[game_preservation] Don Ivan Punchatz, Doom box artist, dies at 73

[Devin Monnens]

Don Ivan Punchatz (September 8, 1936 - October 22, 2009), box and logo
artist for Doom as well as dozens of other fantastic speculative fiction
works, TIME, Playboy, National Geographic magazine, and the original Star
Wars movie poster. Punchatz died October 22 in Arlington, TX after suffering
a heart attack on October 11. He was 73. He is survived by his wife, Sandra
Punchatz; and his children Gregor Punchatz and Triska Tipton.

Punchatz was a top artist in the graphic design industry. Born in New
Jersey, he got his first paid design gig for a national advertising agency
at age 17. At the School of Visual Arts in New York, he studied under Tarzan
comic strip artist, Burne Hogarth. He taught in Texas Christian University's
graphics design program and ran his studio, SketchPad Studio, in Arlington.

Gamespy voted his Doom cover art the second best box art of all time.
Punchatz reportedly lowered his fees to match id Software's budget and
declined an offer to accept a percentage of the game's sales for his work.

http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news/story/1708835.html
http://kotaku.com/5394609/don-ivan-punchatz-doom-box-artist-dies-at-73
http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/full_content.php?article_id=1070&full=yes&pbr=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ivan_Punchatz

BTW, this isn't a well-polished Memorial, and I don't know if the Memorial
Wiki is up and running on the new site.

-- 
Devin Monnens
www.deserthat.com

The sleep of Reason produces monsters.
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