Michael Avon Oeming

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Michael Avon Oeming A.K.A. Mike Avon Oeming is a comic book artist who co-wrote the story with Ted Kosmatka, made the layout and drew the flashback scenes for Portal 2: Lab Rat, with Andrea Wicklund for the main story, as well as overseeing the whole project. For Valve as well, he made most of the Team Fortress 2 comics, and the Left 4 Dead comic The Sacrifice. Oeming is of Jewish background and is married to Taki Soma.^[1]

On Valve's official website, his function was described as follows: "Before joining Valve in 2009, Mike was a comic book artist and writer for nearly 20 years, He is best known for his creator-owned series POWERS, Mice Templar, and Hammer of the Gods, and for his mythology writing on Thor and Ares for Marvel Comics. Since coming to Valve, Mike and several artist and writer colleagues have been developing Valve’s Intellectual Properties into free online comics. Check out his Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, and Portal 2 comics."^[2]

[edit] Complete gameography

• Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)
• Alien Swarm (2010)
• Portal 2 (2011)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Michael Avon Oeming on Facebook
• Michael Avon Oeming on MobyGames
• Michael Avon Oeming on MySpace

Real world subjects
Half-Life game series	Half-Life story arc: Half-Life: Day One · Half-Life · Half-Life: Uplink · Half-Life: Opposing Force · Half-Life: Blue Shift · Half-Life: Decay · Half-Life: Source Half-Life 2 story arc: Half-Life 2 · Half-Life 2: Episode One · Half-Life 2: Episode Two · Future of the Half-Life series
Portal game series	Portal story arc: Portal: First Slice · Portal · Portal: Still Alive Portal 2 story arc: Portal 2 · Peer Review · Perpetual Testing Initiative · Portal 2 Sixense MotionPack DLC
Technology demos	Zentraedi Tactical Battle Pod · Get Your Free TVs! · Half-Life 2: Lost Coast · Source Particle Benchmark · Directed Design Experiments
Cut content	Prospero · Development of Half-Life 2 · Return to Ravenholm
Other official games	Deathmatch Classic · Half-Life Deathmatch: Source · Half-Life 2: Deathmatch · Half-Life 2: Survivor
Compilations (to be completed)	Half-Life: Further Data · Half-Life: Generation · Half-Life: Initial Encounter · The Orange Box
ARGs	Portal ARG · PotatoFoolsDay ARG
Related third-party games	Codename: Gordon · Garry's Mod · Mods · Narbacular Drop · Portal: The Flash Version · Tag: The Power of Paint
Game soundtracks	Half-Life soundtrack · Half-Life: Opposing Force soundtrack · Half-Life: Blue Shift soundtrack · Half-Life 2 soundtrack · Half-Life 2: Episode One soundtrack · Half-Life 2: Episode Two soundtrack · Portal soundtrack · Portal 2 soundtrack
Songs	"Exile Vilify" · "Cara Mia (Turret Opera)" · "Still Alive" · "Want You Gone"
Game engines	GoldSrc · Source
Modding software	Half-Life SDK · Perpetual Testing Initiative · Source SDK · Valve Hammer Editor
Game developer companies	Gearbox Software · Valve Corporation
Production staff	Writers: Matthew Armstrong · Stephen Bahl · Chet Faliszek · Rob Heironimus · Brian Hess · Kristy Junio · Ted Kosmatka · Marc Laidlaw · David Mertz · Jay Pinkerton · Randy Pitchford · Erik Wolpaw Composers: Stephen Bahl · Kelly Bailey · Jonathan Coulton · Ben Houge · Chris Jensen · Mike Morasky (a.k.a. "Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory") · The National Artists: Viktor Antonov · Ted Backman · Stephen Bahl · Kelly Bailey · Jeremy Bennett · Laura Dubuk · Dhabih Eng · Moby Francke · Chuck Jones · Eric Kirchmer · Scott Klintworth · Karen Laur · Realm Lovejoy · Randy Lundeen · Yatsze Mark · Tri Nguyen · Michael Avon Oeming · Tristan Reidford · Andrea Wicklund Other: Aaron Barber · Jeep Barnett · Ken Birdwell · John Guthrie · Mike Harrington · Damarcus Holbrook · Brett Johnson · Doug Lombardi · Gabe Newell · Randy Pitchford · Dave Riller · David Speyrer · Jay Stelly · Kim Swift · Douglas R. Wood · Bill Van Buren
Voice actors	John Aylward · Dee Bradley Baker · Adam Baldwin · Robert Culp · Merle Dandridge · Michelle Forbes · Jim French · Louis Gossett Jr. · Robert Guillaume · Mary Kae Irvin · Kathy Levin · John Patrick Lowrie · Ellen McLain · Stephen Merchant · Joe Romersa · Lani Minella · Nolan North · Mike Patton · Harry S. Robins · Michael Shapiro · J.K. Simmons · Jon St. John · Tony Todd
Character models	Ted Backman · Kelly Bailey · Alésia Glidewell · Eric Kirchmer · Jamil Mullen
Books and comics	Development books: The Art of Portal 2 · The Final Hours of Portal 2 · Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar Comics: Portal 2: Lab Rat · Randolph the Red-Nosed Turret · Turret Lullaby · Concerned: The Half-Life and Death of Gordon Frohman (unofficial)
Films	Half-Life: Uplink (film) Fan films: Half-Life: Beyond Black Mesa · Half-Life: Escape from City 17 · Half-Life: Singularity Collapse Portal: Aperture: A Triumph of Science · Outside Aperture
Mods (to be completed)	GoldSrc: Absolute Redemption · Sven Co-op · Sweet Half-Life · The Specialists · They Hunger · USS Darkstar Source: Black Mesa · City 17: Episode One · Combine Destiny · Dystopia · FakeFactory's Cinematic Mod · MINERVA · Missing Information · Mistake of Pythagoras · NeoTokyo · Obsidian Conflict · Operation Black Mesa · Opposing Force 2 · Portal: Prelude · Portal: The Flash Version MapPack · SMOD · Synergy · The Citizen · Weekday Warrior · Zombie Panic! Source
Other	ApertureScience.com · Canon · Developer commentary · Half-Life and Portal universe · Half-Life High Definition Pack · Half-Life Preliminary Findings · Mr. Valve · The Orange Box Achievements · Portal 2 Achievements and Trophies · Retcons · Super 8 Interactive Teaser