Fantasy Showcase Tarot Deck
The Fantasy Showcase Tarot Deck (also called the Fan Tarot Deck) was a long-time project of Bruce Pelz's which he brought to completion with the help of Noreascon Two as part of his Fan GoHship at it. The complete set of original art (as well as printed decks for sale) were displayed there.
It started in the 1960s when Don Simpson persuaded Pelz to buy a Steuben Glass goblet with the promise to engrave something of Pelz's choice on it. He eventually decided he wanted an engraving of the tower tarot card, which Simpson did. Pelz then developed the ambition of acquiring an entire tarot deck engraved on fine glass goblets, but Steuben forestalled him by taking that design out of production. So he decided on a more conventional card deck, but with each card done by a different fan artist. He started soliciting art before St. Louiscon in 1969.
- See the entire deck at Fanac.org.
- Pelz' brief history of the deck at eFanzines.
| Number | Card | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | The Fool | Bruce Duncan |
| I | The Magician | Taral |
| II | The High Priestess | George Barr |
| III | The Empress | Maxine Miller |
| IV | The Emperor | Helmot Pesch |
| V | The Hierophant | Karen Kuykendall |
| VI | The Lovers | Connie Faddis |
| VII | The Chariot | Joe Wehrle |
| VIII | Strength | Suford Lewis |
| IX | The Hermit | James Patrick |
| X | The Wheel of Fortune | Linda Miller |
| XI | Justice | Joan Hanke-Woods |
| XII | The Hanged Man | Greg Bear |
| XIII | Death | Tim Kirk |
| XIV | Temperance | Kate Wadey |
| XV | The Devil | Chris Baker |
| XVI | The Tower | Don Simpson |
| XVII | The Star | Kelly Freas |
| XVIII | The Moon | Mary Jane Hertz |
| XIX | The Sun | Inger Edelfeldt |
| XX | Judgement | Tina Bear |
| XXI | The World | Victoria Poyser |
| XXII | Separation | Gordon Monson |
| XXIII | The Farrier | Dian Crayne |
| Verso | Walt Leibscher | |
| Publication | 1980 |
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