Happy Birthday: Susan Van Camp
Born in Flint, Michigan in 1959, Susan van Camp has always loved art and doodled pictures on all her school notes as a child.
Her first commercial work was in roleplaying games, on Steve Jackson’s Car Wars. She worked on Tales from the Aniverse for Arrow Comics in 1984, and then Varcel’s Vixens for Caliber Comics.
In 1994 Van Camp began doing artwork for a brand-new card game, Wizards of the Coast’s Magic: The Gathering. She has also worked for several other game publishers, including Flying Buffalo, FASA, Pinnacle, and Alderac.
In 1996 Van Camp produced her own roleplaying game, Dragon Storm. Today she continues to do artwork for various roleplaying games and to produce and sell Dragon Storm as well.