Steven Ross Purcell is an American cartoonist, animator, game designer and voice actor. He is the creator of the media franchise Sam & Max, for which Purcell received an Eisner Award in 2007. The series has grown to incorporate an animated television series and several video games.
Purcell at the 2008 Game Developers Conference.
A 1988 issue of Sam & Max, published by Comico; Purcell has been surprised at the cult status that the characters have acquired. Note the rat on the car's grille, a common theme in Purcell's work.
Purcell's work at Pixar has included character design, such as the "Screamin' Banshee" from the short Mater and the Ghostlight.
Sam & Max is an American media franchise about Sam and Max, a pair of anthropomorphic vigilante private investigators. The characters, who occupy a universe that parodies American popular culture, were created by Steve Purcell in his youth, and later debuted in a 1987 comic book series. The characters have since been the subject of a graphic adventure video game developed by LucasArts, a television series produced for Fox in cooperation with Nelvana Limited, and a series of episodic adventure games developed by Telltale Games. In addition, a variety of machinima and a webcomic have been produced for the series.
Sam & Max was created by Steve Purcell, who took a significant role in developing the later video games.
Sam & Max debuted in 1987, in a comic book series initially published by Fishwrap Productions.
Sam and Max cosplay at Comic-Con International in 2007.
