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.[citation needed]
Awards
2013 - Eisner Award (nomination): Best Comic Book Archival Project (Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby's Romance Comics)
2012 - BAFTA: Best Debut Game (Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet)
2012 - Annie Award: Best Animated Video Game (Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet)
