Graham Annable is a cartoonist

Cartoonist

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 and animator

Animator

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 living in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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. He is the creator of Grickle, published by Alternative Comics

Alternative Comics (publisher)

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, 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 Toronto's Sheridan College

Sheridan College

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, where he was classically trained as an animator, Annable ended up at LucasArts

LucasArts

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. He worked there for ten years, ultimately as a lead animator. In addition, Annable has done illustration and cartoon work for (among others) Chuck Jones

Chuck Jones

Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...

, Nickelodeon

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, and Walt Disney Productions. His self-produced short animated films are also popular among YouTube

YouTube

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 watchers. Annable was most recently employed as creative director at Telltale Games, and has continued working closely with them.

Published work

• Flight Volume Five: Evidence (contributor) (Villard Books, 2008, ISBN 0-345-50589-1)
• Hickee volume 3, #4 (contributor) (Alternative Comics, 2008, ISBN 978-1934460054)
• Project: Superior (contributor) (AdHouse Books, 2005, ISBN 978-0972179485)
• Stickleback 2005 (Alternative Comics, 2005, ISBN 978-1891867804)
• Hickee volume 2, #2 (contributor) (Alternative Comics, 2004, ISBN 978-1891867767)
• Hickee (contributor) (Alternative Comics, 2003, ISBN 978-1891867422)
• Further Grickle (Alternative Comics, 2003, ISBN 978-1891867552)
• Grickle (Alternative Comics, 2001, ISBN 978-1891867019)

External links

• Grickle Channel on YouTube