Michel Gagné (born 1965, Roberval, Quebec) is a Canadian cartoonist.

Film

Gagné studied classical animation at Sheridan College and worked for Sullivan Bluth Studios for six years, working on such films as An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Rock-A-Doodle and A Troll in Central Park. While at Bluth's company, Gagné worked on his own short film, Prelude to Eden, which was nominated for an Annie Award in 1996. After leaving Bluth, Gagné moved around and eventually settled at Warner Bros.' animation studio, where he worked on such films as Quest for Camelot, The Iron Giant and Osmosis Jones. More recently, Gagné designed the special effects for the Cartoon Network series Star Wars: Clone Wars. He has also occasionally worked for Disney and Pixar. His short film, "Sensology", was short listed for an Academy Award in 2010. His graphic novel, The Saga of Rex, is currently being adapted into an animated feature-length film by Gagné himself.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Gagné has also finished his first video game, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, a 2D side-scrolling shooter game which was released August 3, 2011 on Xbox Live Arcade as part of the XBLA Summer of Arcade promotion.

Published work

Gagné has made a name for himself in comics and illustrated fiction. His first book, A Search for Meaning: The Story of Rex, was self-published in 1998. Several more books followed. Gagné also created a Batman story, Batman: Spore, which was serialized in Detective Comics #776-780 (January–May 2003). His comic story, The Saga of Rex was serialized in the comics anthology Flight volume 2-7 (2005-2010), and later collected as a complete graphic novel, published by Image Comics in October 2010. He has produced a 10-issue comic book series, ZED (2001-2013), which was collected and published by Image Comics in 2013 as, ZED: A Cosmic Tale. He is known for his work as an artist for the card game Xeko.

Awards

Filmography