Graham Annable

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Graham Annable
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Annable at the 2009 Stumptown Comics Festival, in Portland, Oregon.
Born June 1, 1970 (1970-06-01) (age 53)
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Area(s) Cartoonist, Penciller
Notable works Grickle
Hickee

Graham Annable (born June 1, 1970, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada)[1] is a cartoonist and Animator living in Portland, Oregon. He is the creator of Grickle, published by Alternative Comics, and one of the founders of the Hickee humor anthology (also published by Alternative Comics). Annable has created works for the television, film, video game, and comic book industries.

After graduating from Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, where he was classically trained as an animator,[2] Annable ended up at LucasArts. He worked there for ten years, starting in 1994 on Full Throttle and ultimately as a lead animator on the cancelled Sam & Max: Freelance Police.[3][4] In addition, Annable has done illustration and cartoon work for (among others) Chuck Jones, Nickelodeon, and Walt Disney Productions.[2] His self-produced short animated films are also popular among YouTube watchers. Annable was employed as creative director at Telltale Games during their first year, and has continued working closely with them, later designing Puzzle Agent, amongst other titles.[2][3]

He moved to Portland to work as a story artist on Coraline.[2] He co-directed Laika's 3D stop-motion/CGI animated feature film The Boxtrolls (2014).[5]

Published work[edit | edit source]

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Annable at the 2007 Stumptown Comics Festival, in Portland, Oregon, selling Hickee comics.
  • Flight Volume Five: Evidence (contributor) (Villard Books, 2008, ISBN 0-345-50589-1)
  • Hickee volume 3, #4 (contributor) (Alternative Comics, 2008, ISBN 978-1-934460-05-4)
  • Project: Superior (contributor) (AdHouse Books, 2005, ISBN 978-0-9721794-8-5)
  • Stickleback 2005 (Alternative Comics, 2005, ISBN 978-1-891867-80-4)
  • Hickee volume 2, #2 (contributor) (Alternative Comics, 2004, ISBN 978-1-891867-76-7)
  • Hickee (contributor) (Alternative Comics, 2003, ISBN 978-1-891867-42-2)
  • Further Grickle (Alternative Comics, 2003, ISBN 978-1-891867-55-2)
  • Grickle (Alternative Comics, 2001, ISBN 978-1-891867-01-9)

Awards[edit | edit source]

Annable was nominated for a 2002 Harvey Award for Best New Talent.[6]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. "Futureal Studios biography". Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2008. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Mulrooney, Marty (June 3, 2010). "INTERVIEW – In Conversation With Graham Annable (Cartoonist/Animator/Illustrator)". alternativemagazineonline.co.uk. Alternative Magazine Online. Retrieved October 5, 2014. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "MobyGames developer bio.". MobyGames.com. Moby Games. 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2008. 
  4. Bronstring, Marek (February 23, 2005). "Graham Annable of Telltale INTERVIEW". adventuregamers.com. Adventure Gamers. Retrieved October 5, 2014. 
  5. Amidi, Amid (February 7, 2013). "Laika's Next Feature Will Be "Boxtrolls"". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved February 7, 2013. 
  6. Harvey Awards Nominations 2002

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