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Wikipedia / Graham Annable

Graham Annable (born June 1, 1970) is a Canadian cartoonist and animator. 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.

Life and career

Annable was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. After graduating from Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, where he was classically trained as an animator, 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. In addition, Annable has done illustration and cartoon work for (among others) Chuck Jones, Nickelodeon, and Walt Disney Productions. Annable was employed as creative director at Telltale Games during their first year, and continued working closely with them on other projects, including designing Puzzle Agent and its sequel.

He moved to Portland to work as a story artist on Coraline. He co-directed Laika's 3D stop-motion/CGI animated feature film The Boxtrolls (2014) which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Published work

  • Grickle (Alternative Comics, 2001, )

  • Further Grickle (Alternative Comics, 2003, )

  • Hickee (contributor) (Alternative Comics, 2003, )

  • Hickee volume 2, #2 (contributor) (Alternative Comics, 2004, )

  • Stickleback 2005 (Alternative Comics, 2005, )

  • Project: Superior (contributor) (AdHouse Books, 2005, )

  • Hickee volume 3, #4 (contributor) (Alternative Comics, 2008, )

  • Flight Volume Five: Evidence (contributor) (Villard Books, 2008, )

  • Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent (designer) (Telltale Games, 2010)

  • The Book of Grickle (Diamond Books, 2010, )

  • Puzzle Agent 2 (designer) (Telltale Games, 2011)

  • Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths (First Second, 2018, )

  • Peter & Ernesto: The Lost Sloths (First Second, 2019, )

  • Peter & Ernesto: Sloths in the Night (First Second, 2020, )

  • First Ever Graham Annable Doodle Collection (Odd Dog Entertainment, 2021, )

  • Second Delightful Graham Annable Doodle Collection (Odd Dog Entertainment, 2022, )

  • Eerie Tales From the School of Screams (First Second, 2023, )

Filmography

Awards

References