Paul E. Niemeyer
Artist
Chicago, IL, USA
Biography:
Paul E. Niemeyer started his career in video game art by illustrating for industry legend P. Farris in the art department at Bally/Midway from 1982-1984. At Bally/Midway, Paul did art on games like Tapper, PacMan Plus, Super PacMan, Professor PacMan, TRON, Satan's Hollow, Spy Hunter, WACKO, and an endless, anonymous list of prototype games. In 1984, Paul went freelance and had a dual career as an designer/illustrator in the Chicago ad agencies, and a game art designer/illustrator for the video game community. Paul worked on a number of gaming projects as a freelancer, but none was more prestigious, or well known as Mortal Kombat. In 1992, Paul did the final illustrations of the Mortal Kombat logo and the artwork on the cabinet, control panels, and the header for MORTAL KOMBAT!
Through out the 1990's, Paul worked on promotional campaigns for movie properties like Little Mermaid, Jurassic Park II, Men in Black, Demolition Man, to name a few, as well as a myriad of ad campaigns for international companies and corporations.
In 2000, Paul helped start Eagle Games, where he was the creative director and designed & illustrated art for the games. In 2006, Paul opened a top 10 rated haunted attraction known as ABYSS Haunted House and ran it successfully until 2014. Since then, Paul designs and builds props for escape rooms, theme parks, haunted attractions and fests all over the world, as well as getting to meet all the fans of all those great games from so long ago!
Convention Guest Appearances
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2024
- Tulsa Comic Book Swap Halloween 2024 - October 27, 2024 in Glenpool, OK, USA
- Pinball Expo / Video Game Summit 2024 - October 15-19, 2024 in Schaumburg, IL, USA
- Retro Game Con 2024 - October 11-13, 2024 in Syracuse, NY, USA
- Pittsburgh Gaming Expo 2024 - October 4-5, 2024 in Monroeville, PA, USA
- Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2024 - September 27-29, 2024 in Portland, OR, USA
- West Tennessee Comic Con 2024 - September 7, 2024 in Jackson, TN, USA
- Dragon Con 2024 - August 29 - September 2, 2024 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- RisuCon 2024 - August 17-18, 2024 in Rockville, MD, USA
- Utah Retro GameXpo 2024 - August 9-10, 2024 in Layton, UT, USA
- Planet Funk Con 2024 - June 28-30, 2024 in Davenport, IA, USA
- CORGSCon 2024 - June 1, 2024 in Columbus, OH, USA
- Final Boss Con 2024 - May 4, 2024 in Rio Grande, OH, USA
- Midwest Gaming Classic 2024 - April 5-7, 2024 in Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Game On Expo 2024 - March 15-17, 2024 in Phoenix, AZ, USA 2023
- Houston Arcade Expo 2023 - November 10-12, 2023 in Houston, TX, USA
- Effing-Con 2023 - November 4-5, 2023 in Effingham, IL, USA
- Pittsburgh Gaming Expo 2023 - September 30 - October 1, 2023 in Monroeville, PA, USA
- Cleveland Gaming Classic 2023 - September 22-24, 2023 in Cleveland, OH, USA
- Game On Expo 2023 - August 11-13, 2023 in Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Video Game Summit 2023 - July 8, 2023 in McCook, IL, USA
- CORGS-Con 2023 - May 13, 2023 in Columbus, OH, USA
- CoMo Retro Game Convention 2023 - April 22, 2023 in Columbia, MO, USA
- Midwest Gaming Classic 2023 - March 31 - April 2, 2023 in Milwaukee, WI, USA 2022
- Sac Gamers Expo 2022 - December 17-18, 2022 in Sacramento, CA, USA
- Houston Arcade Expo 2022 - November 11-13, 2022 in Houston, TX, USA
- Effing-Con 2022 - October 21-22, 2022 in Effingham, IL, USA
- Pittsburgh Gaming Expo 2022 - October 1-2, 2022 in Monroeville, PA, USA
- Cleveland Gaming Classic 2022 - September 24, 2022 in Cleveland, OH, USA
- PwR^ South Bend 2022 - August 27-28, 2022 in South Bend, IN, USA
- Game On Expo 2022 - August 5-7, 2022 in Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Classic Game Fest 2022 - July 23-24, 2022 in Austin, TX, USA
- Southern-Fried Gaming Expo 2022 - July 15-17, 2022 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- Corinth Comic Con 2022 - January 29, 2022 in Corinth, MS, USA 2019
- Game On Expo 2019 - August 9-11, 2019 in Phoenix, AZ, USA
34 confirmed guest appearances