Mike Saenz (born 3 December 1959
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) is an American comic book artist and software designer. He is the creator of ''
Shatter'', as well as an early adult
video game
Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This fee ...
,
MacPlaymate. Saenz was also the founder of Reactor Inc., a defunct interactive game company.
Biography
Saenz was born in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, Illinois. As the founder and CEO of Reactor, Inc., he developed and published interactive entertainment on CD-ROM. Reactor produced ''
Spaceship Warlock'', ''
Virtual Valerie'', ''
Virtual Valerie 2'', ''Virtual Valerie: The Director's Cut'', and ''
Donna Matrix''.
The comic book ''
Shatter'' was written by
Peter Gillis
Peter B. Gillis (born December 19, 1952) is an American comic book writer best known for his work at Marvel Comics and First Comics in the mid-1980s, including the series '' Strikeforce: Morituri'' and the digitally drawn comic series '' Shatter' ...
and illustrated on the computer by Saenz. It was initially drawn on a first-generation
Macintosh
The Mac (known as Macintosh until 1999) is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Macs are known for their ease of use and minimalist designs, and are popular among students, creative professionals, and software en ...
using a mouse, and printed on a
dot-matrix
A dot matrix is a 2-dimensional patterned array, used to represent characters, symbols and images. Most types of modern technology use dot matrices for display of information, including mobile phones, televisions, and printers. The system is al ...
printer. It was then photographed like a piece of traditionally drawn black-and-white comic art, and the color separations were applied in the traditional manner of the period.
After a brief career as a professional
comic book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...
artist for hire, he went solo and continued to innovate in the fields of comics as well as computers. He developed ''
ComicWorks'', the first computer program for creating comics. He later went on to develop ''
Iron Man: Crash'' (
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...
, 1988). In 1993, Saenz created ''Donna Matrix'', a computer-generated graphic novel with 3-D graphics, published by Reactor Press.
Saenz created the cover for Chicago punk band
Naked Raygun
Naked Raygun was one of the first, one of the longest running, and one of the most recognized Chicago punk bands. They are considered by many to be the most important band in the history of Chicago punk rock and credited with creating “the Chi ...
's first album ''
Throb Throb
''Throb Throb'' is an album by American punk rock band Naked Raygun, released on Homestead Records in 1985. It was the first of the band's releases to feature the musicianship of John Haggerty whose guitar playing distinguished the band's sound d ...
''.
References
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External links
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Living people
1959 births
American comics artists
American video game designers
Album-cover and concert-poster artists