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Don Ivan Punchatz R.I.P.

Larry Roibal alerted me this morning with this post on his blog to the death of Don Ivan Punchatz. Its always sad when a legendary illustrator passes away… but this passing is especially unfortunate when we learn that Punchatz’s widow is now burdened with massive health care bills due to the artist not having had health insurance.

For those who are unfamiliar with the name Don Ivan Punchatz, you may have seen his work for Playboy, Esquire, National Lampoon, Time, Newsweek, and a host of other magazines, countless paperback book covers, the first Star Wars film poster, the cover of the Doom video game… truly a giant. We will miss him.

Punchatz’s obituary at Spectrum

  • warrenki

    Don was one of my profs at Syracuse ISDP during summer residency 2002 and in Fort Worth, spring 2003. He was a generous teacher, a gentle man and a sweet soul. I was fortunate to part of his life. He definitely will be missed.

  • warrenki

    Don was one of my profs at Syracuse ISDP during summer residency 2002 and in Fort Worth, spring 2003. He was a generous teacher, a gentle man and a sweet soul. I was fortunate to part of his life. He definitely will be missed.