost 30 years, worked as one of four staff artists at TSR Inc., a subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast and the original publisher of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing universe.
Elmore is one of a number of special guests slated to attend the Con Nooga fan convention today through Sunday.
During his tenure at TSR, Elmore regularly contributed covers to “Dragon” magazine, but perhaps his most memorable contribution was as art director for the Dragonlance universe, a position that included developing the likenesses of the property’s major characters.