It did always strike me how much more detailed and carefully, almost -lovingly- drawn, that particular illustration was, compared to, say, that of the otyugh.
As a matter of balance, my best friend and I decided that we were going to also pin in an equally lovingly drawn picture by myself of an incubus. Equality in horniness!
I have to imagine the nudity in the monster manual did D&D no favors when it came to opposition from the religious right, but the named demons and the Satanic Panic served to distract from it.
It did always strike me how much more detailed and carefully, almost -lovingly- drawn, that particular illustration was, compared to, say, that of the otyugh.
I imagine it went through many drafts.
Actually I bet it was traced from a photo and the horns and wings drawn in (this was back before the days of computers, kids!)
As a matter of balance, my best friend and I decided that we were going to also pin in an equally lovingly drawn picture by myself of an incubus. Equality in horniness!
I have to imagine the nudity in the monster manual did D&D no favors when it came to opposition from the religious right, but the named demons and the Satanic Panic served to distract from it.