David Burroughs Mattingly (born June 29, 1956) is an American illustrator and painter, best known for his numerous book covers of science fiction and fantasy literature.
[2] He also worked on films including Tron, Dick Tracy, The Watcher in the Woods, and Stephen King's The Stand miniseries.
He has done more than 2000 book covers for Ballantine, Baen, Ballantine, Bantam, Berkley, Dell, Alfred A. Knopf, Marvel Comics, Omni, Playboy, Ace, Penguin, Scholastic, Signet, and Tor.
[7] He also created covers for all of David Weber's Honorverse science-fiction series.
[citation needed] He has been the Artist Guest of Honor at a number of conventions, including Technicon 24 and Loscon 42.