Since childhood, Seán has been creative and artistic. Drawing, making little videos with his friends, and, before Photoshop, becoming a master of Windows Paint. Seán grew up in a desert backwater just like Luke Skywalker and could relate to Luke’s desire to leave the farm, or Alex Rogan’s desire to leave the trailer park and be an intergalactic hero in “The Last Starfighter”. To paraphrase Luke, desolate West Texas was just like Tatooine: “If there’s a bright centre to the universe, you’re in the town that it’s farthest from.”

The idea that there are so many incredible worlds out there to see, possibilities, and never-ending wonders definitely drove Seán’s interest in science fiction and his creativity. Growing up, Seán watched anything set in space: Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, Star Wars, and Star Trek. All of those inspired and drove Seán’s creativity, and he spent hours in worlds of his own creation- cities built from cinder blocks and wood, building model kits, designing starships, and writing about a fictional planet that he invented. In high school, Seán founded a Star Trek fan club, read a ton of Trek novels, and wrote for the fan club’s newsletter.

At the University of Texas at Austin, Seán studied archaeology and art history and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. After graduation, Seán went to Korea to teach English and travel. Korea offered a taste of the exotic, the very different experience Seán had craved, and it had a profound effect on him. Seán was determined to go beyond his comfort zone and the familiar. Upon his return to Austin, Seán got a job as a bouncer and went back to school for design.

The next decade was a blur, as Seán worked as a bartender, a hardware tester, and then back to being a bouncer (layoffs), all while honing his design and storytelling skills in his free time. It was also a dozen or so years of endless nights in dive bars, punishing his liver, as he immersed himself in the underbelly of Austin nightlife. Seán continued to compile his library of experiences and characters that he would later call on in his writing and art.

After ‘exiling’ himself to the Pacific Northwest for a year, where he purged some of his worse habits and began focusing on creating, Seán created BANZAI RAYGUN as an outlet for his sci-fi passions. Seán returned to what he loved most- building new worlds and creating new universes.

In 2022, Seán made the momentous decision to embark on a new adventure and move to Ireland. Here, he continued to work as a graphic designer and now runs his own company in Dunmanway, his mother’s hometown.