The Marathon Art of Craig Mullins

myth

Filename: myth.jpg

Size: 425 x 600 pixels

Date: July 1997 (cyberverse.com)

About: Craig's 'Self Portrait'. In July 1997 Craig wrote:
"This is an old self portrait done in school. I think the assignment was a historical fantasy setting. The textures were done by brutalizing the paper and rubbing rubber cement everywhere to act as a kind of resist."

When I first saw this in 1997 I thought... "Count Roland".
Count Roland is referred to on the opening terminal of Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! which is the start of the Durandal Chapter in Marathon. The terminal includes a lengthy quote from 'The Song of Roland', namely:

Count Roland smites upon the marble stone;
I cannot tell you how he hewed it and smote;
Yet the blade breaks not nor splinters, though it groans;
Upward to heaven it rebounds from the blow.
When the count sees it never will be broke,
Then to himself right softly he makes moan;
'Ah, Durandal, fair, hallowed, and devote,
What store of relics lies in thy hilt of gold!'

-From The Song of Roland
(Translated by Dorothy Sayers, Viking Penguin, NY, NY, 1957)
I've twice been conquered-
Three times more,
Never again shall humanity purge me,
And never the Pfhor.

Durandal

It might seem odd for a First Person Shooter to quote from an 11th-century epic French poem but this is a Bungie game after all and there are allusions in this terminal that weave their way throughout all three games.
But I digress.

The above image is nicely used in "The 10th Warrior" movie by Bryan "Brymen" Mendoza from 1998. See below.

Enjoy.

Filename:	myth.jpg
Size:	425 x 600 pixels
Date:	July 1997 (cyberverse.com)
About:	Craig's 'Self Portrait'. In July 1997 Craig wrote: "This is an old self portrait done in school. I think the assignment was a historical fantasy setting. The textures were done by brutalizing the paper and rubbing rubber cement everywhere to act as a kind of resist." When I first saw this in 1997 I thought... "Count Roland". Count Roland is referred to on the opening terminal of Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! which is the start of the Durandal Chapter in Marathon. The terminal includes a lengthy quote from 'The Song of Roland', namely: Count Roland smites upon the marble stone; I cannot tell you how he hewed it and smote; Yet the blade breaks not nor splinters, though it groans; Upward to heaven it rebounds from the blow. When the count sees it never will be broke, Then to himself right softly he makes moan; 'Ah, Durandal, fair, hallowed, and devote, What store of relics lies in thy hilt of gold!' -From The Song of Roland (Translated by Dorothy Sayers, Viking Penguin, NY, NY, 1957) I've twice been conquered- Three times more, Never again shall humanity purge me, And never the Pfhor. *Durandal* It might seem odd for a First Person Shooter to quote from an 11th-century epic French poem but this is a Bungie game after all and there are allusions in this terminal that weave their way throughout all three games. But I digress. The above image is nicely used in "The 10th Warrior" movie by Bryan "Brymen" Mendoza from 1998. See below. Enjoy.