Mike Winterbauer Shares His Famous Title Graphics (June 14, 2024)

[ChrisReid]

Artist and designer Mike Winterbauer is well known for his classic '80s and '90s art that graced the covers of a wide variety of media. He's recently arranged some of the most famous examples to show off the variety of bespoke typefaces that he drew by hand. These include the nameplates for both Wing Commander and The Secret Missions for SNES. It's well documented how he made the whole box art for the SNES WC1, but his SM contribution is news to us! The central sketch for the game was made by Greg Winters.

Some of the cool hand painted game box titles I did in the early 1990s!
#illustration #popculture #movieart #boxart


Ben “LOAF” Lesnick
Wonderful! I did not know that you had done the titles for The Secret Missions.

Mike Winterbauer
Yes I did, I was disappointed I did not get to paint the box cover.

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Original update published on June 14, 2024