Steve Purcell
Steve Purcell (* 1961 in Northern California ) is an American comic book artist , animator and game designer .
Life
Purcell attended the California College of the Arts in the early 1980s, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and where he met Mike Mignola . There the first comics with Sam & Max appeared in the student newspaper.
After graduating, he worked briefly for Marvel Comics . In 1987 the first 32-page Sam & Max comic book was published before Purcell was signed by LucasArts as an animator the following year . After his original project was discontinued, he worked on Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders and designed the covers for Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island . In between he published other volumes of Sam & Max comics.
In 1992 Lucasarts acquired the rights to Purcell's characters and produced the game Sam & Max Hit the Road . While programming the computer game, he married the game designer Collette Michaud who was involved in the development. After he left Lucasarts, a 24-part animated series based on Sam & Max was created in 1997 , which was broadcast on Fox Kids . Purcell then worked briefly at Industrial Light & Magic , but then moved to Pixar , where he worked on the script for the feature film Cars , and also worked as a voice actor . He was subsequently involved as an author and speaker in the computer games based on the film.
After LucasArt's license expired in 2005, Purcell gave it to Telltale Games . Since then, Sam & Max games have been published in episode form. In 2007 he received the Eisner Award for a Sam & Max web comic published on the Telltale website .
Work (selection)
As an author
- 1993: Sam and Max Hit the Road
- 1997: The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police
- 2006: Cars
- 2007: Sam & Max: Season One
- 2008: Sam & Max: Season Two
- 2012: Merida - Legend of the Highlands (screenplay, original voice Crow)
As an animator
- 1989: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- 1990: Loom
- 1990: The Secret of Monkey Island
- 1991: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Web links
- Steve Purcell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Steve Purcell at MobyGames
- Story of Sam & Max at Telltale Games
- Interview with Steve Purcell (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade-the-graphic-adventure/credits
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Purcell, Steve |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic book artist, animator and computer game developer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Northern California |