Scott Morse
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Scott Morse is an American
animator, filmmaker, and comic book artist/writer.
Much of Morse's published work consists of stand-alone graphic novels, although he is perhaps best known for his epic series Soulwind, a story serialised in a sequence of graphic novels, which was nominated for both the Eisner
and Ignatz awards.
(commonly known as CalArts), where he majored in Character Animation. In his sophomore year he was hired out to work at Chuck Jones
' Film Productions.
His comic book work includes work as illustrator and/or author on the series' Southpaw, Magic Pickle
, Plastic Man
(DC Comics), the mini-series Elektra: Glimpse & Echo (Marvel), and a three-comic story arc for Catwoman
. Morse also illustrated the first six issues of Case Files: Sam & Twitch
, a spin-off of the Spawn
comic book series. He has contributed to the graphic novels Cut My Hair (Oni Press) and Hellboy: Weird Tales
vol.2 (Dark Horse) among others.
Morse's own graphic novels have been released through a variety of publishing houses, including Oni Press
, Dark Horse
, Top Shelf Productions
and Image Comics
. He also adapted the R.L. Stine Goosebumps story The Abominable Snowman of Pasedena —one of three tales included in the volume Creepy Creatures
— for Scholastic Press
's graphic novel imprint, Graphix. While some of his graphic novels are intended for younger readers, Morse's work typically finds a much larger audience.
In the field of animation, he has worked as a character designer, storyboard artist, and art director for companies such as Disney, Universal
, and Cartoon Network
. Recently Morse played a large part in the Pixar
short film Your Friend the Rat, which accompanies the 2007 film Ratatouille
on DVD. This short film marked Pixar's first real 2-D animation project on a short-film scale.
NOTE: Soulwind was first published as a comic book series by Image Comics, then as a series of graphic novels by Oni Press, before being released in the single volume listed above.
Scott Morse (sometimes known as C. Scott Morse or C. S. Morse) is an American
animator, filmmaker, and comic book artist/writer.
Much of Morse's published work consists of stand-alone graphic novels, although he is perhaps best known for his epic series Soulwind, a story serialised in a sequence of graphic novels, which was nominated for both the Eisner
and Ignatz awards.
(commonly known as CalArts), where he majored in Character Animation. In his sophomore year he was hired out to work at Chuck Jones
' Film Productions.
His comic book work includes work as illustrator and/or author on the series' Southpaw, Magic Pickle
, Plastic Man
(DC Comics), the mini-series Elektra: Glimpse & Echo (Marvel), and a three-comic story arc for Catwoman
. Morse also illustrated the first six issues of Case Files: Sam & Twitch
, a spin-off of the Spawn
comic book series. He has contributed to the graphic novels Cut My Hair (Oni Press) and Hellboy: Weird Tales
vol.2 (Dark Horse) among others.
Morse's own graphic novels have been released through a variety of publishing houses, including Oni Press
, Dark Horse
, Top Shelf Productions
and Image Comics
. He also adapted the R.L. Stine Goosebumps story The Abominable Snowman of Pasedena —one of three tales included in the volume Creepy Creatures
— for Scholastic Press
's graphic novel imprint, Graphix. While some of his graphic novels are intended for younger readers, Morse's work typically finds a much larger audience.
In the field of animation, he has worked as a character designer, storyboard artist, and art director for companies such as Disney, Universal
, and Cartoon Network
. Recently Morse played a large part in the Pixar
short film Your Friend the Rat, which accompanies the 2007 film Ratatouille
on DVD. This short film marked Pixar's first real 2-D animation project on a short-film scale.
NOTE: Soulwind was first published as a comic book series by Image Comics, then as a series of graphic novels by Oni Press, before being released in the single volume listed above.
Scott Morse (sometimes known as C. Scott Morse or C. S. Morse) is an American
animator, filmmaker, and comic book artist/writer.
Much of Morse's published work consists of stand-alone graphic novels, although he is perhaps best known for his epic series Soulwind, a story serialised in a sequence of graphic novels, which was nominated for both the Eisner
and Ignatz awards.
(commonly known as CalArts), where he majored in Character Animation. In his sophomore year he was hired out to work at Chuck Jones
' Film Productions.
His comic book work includes work as illustrator and/or author on the series' Southpaw, Magic Pickle
, Plastic Man
(DC Comics), the mini-series Elektra: Glimpse & Echo (Marvel), and a three-comic story arc for Catwoman
. Morse also illustrated the first six issues of Case Files: Sam & Twitch
, a spin-off of the Spawn
comic book series. He has contributed to the graphic novels Cut My Hair (Oni Press) and Hellboy: Weird Tales
vol.2 (Dark Horse) among others.
Morse's own graphic novels have been released through a variety of publishing houses, including Oni Press
, Dark Horse
, Top Shelf Productions
and Image Comics
. He also adapted the R.L. Stine Goosebumps story The Abominable Snowman of Pasedena —one of three tales included in the volume Creepy Creatures
— for Scholastic Press
's graphic novel imprint, Graphix. While some of his graphic novels are intended for younger readers, Morse's work typically finds a much larger audience.
In the field of animation, he has worked as a character designer, storyboard artist, and art director for companies such as Disney, Universal
, and Cartoon Network
. Recently Morse played a large part in the Pixar
short film Your Friend the Rat, which accompanies the 2007 film Ratatouille
on DVD. This short film marked Pixar's first real 2-D animation project on a short-film scale.
NOTE: Soulwind was first published as a comic book series by Image Comics, then as a series of graphic novels by Oni Press, before being released in the single volume listed above.
People of the United States
The people of the United States, also known as simply Americans or American people, are the inhabitants or citizens of the United States. The United States is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
animator, filmmaker, and comic book artist/writer.
Much of Morse's published work consists of stand-alone graphic novels, although he is perhaps best known for his epic series Soulwind, a story serialised in a sequence of graphic novels, which was nominated for both the Eisner
Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
and Ignatz awards.
Biography
Scott Morse was trained at the California Institute of the ArtsCalifornia Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
(commonly known as CalArts), where he majored in Character Animation. In his sophomore year he was hired out to work at 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...
' Film Productions.
His comic book work includes work as illustrator and/or author on the series' Southpaw, Magic Pickle
Magic Pickle
Magic Pickle is a children's book series written by Scott Morse and published by Scholastic Corporation.-Books in the series:*Magic Pickle and the Planet of the Grapes* Magic Pickle vs. the Egg Poacher* Magic Pickle The Graphic Novel...
, Plastic Man
Plastic Man
Plastic Man is a fictional comic-book superhero originally published by Quality Comics and later acquired by DC Comics. Created by writer-artist Jack Cole, he first appeared in Police Comics #1 ....
(DC Comics), the mini-series Elektra: Glimpse & Echo (Marvel), and a three-comic story arc for Catwoman
Catwoman
Catwoman is a fictional character associated with DC Comics' Batman franchise. Historically a supervillain, the character was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, partially inspired by Kane's cousin, Ruth Steel...
. Morse also illustrated the first six issues of Case Files: Sam & Twitch
Sam and Twitch
Sam Burke and Maximilian "Twitch" Williams are two fictional NYPD homicide Detectives, created by Todd McFarlane. Sam and Twitch were originally featured in McFarlane's hit comic series Spawn. Due to their popularity, they were later given their own title in 1999, called Sam and Twitch...
, a spin-off of the Spawn
Spawn (comics)
Spawn is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by Image Comics. Created by writer/artist Todd McFarlane, Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1...
comic book series. He has contributed to the graphic novels Cut My Hair (Oni Press) and Hellboy: Weird Tales
Hellboy: Weird Tales
Hellboy: Weird Tales is a Dark Horse Comics bimonthly eight-issue comic book limited series that offered a variety of guest writers and artists the chance to give their own take on the Hellboy characters created by Mike Mignola whilst he was in Prague working on the first Hellboy movie...
vol.2 (Dark Horse) among others.
Morse's own graphic novels have been released through a variety of publishing houses, including Oni Press
Oni Press
Oni Press is an American independent comic book publisher based in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1997 by Bob Schreck and Joe Nozemack with the goal of publishing the kinds of comics and graphic novels they themselves would want to read...
, Dark Horse
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
, Top Shelf Productions
Top Shelf Productions
Top Shelf Productions is an American publishing company founded in 1997, owned and operated by Chris Staros and Brett Warnock and a small staff. The company is based in Marietta, Georgia, Portland, Oregon, and New York City, New York....
and Image Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
. He also adapted the R.L. Stine Goosebumps story The Abominable Snowman of Pasedena —one of three tales included in the volume Creepy Creatures
Creepy Creatures
Creepy Creatures is the first book in R. L. Stine's Goosebumps Graphix series. It is a comic book that contains three stories; "The Werewolf of Fever Swamp" adapted by Gabriel Hernandez, "The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight" adapted by Greg Ruth, and "The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena" adapted by...
— for Scholastic Press
Scholastic Press
Scholastic is a global book publishing company known for publishing educational materials for schools, teachers, and parents, and selling and distributing them by mail order and via book clubs and book fairs. It also has the exclusive United States' publishing rights to the Harry Potter book...
's graphic novel imprint, Graphix. While some of his graphic novels are intended for younger readers, Morse's work typically finds a much larger audience.
In the field of animation, he has worked as a character designer, storyboard artist, and art director for companies such as Disney, Universal
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
, and Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
. Recently Morse played a large part in the Pixar
Pixar
Pixar Animation Studios, pronounced , is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Its films have made over $6.3 billion worldwide...
short film Your Friend the Rat, which accompanies the 2007 film Ratatouille
Ratatouille (film)
Ratatouille is a 2007 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the eighth film produced by Pixar, and was directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005...
on DVD. This short film marked Pixar's first real 2-D animation project on a short-film scale.
Graphic novels
- Spaghetti Western (2004, Oni Press)
- The Barefoot Serpent (2003, Top Shelf Prod.)
- The Complete Soulwind (2003, Oni Press)
- Ancient JoeAncient JoeAncient Joe is a comic book series created by Scott Morse and published by Dark Horse Comics....
(2002, Dark Horse) - Smack Dab (2000, Crazy Fish/MJ-12)
- Volcanic Revolver (2000, Oni Press)
- Visitations (1998, Oni Press)
- Littlegreyman (1997, Image Comics)
NOTE: Soulwind was first published as a comic book series by Image Comics, then as a series of graphic novels by Oni Press, before being released in the single volume listed above.
Other publications
- Le Sketch #08 (2009, Le Sketch) - mini-comic with sketches
- Scrap Mettle (2008, Image Comics) - sketchbook and other artwork collection
- Noble Boy (2006, Adhouse Books) - large format board bookBoard bookA board book is a type of book printed on thick paperboard. The paperboard is printed and used for both the cover and the interior pages. Each page panel is a minimum of two plies of paperboard thickness. Unlike a typical paper book that is bound with saddle stitching or perfect binding, a...
- Little Book Of Horror: Frankenstein (2005, IDW Publishing) - with Steve Niles, hardcover
Magic Pickle series
- Magic Pickle - graphic novel (May 2008)
- Magic Pickle and the Planet of the Grapes (March 2008)
- Magic Pickle Vs. the Egg Poacher (March 2008)
Scott Morse (sometimes known as C. Scott Morse or C. S. Morse) is an American
People of the United States
The people of the United States, also known as simply Americans or American people, are the inhabitants or citizens of the United States. The United States is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
animator, filmmaker, and comic book artist/writer.
Much of Morse's published work consists of stand-alone graphic novels, although he is perhaps best known for his epic series Soulwind, a story serialised in a sequence of graphic novels, which was nominated for both the Eisner
Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
and Ignatz awards.
Biography
Scott Morse was trained at the California Institute of the ArtsCalifornia Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
(commonly known as CalArts), where he majored in Character Animation. In his sophomore year he was hired out to work at 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...
' Film Productions.
His comic book work includes work as illustrator and/or author on the series' Southpaw, Magic Pickle
Magic Pickle
Magic Pickle is a children's book series written by Scott Morse and published by Scholastic Corporation.-Books in the series:*Magic Pickle and the Planet of the Grapes* Magic Pickle vs. the Egg Poacher* Magic Pickle The Graphic Novel...
, Plastic Man
Plastic Man
Plastic Man is a fictional comic-book superhero originally published by Quality Comics and later acquired by DC Comics. Created by writer-artist Jack Cole, he first appeared in Police Comics #1 ....
(DC Comics), the mini-series Elektra: Glimpse & Echo (Marvel), and a three-comic story arc for Catwoman
Catwoman
Catwoman is a fictional character associated with DC Comics' Batman franchise. Historically a supervillain, the character was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, partially inspired by Kane's cousin, Ruth Steel...
. Morse also illustrated the first six issues of Case Files: Sam & Twitch
Sam and Twitch
Sam Burke and Maximilian "Twitch" Williams are two fictional NYPD homicide Detectives, created by Todd McFarlane. Sam and Twitch were originally featured in McFarlane's hit comic series Spawn. Due to their popularity, they were later given their own title in 1999, called Sam and Twitch...
, a spin-off of the Spawn
Spawn (comics)
Spawn is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by Image Comics. Created by writer/artist Todd McFarlane, Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1...
comic book series. He has contributed to the graphic novels Cut My Hair (Oni Press) and Hellboy: Weird Tales
Hellboy: Weird Tales
Hellboy: Weird Tales is a Dark Horse Comics bimonthly eight-issue comic book limited series that offered a variety of guest writers and artists the chance to give their own take on the Hellboy characters created by Mike Mignola whilst he was in Prague working on the first Hellboy movie...
vol.2 (Dark Horse) among others.
Morse's own graphic novels have been released through a variety of publishing houses, including Oni Press
Oni Press
Oni Press is an American independent comic book publisher based in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1997 by Bob Schreck and Joe Nozemack with the goal of publishing the kinds of comics and graphic novels they themselves would want to read...
, Dark Horse
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
, Top Shelf Productions
Top Shelf Productions
Top Shelf Productions is an American publishing company founded in 1997, owned and operated by Chris Staros and Brett Warnock and a small staff. The company is based in Marietta, Georgia, Portland, Oregon, and New York City, New York....
and Image Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
. He also adapted the R.L. Stine Goosebumps story The Abominable Snowman of Pasedena —one of three tales included in the volume Creepy Creatures
Creepy Creatures
Creepy Creatures is the first book in R. L. Stine's Goosebumps Graphix series. It is a comic book that contains three stories; "The Werewolf of Fever Swamp" adapted by Gabriel Hernandez, "The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight" adapted by Greg Ruth, and "The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena" adapted by...
— for Scholastic Press
Scholastic Press
Scholastic is a global book publishing company known for publishing educational materials for schools, teachers, and parents, and selling and distributing them by mail order and via book clubs and book fairs. It also has the exclusive United States' publishing rights to the Harry Potter book...
's graphic novel imprint, Graphix. While some of his graphic novels are intended for younger readers, Morse's work typically finds a much larger audience.
In the field of animation, he has worked as a character designer, storyboard artist, and art director for companies such as Disney, Universal
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
, and Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
. Recently Morse played a large part in the Pixar
Pixar
Pixar Animation Studios, pronounced , is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Its films have made over $6.3 billion worldwide...
short film Your Friend the Rat, which accompanies the 2007 film Ratatouille
Ratatouille (film)
Ratatouille is a 2007 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the eighth film produced by Pixar, and was directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005...
on DVD. This short film marked Pixar's first real 2-D animation project on a short-film scale.
Graphic novels
- Spaghetti Western (2004, Oni Press)
- The Barefoot Serpent (2003, Top Shelf Prod.)
- The Complete Soulwind (2003, Oni Press)
- Ancient JoeAncient JoeAncient Joe is a comic book series created by Scott Morse and published by Dark Horse Comics....
(2002, Dark Horse) - Smack Dab (2000, Crazy Fish/MJ-12)
- Volcanic Revolver (2000, Oni Press)
- Visitations (1998, Oni Press)
- Littlegreyman (1997, Image Comics)
NOTE: Soulwind was first published as a comic book series by Image Comics, then as a series of graphic novels by Oni Press, before being released in the single volume listed above.
Other publications
- Le Sketch #08 (2009, Le Sketch) - mini-comic with sketches
- Scrap Mettle (2008, Image Comics) - sketchbook and other artwork collection
- Noble Boy (2006, Adhouse Books) - large format board bookBoard bookA board book is a type of book printed on thick paperboard. The paperboard is printed and used for both the cover and the interior pages. Each page panel is a minimum of two plies of paperboard thickness. Unlike a typical paper book that is bound with saddle stitching or perfect binding, a...
- Little Book Of Horror: Frankenstein (2005, IDW Publishing) - with Steve Niles, hardcover
Magic Pickle series
- Magic Pickle - graphic novel (May 2008)
- Magic Pickle and the Planet of the Grapes (March 2008)
- Magic Pickle Vs. the Egg Poacher (March 2008)
Scott Morse (sometimes known as C. Scott Morse or C. S. Morse) is an American
People of the United States
The people of the United States, also known as simply Americans or American people, are the inhabitants or citizens of the United States. The United States is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
animator, filmmaker, and comic book artist/writer.
Much of Morse's published work consists of stand-alone graphic novels, although he is perhaps best known for his epic series Soulwind, a story serialised in a sequence of graphic novels, which was nominated for both the Eisner
Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
and Ignatz awards.
Biography
Scott Morse was trained at the California Institute of the ArtsCalifornia Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
(commonly known as CalArts), where he majored in Character Animation. In his sophomore year he was hired out to work at 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...
' Film Productions.
His comic book work includes work as illustrator and/or author on the series' Southpaw, Magic Pickle
Magic Pickle
Magic Pickle is a children's book series written by Scott Morse and published by Scholastic Corporation.-Books in the series:*Magic Pickle and the Planet of the Grapes* Magic Pickle vs. the Egg Poacher* Magic Pickle The Graphic Novel...
, Plastic Man
Plastic Man
Plastic Man is a fictional comic-book superhero originally published by Quality Comics and later acquired by DC Comics. Created by writer-artist Jack Cole, he first appeared in Police Comics #1 ....
(DC Comics), the mini-series Elektra: Glimpse & Echo (Marvel), and a three-comic story arc for Catwoman
Catwoman
Catwoman is a fictional character associated with DC Comics' Batman franchise. Historically a supervillain, the character was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, partially inspired by Kane's cousin, Ruth Steel...
. Morse also illustrated the first six issues of Case Files: Sam & Twitch
Sam and Twitch
Sam Burke and Maximilian "Twitch" Williams are two fictional NYPD homicide Detectives, created by Todd McFarlane. Sam and Twitch were originally featured in McFarlane's hit comic series Spawn. Due to their popularity, they were later given their own title in 1999, called Sam and Twitch...
, a spin-off of the Spawn
Spawn (comics)
Spawn is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by Image Comics. Created by writer/artist Todd McFarlane, Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1...
comic book series. He has contributed to the graphic novels Cut My Hair (Oni Press) and Hellboy: Weird Tales
Hellboy: Weird Tales
Hellboy: Weird Tales is a Dark Horse Comics bimonthly eight-issue comic book limited series that offered a variety of guest writers and artists the chance to give their own take on the Hellboy characters created by Mike Mignola whilst he was in Prague working on the first Hellboy movie...
vol.2 (Dark Horse) among others.
Morse's own graphic novels have been released through a variety of publishing houses, including Oni Press
Oni Press
Oni Press is an American independent comic book publisher based in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1997 by Bob Schreck and Joe Nozemack with the goal of publishing the kinds of comics and graphic novels they themselves would want to read...
, Dark Horse
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
, Top Shelf Productions
Top Shelf Productions
Top Shelf Productions is an American publishing company founded in 1997, owned and operated by Chris Staros and Brett Warnock and a small staff. The company is based in Marietta, Georgia, Portland, Oregon, and New York City, New York....
and Image Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
. He also adapted the R.L. Stine Goosebumps story The Abominable Snowman of Pasedena —one of three tales included in the volume Creepy Creatures
Creepy Creatures
Creepy Creatures is the first book in R. L. Stine's Goosebumps Graphix series. It is a comic book that contains three stories; "The Werewolf of Fever Swamp" adapted by Gabriel Hernandez, "The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight" adapted by Greg Ruth, and "The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena" adapted by...
— for Scholastic Press
Scholastic Press
Scholastic is a global book publishing company known for publishing educational materials for schools, teachers, and parents, and selling and distributing them by mail order and via book clubs and book fairs. It also has the exclusive United States' publishing rights to the Harry Potter book...
's graphic novel imprint, Graphix. While some of his graphic novels are intended for younger readers, Morse's work typically finds a much larger audience.
In the field of animation, he has worked as a character designer, storyboard artist, and art director for companies such as Disney, Universal
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
, and Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
. Recently Morse played a large part in the Pixar
Pixar
Pixar Animation Studios, pronounced , is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Its films have made over $6.3 billion worldwide...
short film Your Friend the Rat, which accompanies the 2007 film Ratatouille
Ratatouille (film)
Ratatouille is a 2007 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the eighth film produced by Pixar, and was directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005...
on DVD. This short film marked Pixar's first real 2-D animation project on a short-film scale.
Graphic novels
- Spaghetti Western (2004, Oni Press)
- The Barefoot Serpent (2003, Top Shelf Prod.)
- The Complete Soulwind (2003, Oni Press)
- Ancient JoeAncient JoeAncient Joe is a comic book series created by Scott Morse and published by Dark Horse Comics....
(2002, Dark Horse) - Smack Dab (2000, Crazy Fish/MJ-12)
- Volcanic Revolver (2000, Oni Press)
- Visitations (1998, Oni Press)
- Littlegreyman (1997, Image Comics)
NOTE: Soulwind was first published as a comic book series by Image Comics, then as a series of graphic novels by Oni Press, before being released in the single volume listed above.
Other publications
- Le Sketch #08 (2009, Le Sketch) - mini-comic with sketches
- Scrap Mettle (2008, Image Comics) - sketchbook and other artwork collection
- Noble Boy (2006, Adhouse Books) - large format board bookBoard bookA board book is a type of book printed on thick paperboard. The paperboard is printed and used for both the cover and the interior pages. Each page panel is a minimum of two plies of paperboard thickness. Unlike a typical paper book that is bound with saddle stitching or perfect binding, a...
- Little Book Of Horror: Frankenstein (2005, IDW Publishing) - with Steve Niles, hardcover
Magic Pickle series
- Magic Pickle - graphic novel (May 2008)
- Magic Pickle and the Planet of the Grapes (March 2008)
- Magic Pickle Vs. the Egg Poacher (March 2008)