Graham Annable
Graham Annable 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. 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 Chuck Jones, Nickelodeon, and Walt Disney Productions. 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.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 which was nominated for the Academy Award for [Best Animated Feature].
Published work
- Grickle
- Further Grickle
- Hickee
- Hickee volume 2, #2
- Stickleback 2005
- Project: Superior
- Hickee volume 3, #4
- Flight Volume Five: Evidence
- Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent
- The Book of Grickle
- Puzzle Agent 2
- Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths
- Peter & Ernesto: The Lost Sloths
- Peter & Ernesto: Sloths in the Night
- First Ever Graham Annable Doodle Collection
- Second Delightful Graham Annable Doodle Collection
- ''Eerie Tales From the School of Screams''
Filmography
A Goofy Movie clean up artist: Phoenix Animation TorontoCoraline storyboard artistParaNorman storyboard artistThe Boxtrolls co-directorKubo and the Two Strings storyboard artistMissing Link additional story artistGuillermo del Toro's Pinocchio story artistAwards
- 2002 Harvey Award nominee for Best New Talent.
- 2015 Academy Award nominee for The Boxtrolls.