Jeff Lee (born 1952 in

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) is the original video artist at D. Gottlieb and Company. He is best known for creating the character of

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, the popular arcade game from 1982. He also produced the video graphics for Cave Man (a video-pinball hybrid), Mad Planets,

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, Q*Bert's Qubes,

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, Quizimodo, M.A.C.H. 3 and Us vs Them. He also developed graphics for a number of video games that were never manufactured, such as

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, Tylz and Wiz Warz. For independent arcade producers he created artwork for Lotto Fun and Double Cheese. During this period he also produced game graphics for the Sega Genesis system

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, Premier Technology (Exterminator) and Maze Wars+ for Macromind. In print, Lee illustrated the playing cards of the 1986 publication of OD by the

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Game Company. Lee illustrated an article by

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, "The New Workstation", which appeared in "CD ROM: The New Papyrus" (Microsoft Press, 1986). In 1993 Lee illustrated Bob Rumba's Standup Comix featuring

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and

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. His work also appeared in "A Cook's Guide To Chicago" (Lake Claremont Press, 2002) by Marilyn Pocius. Most recently, in 2012, Lee illustrated the children's book The Train to Christmas Town, written by Peggy Ellis and published by

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