Don Ivan Punchatz <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">(September 8, 1936 - October 22, 2009)</span>, 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. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); line-height: 18px; ">He is survived by his wife, Sandra Punchatz; and his children Gregor Punchatz and Triska Tipton.</span><div>
<br></div><div>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.</div>
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</div><div>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. <br>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news/story/1708835.html">http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news/story/1708835.html</a> </div><div><a href="http://kotaku.com/5394609/don-ivan-punchatz-doom-box-artist-dies-at-73" target="_blank">http://kotaku.com/5394609/don-ivan-punchatz-doom-box-artist-dies-at-73</a></div>
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