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Saenz discusses Shatter, the first comic book generated entirely on an Apple Macintosh, published by First Comics with writer Peter Gillis. He explains the technical process in detail — drawing with a mouse, using modified MacPaint software developed with help from the Macromind team in Chicago, and the advantages (speed, clean corrections, built-in lettering) and disadvantages (the "small window" view, the flatness of the image) of the medium. Saenz is evangelical about computers as the future of commercial art and hopes Shatter will bridge the comics and personal computer markets; he also discusses his commercial illustration work and aspirations toward more serious fine art.