Mike Saenz

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Michael Saenz
Born (1959-12-03) 3 December 1959 (age 66)
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
AreaArtist
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.

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Biography

Saenz was born in Chicago, Illinois.

Comics work

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

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

Saenz created the cover for Chicago punk band Naked Raygun's first album Throb Throb .

Bibliography [3]

Marvel Comics

Epic Illustrated: [3]

  • #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)

Six From Sirius:

  • #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]

Creepy

  • #115: (February 1980) "Cyrano" (by Bob Toomey and Mike Saenz)
  • #125: (February 1981) "Knight Errant" (Author: Roy Kinnard / Illustrator: Mike Saenz)

1994

  • #11: (February 1980) "Outpost 1017" (Author: Rich Margopoulos / Illustrator: Mike Saenz)

References

  1. ↑ Miller, John Jackson. "Comics Industry Birthdays", Comics Buyer's Guide , June 10, 2005. Accessed December 12, 2010. WebCitation archive.
  2. ↑ Practical Computer Applications, Inc. (1988). Lunar Rescue (Macintosh) (1.0 ed.). XOR Corporation.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mike Saenz - Comic Book Creator". leagueofcomicgeeks.com. December 7, 2025. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
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