22 Facts About Steve Purcell

Steven Ross Purcell was born on July 30,1961 and is an American cartoonist, animator, game designer, and voice actor.

Steve Purcell began creatng comic books while an undergraduate at the California College of the Arts in 1980; he produced comic strips for the weekly newsletter.

Steve Purcell drew the first strip the night before the deadline.

Steve Purcell agreed, and wrote his first feature-length comic using the characters of Sam and Max.

Steve Purcell published another story in a 1987 issue of Critters titled "Night of the Cringing Wildebeest".

Steve Purcell was hired by LucasArts, then known as Lucasfilm Games, as an animator in 1988 but was laid off when the project he was working on was canceled.

Steve Purcell was rehired to produce art for Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, a graphic adventure game.

Steve Purcell created versions of Sam and Max in their office for new programmers to work on under Ron Gilbert, practicing their craft.

Steve Purcell wrote the six-issue comic book series Defenders of Dynatron City for Marvel Comics in 1992.

Steve Purcell wrote the jokes for each installment of the 24-episode series, and wrote the scripts for four episodes.

Some groups of parents in the United States attempted to have the series pulled from networks due to content issues; Steve Purcell was pleased that they "had managed to ruffle some feathers along the way".

Steve Purcell provided Michael Stemmle's development team with concept art and assisted in the creation of the game's plot.

Steve Purcell was unable to understand why development halted; he described himself as "frustrated and disappointed" at the decision.

That allowed Steve Purcell to take the franchise to Telltale Games in San Rafael, California, a new company formed by members of Stemmle's development team.

Steve Purcell later painted the cover art for Telltale's Tales of Monkey Island.

At Pixar's story development department, Steve Purcell contributed screenplay material and voice work for the 2006 film Cars, and designed the character of the Screamin' Banshee in the short Mater and the Ghostlight.

Steve Purcell was key for Pixar's 2012 film Brave, co-directing the film alongside Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews in addition to providing work for the screenplay; Brave constituted Steve Purcell's biggest role in a Pixar project to date.

In 2014, Steve Purcell wrote and directed the Pixar Christmas special Toy Story That Time Forgot which aired on ABC on December 2,2014.

In 2023, Steve Purcell was among 75 Pixar employees laid off by The Walt Disney Company as part of an ongoing company-wide restructuring.

Steve Purcell befriended Mike Mignola and later Art Adams while at the college.

That developed from Steve Purcell mocking his brother to the creation of his own stories with the characters.

Steve Purcell believes that his younger brother has recovered and forgiven him from their earlier years.