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 Mick
McGinty started as a freelance artist in 1983. He began working on the North American cover art for the Street Fighter II series by chance.
During the release of Street Fighter II: World Warrior, Capcom USA's marketing department
decided to follow gaming trends by "Americanizing" SF2's art style.
After being given some Polaroid photos of SF2 from
his client Denny Moore, Mick
began creating the iconic box artwork for the SNES and Genesis versions
of Street Fighter II. Mick also did illustrations for Streets of Rage II and III, Kid Chameleon, and Shining Force.
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 In Mick's words, "I wasn't a real realistic painter,
but I could do this exaggerated realism. I could kind of give an
American slant to the characters and the things they were trying to
accomplish with that game. Because I think the first thing that they
realized was that they weren't going to be able to sell these games very
well if they had the original Japanese art — which at the time, I
didn't like. Anything I saw, it was just too foreign to me at the time.
But now, 20 or 30 years later, I really love their work. It's just nice,
edgy, colorful, action-filled — it's just cool stuff. And I think the
American buying public, they don't have a problem with it now."
McGinty is perhaps best known for drawing the magnificent box art for SF2: World Warrior, SF2: Special Champion Edition, and SF2: Turbo. There's no doubt that every Street Fighter II fan of the 90's can immediately recognize Mick's memorable Street Fighter II cover artwork. Sadly, Mick passed away in
September of 2021 from cancer. Rest in power, legend!
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