Dario Corallo has suddenly left us, at the age of 66. On top of our gaming-related collaborations, he was a good friend, and although we始ve only met once in real life (in Palermo, of course), we exchanged jokes and gaming-related ideas almost on a daily basis on social media. As a result, I am still reeling from the shock of the sad news of his disappearance, and I won始t be able to add much to what I am writing here today.
Chaosium始s Rick Meints has written a beautiful, moving obituary.
There is also this piece from a Sicilian daily, amongst many others, as Dario始s day job was in the publishing industry where he was well-known and liked for his keen humour. He did the layout and drew vignettes for the Giornale di Sicilia daily newspaper until about two years ago when he was part of a massive layoff. This, however, enabled him to spend even more time illustrating his beloved Jonstown Compendium and The Fantasy Trip supplements.
Also, from The Design Mechanism始s newsletter:
ReplyDeleteIt’s with great sadness and fond memory that we report the death of Dario Corallo. Dario was an Italian artist and graphic designer who was one of the defining illustrators of the Gloranthan Renaissance, spearheaded by the magazines ’Tales of the Reaching Moon’ and ’Tradetalk’ in the 1990s to 2000s. His work graced the covers of the Moon Design Publications releases of ‘Pavis & Big Rubble’, ‘Borderlands & Beyond’, and many other Gloranthan publications since. He was a stalwart of the Tentacles Convention in Germany, and a good friend of The Design Mechanism, contributing several pages of printable figures for our first Classic Fantasy publications and ‘Breaking the Habit, our first Combat Training module.
Dario was genial, friendly, down to earth, and a pleasure to know. His wry smile and shy demeanour (he was an incredibly modest man) will be greatly missed.