Don Ivan Punchatz
Don Ivan Punchatz (September 8, 1936 - October 22, 2009) was a science fiction and fantasy artist who drew illustrations for numerous books and publications, including magazines such as Heavy Metal, National Geographic, Playboy, and Time.[1] He illustrated album covers, and provided the cover art for session guitarist Steve Hunter's debut solo album, Swept Away.
During 1993, id Software hired him to create the Doom video game package art and logo. The result was named the second best game box art of all time by GameSpy.[2] His son, Gregor Punchatz, has worked on special effects for several movies, and also created monster sculptures for Doom.[1]
Punchatz suffered a cardiac arrest on October 11, 2009 [3] and died in an Arlington, Texas, hospital on October 22, 2009.[4]
Partial cover art bibliography
- A Barnstormer in Oz
- Dayworld
- Dayworld Rebel
- Foundation and Empire
- Gods of Riverworld
- Second Foundation
- Worlds of the Federation
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wilonsky, Robert (October 27, 2009). "From National Lampoon to National Portrait Gallery, Paying Tribute to Don Ivan Punchatz". Dallas Observer.
- ↑ Turner, Benjamin (July 27, 2004). "Top 10 Best Box Arts". GameSpy.
- ↑ "DON IVAN PUNCHATZ (1936-2009)". Spectrum Fantastic Art. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
- ↑ Spangler, Anthony (October 24, 2009). "TCU teacher left his mark in the art world". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
- This article uses content from the GFDL Doom Wiki article "Don Ivan Punchatz".
External links
- Doom logo
- A high-resolution scan of The Ultimate Doom poster
- Spectrum's article on Punchatz
- Don Ivan Punchatz at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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