Mike Saenz
| Michael Saenz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 December 1959 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Area | Artist |
Notable works | Shatter Iron Man: Crash Donna Matrix Virtual Valerie MacPlaymate Lunar Rescue |
Mike Saenz (born 3 December 1959[1]) is an American comic book artist and software designer. He is the creator of Shatter, as well as an early adult video game, MacPlaymate. Saenz was also the founder of Reactor Inc., a defunct interactive game company.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Saenz was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Comics work
[edit | edit source]The comic book Shatter was written by Peter Gillis and illustrated on the computer by Saenz. It was initially drawn on a first-generation Macintosh using a mouse, and printed on a dot-matrix 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 artist for hire, he went solo and continued to innovate in the fields of comics as well as computers. He developed ComicWorks, the first[citation needed] computer program for creating comics. He later went on to develop Iron Man: Crash (Marvel Comics, 1988).
Multimedia
[edit | edit source]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.
He provided black and white graphics and animations for the 1988 Macintosh game Lunar Rescue.[2] In 1993, Saenz created Donna Matrix, a computer-generated graphic novel with 3-D graphics, published by Reactor Press.
Illustrator
[edit | edit source]Saenz created the cover for Chicago punk band Naked Raygun's first album Throb Throb.
Bibliography[3]
[edit | edit source]Marvel Comics
[edit | edit source]- #3 (Fall 1980): "Tomb Stones" (story by Bruce Jones, art by Michael Saenz)
- #6 (June 1981): "Flash Sport" (story by Roy Kinnard, art by Mike Saenz)
- #8 (October 1981): "Punk Zone" (story by Denny Daley, art by Michael Saenz)
- #13 (August 1982): "Grail" (story by Archie Goodwin, art by Michael Saenz)
- #18 (June 1983): "Dog In The Donor Bank" (story and art by Michael Saenz)
- #27 (December 1984): "Corporate Wars" (story and art by Mike Saenz)
- #3 (vol.2) (February 1986) "Metro" (by Mike Saenz & Mike Vosburg)
- #4 (vol.2) (March 1986) "Metro: Conclusion" (by Mike Saenz & Mike Vosburg)
Warren[3]
[edit | edit source]- #115: (February 1980) "Cyrano" (by Bob Toomey and Mike Saenz)
- #125: (February 1981) "Knight Errant" (Author: Roy Kinnard / Illustrator: Mike Saenz)
1994
[edit | edit source]- #11: (February 1980) "Outpost 1017" (Author: Rich Margopoulos / Illustrator: Mike Saenz)
- Shatter Special #1 (June 1985) (art: Michael Saenz, story: Peter B. Gillis)
- Jon Sable, Freelance #25 (June 1985) "Shatter" (art: Mike Saenz, story: Peter B. Gillis)
- Jon Sable, Freelance #26 (July 1985) "Shatter" (art & script: Michael Saenz)
- Jon Sable, Freelance #27 (August 1985) "Shatter" (art & story: Mike Saenz)
- Jon Sable, Freelance #28 (September 1985) "Shatter" (art/script: Mike Saenz)
- Jon Sable, Freelance #29 (October 1985) "Shatter" (writer/artist: Mike Saenz)
- Jon Sable, Freelance #30 (November 1985) "Shatter" (art & story: Mike Sanez)
- Shatter #1 (December 1985) (art and story: Mike Saenz)
- Shatter #2 (February 1986) (art & story: Mike Saenz)
- Shatter #3 (June 1986) (cover: M. Saenz)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Miller, John Jackson. "Comics Industry Birthdays", Comics Buyer's Guide, June 10, 2005. Accessed December 12, 2010. WebCitation archive.
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- Sources
External links
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- Official website (archived)
- A Conversation With Mike Saenz
- Sex in Computer Games Part 2: Explicit Sex Sex In Computer Games
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