View Full Version : Don Ivan Punchatz dies at 73.
diskoboy
11-02-2009, 07:00 PM
Incase you're asking yourself who the hell Don Ivan Punchatz even is...
You'd probably recognize him better as the illustrator of this:
http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Games/LAN/Images/Box-Doom.jpg
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/02/doom-cover-artist-dies-at-73/
Cloud121
11-02-2009, 07:28 PM
Okay, that's just weird. I was getting ready to play some Doom on my Jaguar, and I log onto DP and see this....
Ze_ro
11-03-2009, 01:49 AM
I have to wonder... how do people find out about stuff like this? I mean, this guy was only barely associated with the video game scene...
One of these days, I'd love to get a poster of that cover art.
--Zero
Push Upstairs
11-03-2009, 03:02 AM
"The Ultimate Doom" came with a poster of that artwork.
otoko
11-03-2009, 03:25 AM
I wish I would be associated with that type of awesomeness when I die.
Ed Oscuro
11-03-2009, 04:26 AM
I wish I would be associated with that type of awesomeness when I die.
Signed.
RIP DOOM illustrator!
His son made the miniatures used for enemies in DOOM and...Rise of the Triad.
cyberfluxor
11-03-2009, 08:17 PM
I picked up Doom 3 for the Xbox on the first, started playing yesterday. Wierd... He died October 22, so a few weeks ago.
Star-Telegram article (http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news/story/1708835.html)
Pantechnicon
11-03-2009, 09:34 PM
Hey, that's one iconic piece of game-related artwork. I'll call this a loss.
So...he would have been around 56 or 57 when he painted it, hm? We should strive to be such geeky older men when we get up to that age.