Gerald Crotty

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Name:	Gerald Crotty
Alias(es):	gez
Type:	fan artist
Fandoms:	Star Wars, Indiana Jones
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Gerald Crotty was a Star Wars fan artist whose work appeared in fanzines from the late 1980s through early 2000s.

Meta

• Why I Love Return of the Jedi (in Delta Source #13 (2003)

Awards

• 1993 STAR aWARdS: Star Wars Illustration Artist
• 1994 STAR aWARdS: Star Wars Illustration Artist; Honorary Mention in Star Wars Miscellaneous for a cartoon in A Tremor in the Force #8
• 1995 STAR aWARdS: Star Wars Cover Artist for the front cover of The Ormand Factor #2; Honorary Mention in Star Wars Miscellaneous for cartoons in I Don't Care What You Smell #1; Honorary Mention for Star Wars Illustration Artist
• 1996 STAR aWARdS: Honorary Mention for Star Wars Illustration Artist; Honorary Mention for Star Wars Cover Artist for the back cover of A Tremor in the Force #9
• 1998 STAR aWARdS: Star Wars Illustration Artist; Star Wars Cover Artist for the front cover of I Don't Care What You Smell #4
• 1999 STAR aWARdS: Foreign Star Wars Zine Under 100 Pages for Never Mind the Bollux #2 (editor)
• 2000 STAR aWARdS: Star Wars Cover Artist (Color) for the front cover for You Could Use Another Good Kiss; Honorary Mention for Star Wars Illustration Artist
• 2002 Fan Q Awards: Best Star Wars Gen Artist

Zines Containing Gerald's Art

• Delta Source
• A Galaxy Far, Far Away
• Field Studies
• I Don't Care What You Smell
• I Have a Bad Feeling About This
• Millennium
• Never Mind the Bollux
• The Ormand Factor
• Simian Scrolls
• Southern Enclave
• Telesponder
• A Tremor in the Force
• You Could Use a Good Kiss

Sample Art

1993

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  from A Tremor in the Force #7 -- "I was particularly "blown away" by the fantastic art of Gerald Crotty on page 53. Who is this guy and where has he been all of SW life? This is an artist to rival any I've seen. I really look forward to seeing more of Mr. Crotty's work. This is frameable stuff!"
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  from A Tremor in the Force #7

1994

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  from A Tremor in the Force #8 -- "Gerald Crotty's cartoon on page 23 was a real hoot!"
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  from A Tremor in the Force #8 -- "Speaking of Her Worship, Gerald Crotty's illo on page 114 is spectacular! It tops the one he did in #7."
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  from A Tremor in the Force #8 -- " My favorite piece of art in the zine, however, was on page 189 by Gerald Crotty. Wow!! Such a gorgeous work that it literally gave me goosebumps. Outstanding!"
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  from I Have a Bad Feeling About This #1
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  from I Have a Bad Feeling About This #1

1996

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  from A Tremor in the Force #9
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  portrays Wedge Antilles from the story "A.W.O.L.", from A Tremor in the Force #9 -- "As always, Gerald Crotty's art is phenomenal. His back cover of Yoda was incredible, as were his illos for "A.W.O.L." by Louise Turner. His talent just grows increasingly more astonishing and awe-inspiring. How lucky SW fanfic is to share his wonderful gift!"
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  from A Tremor in the Force #9

1997

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  from A Tremor in the Force #10
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  from A Tremor in the Force #10
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  from A Tremor in the Force #10
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  from I Don't Care What You Smell #4 (May 1998) -- Gerald won a STAR aWARd for "1998 SW Cover Artist" for this art

1999

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  from Never Mind the Bollux #1, a riff on South Park
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  from Never Mind the Bollux #2 (1999)
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  from You Could Use a Good Kiss #1
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  from I Have a Bad Feeling About This #3
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  from I Have a Bad Feeling About This #3
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  from I Have a Bad Feeling About This #3
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  from I Have a Bad Feeling About This #3

2000s

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  from You Could Use Another Good Kiss
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  from Millennium #1 (2001)
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  from Delta Source #7
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  from Delta Source #12