Street Scene: Tom Mix Memorial

• A R I Z O N A •

Pinal Pioneer Parkway (State Route 79),

near Florence (link)

Jan. 6, 1880 – Oct. 12, 1940

In Memory of

TOM MIX

Whose spirit left his body on this spot,

and whose characterization and portrayals

in life served to better fix memories of

the Old West in the minds of living men.

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Lettering: Fahrenheit 451

In 1984 Byron Preiss Visual Publications produced a video game adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 for Trillium. The book was published by Ballantine Books on October 19, 1953.

Byron Preiss gave an Atari console to me to create the graphics. I don’t recall the model number. Below are my ideas for the title sequence. Preiss wanted to use a salamander in the sequence.

This sequence focused on the city skyline and face of the main character, Guy Montag.

A color story board was made of the sequence. Below is the black-and-white photocopy of it.

Revisions were requested and the following sequence was used for the game.

It was tedious work creating the art and lettering.

The game was previewed in Time magazine.

 































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Lettering: Burton Rice Illustrations, 1917–1920

SHEET MUSIC, 1917

 





























MOVIE ADVERTISEMENTS AND POSTERS, 1918

 

MOVIE ADVERTISEMENTS, 1919

 




























MOVIE ADVERTISEMENTS, 1920

 





























ABOUT BURTON RICE
see Bluebird Photo-Plays Advertisements, Part 1


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