Brad Ableson

Brad Ableson

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Character layout artist Storyboard artist Storyboard revisionist Birth date: September 2, 1975 (1975-09-02) Status: Inactive Number of episodes: 165 Seasons active: Season 7 - 26 Short: The Longest Daycare First episode: "Team Homer" Most recent episode: "Bull-E" Movie: The Simpsons Movie Book: The Simpsons Beyond Forever!

Bradley Evan "Brad" Ableson (born September 2, 1975) is an American animator. He served as a storyboard artist, character layout artist and storyboard revisionist for The Simpsons.

Awards

Award Year Episode Result Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production 2014 N/A Nominated

Credits

Character layout

Episode – "Team Homer" Episode – "Bart the Fink" Episode – "The Day the Violence Died" Episode – "Bart on the Road" Episode – "Much Apu About Nothing" Episode – "You Only Move Twice" Episode – "A Milhouse Divided" Episode – "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer" Episode – "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" Episode – "My Sister, My Sitter" Episode – "The Canine Mutiny" Episode – "Homer's Enemy" Episode – "Lisa's Sax" Episode – "Lisa the Skeptic" Episode – "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" Episode – "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" Special – The Longest Daycare

Storyboard

Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust" Episode – "Dumbbell Indemnity" Episode – "The Trouble with Trillions" Episode – "Lost Our Lisa" Episode – "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IX" Episode – "When You Dish Upon a Star" Episode – "Mayored to the Mob" Episode – "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" Episode – "Homer to the Max" Episode – "I'm with Cupid" Episode – "Make Room for Lisa" Episode – "Mom and Pop Art" Episode – "The Old Man and the "C" Student" Episode – "They Saved Lisa's Brain" Episode – "Beyond Blunderdome" Episode – "Brother's Little Helper" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror X" Episode – "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" Episode – "Eight Misbehavin'" Episode – "Take My Wife, Sleaze" Episode – "The Mansion Family" Episode – "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" Episode – "Pygmoelian" Episode – "Kill the Alligator and Run" Episode – "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" Episode – "Behind the Laughter" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XI" Episode – "Skinner's Sense of Snow" Episode – "Simpson Safari" Episode – "Trilogy of Error" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XII" Episode – "The Parent Rap" Episode – "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love" Episode – "The Blunder Years" Episode – "Jaws Wired Shut" Episode – "The Lastest Gun in the West" Episode – "Blame It on Lisa" Episode – "I Am Furious (Yellow)" Episode – "The Frying Game" Episode – "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" Episode – "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade" Episode – "Large Marge" Episode – "The Great Louse Detective" Episode – "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" Episode – "A Star Is Born Again" Episode – "C.E. D'oh" Episode – "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" Episode – "Three Gays of the Condo" Episode – "Brake My Wife, Please" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIV" Episode – "My Mother the Carjacker" Episode – "The President Wore Pearls" Episode – "Today I Am a Clown" Episode – "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot" Episode – "Margical History Tour" Episode – "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" Episode – "Co-Dependent's Day" Episode – "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" Episode – "Catch 'Em If You Can" Episode – "Sleeping with the Enemy" Episode – "Fat Man and Little Boy" Episode – "Midnight Rx" Episode – "Pranksta Rap" Episode – "Goo Goo Gai Pan" Episode – "The Seven-Beer Snitch" Episode – "The Heartbroke Kid" Episode – "Thank God It's Doomsday" Episode – "The Girl Who Slept Too Little" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVI" Episode – "Marge's Son Poisoning" Episode – "See Homer Run" Episode – "Simpsons Christmas Stories" Episode – "Homer's Paternity Coot" Episode – "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" Episode – "Million-Dollar Abie" Episode – "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" Episode – "Regarding Margie" Episode – "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play" Episode – "Jazzy and the Pussycats" Episode – "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)" Episode – "Rome-Old and Juli-Eh" Episode – "Marge Gamer" Episode – "Midnight Towboy" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" Episode – "Love, Springfieldian Style" Episode – "Smoke on the Daughter" Episode – "Apocalypse Cow" Episode – "Mona Leaves-a" Episode – "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" Episode – "Lost Verizon" Episode – "Father Knows Worst" Episode – "Coming to Homerica" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XX" Episode – "Rednecks and Broomsticks" Episode – "Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?" Episode – "Million Dollar Maybe" Episode – "Boy Meets Curl" Episode – "Stealing First Base" Episode – "Chief of Hearts" Episode – "To Surveil with Love" Episode – "The Bob Next Door" Episode – "Elementary School Musical" Episode – "How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?" Episode – "The Fight Before Christmas" Episode – "Flaming Moe" Episode – "The Blue and the Gray" Episode – "The Scorpion's Tale" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" Episode – "Penny-Wiseguys" Episode – "A Tree Grows in Springfield" Episode – "To Cur, with Love" Episode – "A Test Before Trying" Episode – "Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing" Episode – "Hardly Kirk-ing" Episode – "What Animated Women Want" Episode – "Pulpit Friction" Episode – "Whiskey Business" Episode – "Dangers on a Train" Episode – "YOLO" Episode – "Labor Pains" Episode – "White Christmas Blues" Episode – "Steal This Episode" Episode – "Married to the Blob" Episode – "The Man Who Grew Too Much" Episode – "The Winter of His Content" Episode – "Luca$" Episode – "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting" Episode – "Brick Like Me" Episode – "Pay Pal" Episode – "Clown in the Dumps" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXV" Episode – "Opposites A-Frack" Episode – "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner" Episode – "Bart's New Friend" Episode – "The Musk Who Fell to Earth" Episode – "Bull-E" Special – The Simpsons Take the Bowl

Storyboard clean up

• Episode – "Trash of the Titans"

Couch gag

• Episode – "A Tale of Two Springfields"
• Episode – "Insane Clown Poppy"
• Episode – "Lisa the Tree Hugger"

• Episode – "The Great Money Caper"
• Episode – "Skinner's Sense of Snow"
• Episode – "HOMЯ"

• Episode – "Worst Episode Ever"

• Episode – "New Kids on the Blecch"

Storyboard revisions

• Episode – "Marge's Son Poisoning"

• Episode – "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story"

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVII"

• Episode – "Apocalypse Cow"

• Episode – "Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe"

• Episode – "The Devil Wears Nada"

• Episode – "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed"

• Episode – "Lisa Goes Gaga"

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIV"

Story artist

• – The Simpsons Movie

Production art and character designs

• Book – The Simpsons Beyond Forever!

External links

• Brad Ableson at the Internet Movie Database

Character layout artists

Current character layout artists Jung A Anderson • Michael E. Atniel • Norman P. Auble • Timothy Bailey • Jody Brooks • Oscar Cervantes • Greg Checketts • Joung Kyu Choi • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Manny DeGuzman • Lejon Douroux • Adam Dykstra • Jeanne Erickson • Luis Escobar • Natalie J. Fosdick • Yelena Geodakyan • Steven Pierre Gordon • Colin Heck • Matthew Herbert • Daniela Hoyos • Alexander Jenson • Geoffrey Johnson • Jeff Johnson • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Tina Kügler • Christianna Lang Daley • Eric Lara • Davy Lauterbach • Ely Lester • Michael Ludy • Tom Madrid, Jr. • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Tanja Majerus • Andy Manley • Maeve McGrath • Drew McPhail • Mary O. Natale • Tuan Nguyen • Rob Oliver • Oscar Pangestu • Lena Podesta • Silvia Pompei • Alex Que • Arlyne Ramirez • Nik Ranieri • Thomas E. Richner • Ryan Rivette • Jeremy Robinson • Dustin Romero • Dane Romley • Eddie Rosas • Rick Salonga • Herman Sharaf • Jiyoon Shin • Kamoon Song • Ralph Sosa • Shane K. Sowell • Debbie J. Spafford • Joshua Taback • Michael Tran • Toni Tysen • Jason D. Warnesky • Paul Wee • Kathy Zielinski Former character layout artists Brad Ableson • John Achenbach • Albert Acosta • Edwin E. Aguilar • Victor E. Almaguer • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Tony Anselmo • John Aoshima • Martin Archer • Craig Armstrong • Stephanie Arnett • Marcos Asprec • Orlando Baeza • Brenda Banks • Tibor Belay • Anthony Bell • John Berado • Sue Bielenberg • Mark Borok • Jeannette Bose • Scott Brutz • Tricia Buchanan-Benson • Rufino Camacho • Nathan Cash • Shaun Cashman • Kendis Chase • Shavonne Cherry • Moon Choi • Utit Choomuang • Craig Clark • Jeff Clark • Chris Clements • Liz Climo • Casey Coffey • Mark Colangelo • Pam Cooke • Tom Coppola • Noel Cox • Caroline Cruikshank • Kirin Daughtery • Tim Decker • Gavin Dell • Susie Dietter • Francis Dinglasan • Orlando Distor • Arthur Ebuen • Ernesto Elicanal • Mark Ervin • Jess Espanola • Dante Fabiero • Matthew Faughnan • Istvan Fellner • Bonnie Fishbon • Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice • Hunilla Fodor • Mike Fontanelli • Julie Forte • Sandra Frame • Bryan Francis • Cynthia French • Adriana Galvez • Philip Garcia • Raul Garcia • Tricia Garcia • Frederick J. Gardner III • Jonathan Gebhart • Brett Gehrs • Ed Ghertner • Neal Goldstein • Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Roger Gonzales • Joshua David Gorczyca • Gordon Stanfield Animation • Lucas Gray • Orlando Gumatay • Ted Hanik • Mary Hanley • Joe Healy • Lynne Healy • Krystal Hernandez • Seth Hippen • Bill Ho • Jennie Hoffer • James Huang • Chris Huicochea • Brian Iles • Kelly Spencer James • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Jen Kamerman • Mark Kausler • Seth Kearsley • Ernest Keen • Dean Kelly • Celia Kendrick • Eric S. Keyes • Andy Kim • S.J. Kim • Sooan Kim • Andi Klein • Bert Klein • Julianna Korsborn • Nancy Kruse • Jeff LaFlamme • Ben Lane • Phil Langone • Boowan Lee • Grant Lee • Ashley Lenz • Bob Logan • Jon Lopez • Miguel Lopez • Chris Loudon • Greg Lovell • Matt Luhn • Jeffrey Lynch • Jason Magness • Istvan Majoros • Maryann Malcomb • Anna Maltese • Richard Manginsay • Tammy Manis • Matt Mantel • Michael Marcantel • James Marquez • John Mathot • Ted Mathot • Linda McCall • Gary McCarver • Steve Mealue • Andre Medina • Emily Michels • Pete Michels • Noah Miller • Chris Moeller • Jennifer Moeller • Leo Moran • Jeanette Moreno • Mike Morris • Sarge Morton • Erik Moxcey • Jeff Myers • Kimberly Narsete • Matthew Nastuk • Joey Nilges • James O'Brien • Shannon O'Connor • Eduardo Olivares • Eric Oliver • Kenji Ono • Tyler Pagan • Howy Parkins • Sanjay Patel • John Pearson • Jack Perkins • Raymond S. Persi • Jeff Pidgeon • Dominic Polcino • Mike Frank Polcino • Michael Polvani • Teresa Potter-Heimark • Dan Povenmire • Julius Preite • Natasha Presler-Wicke • James Purdum • Chance Raspberry • Bill Recinos • Dexter Reed • Jordan Reichek • Stephen Reis • Jay Robinson • Art Roman • Christian Roman • Sondra Roy • Aaron Rozenfeld • Alex Ruiz • Fill Marc Sagadraca • David Salvador • Alberto Santiago • Sydney Sata • Matthew Schofield • Andy Schuhler • Melody Severns • Peter Shin • Tony Siruno • Kevin M. Smith • Steve Smith • Ethan Spaulding • Julie Spencer • Eric Stefani • Aimee Steinberger • Jennifer Stillwell • Charlotte Stout • Betty Tang • Cyndi Tang • Lewis Tate • Noel Taylor • Tommy Tejeda • Gary Terry • Erick T. Tran • Elan Trinidad • Tuck Tucker • Bob Tyler • Brad Vandergrift • Gregg Vanzo • Viorel Voronca • Dusty Wakefield • Mark Watts • JC Wegman • Brian Wells • Tom Winkler • Byun Kwang Won • Anthony Wong • Thomas Woodall • Glen Wuthrich • Tomihiro Yamaguchi • Gary Yap • Jung-A Yoo • Young Yoo • Jordan Young One time character layout artists Scott Alberts • Charles Alleneck • Ed Bell • Brad Bird • Clint Bond • Ian Chen • Kevin Davis • Eric Elder • Marvin Ervin • Brad Forbush • Steve Garcia • Klay Hall • Sam Ho • Jeff Howard • Chris Hubbard • Nora Johnson • Jason Katz • Jang Woo Lee • Derek Lestrange • Jeff "Swampy" Marsh • Bob Miller • Chris Mitchell • Angel Pastrana • Charles Ragins • Marc Ratner • Christopher Reccardi • Domingo Rivera • Stephen Robertson • Amy Rychlick • Ericka Schwartz • Elaina Scott • Alan Smart • Chad Stewart • Matt Sullivan • Eric Thomas • Janice Tolentino • Arthur Valencia • Jim Van der Keyl • Barry Vodos • Dave Warren • Celia Weiss Other character layout artists Ivaylo Anguelov • David Au • Abe Audish • Matthias Bauer • Wayne Carlisi • Roberto Casale • Kathi Castillo • Rick Farmiloe • Mike Girard • Rick Hoppe • Jay Jackson • Cathy Jones • Megan Kelly • Craig Kemplin • Jiwook Kim • Erik Kuska • Lois Lee • Joseph Lowe • Carlos Lutterbach • Leonardo Matsuda • Frank Molieri • Steven Muller • David Nam • Phillip Pignotti • Chris Rutkowski • David Silverman • Chris Minki Song • Mike Swofford • Derek Thompson • Kurt Vanzo • Franz Vischer • William Waldman

Storyboard artists and Storyboard revisionists

Current storyboard artists John Achenbach • Norman P. Auble • Timothy Bailey • Bryan Francis • Eric Koenig • Ben Lane • Matt Mantel • Whitney B. Martin • Steven Dean Moore • Arlyne Ramirez • Stephen Reis • Thomas E. Richner • Jeremy Robinson • Matthew Schofield • Ralph Sosa • Michael Tran Former storyboard artists Brad Ableson • Neil Affleck • Edwin E. Aguilar • Scott Alberts • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Martin Archer • Wes Archer • Bob Arkwright • Peter Avanzino • Carlos Baeza • Orlando Baeza • David Bastian • Rudi Berden • Brad Bird • Tim Burgard • Kent Butterworth • Barry Caldwell • Shaun Cashman • Shawna Cha • Bev Chapman • Chris Clements • Vic Cook • Dave Cunningham • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Susie Dietter • Francis Dinglasan • Ralph Eggleston • John Eng • Mark Ervin • Luis Escobar • Dante Fabiero • Matthew Faughnan • Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice • Steven Fonti • Gavin Freitas • Tricia Garcia • Gary Graham • Lucas Gray • Klay Hall • Colin Heck • Matthew Herbert • Jon Hooper • Mark Howard • Kelly Spencer James • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Mike Kazaleh • Celia Kendrick • Mark Kirkland • Lance Kramer • Nancy Kruse • Adam Kuhlman • Grant Lee • Glen Lovell • Greg Lovell • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Michael Marcantel • Steven Markowski • Lila Martinez • John Mathot • Ted Mathot • Drew McPhail • Roy Meurin • Bob Miller • Chris Moeller • Jennifer Moeller • Rich Moore • Mike Morris • Erik Moxcey • Raymie Muzquiz • Jeff Myers • Matthew Nastuk • Kevin O'Brien • Michael O'Connor • Rob Oliver • Raymond S. Persi • Dominic Polcino • Dan Povenmire • Jim Reardon • Dexter Reed • John Rice • Jerry Richardson • Christian Roman • Eddie Rosas • David Salvador • David Schwartz • Swinton O. Scott III • Ira Sherak • Shane K. Sowell • Cyndi Tang • Vincenzo Trippetti • William Tucker • Adam Van Wyk • Gregg Vanzo • Jason D. Warnesky • Glen Wuthrich • Tomihiro Yamaguchi Other storyboard artists Dominic Bianchi • Rufino Camacho • Oscar Cervantes • Gus Cosio • Guy Davis • Manny DeGuzman • Shannon Denton • Edmund Fong • Cynthia French • Joshua David Gorczyca • Orlando Gumatay • Joe Healy • Boowan Lee • Will Lee • Mary O. Natale • Lena Podesta • Kaley Powers • Dane Romley • Stephen Sandoval • Cole Shortt • Mike Smith • Tom Smith • Aaron Sowd • Dusty Wakefield • Matt Whitlock • Jung-A Yoo Current storyboard revisionists John Achenbach • Luis Escobar • Ben Lane • Grant Lee • Matt Mantel • Michael Marcantel • Whitney B. Martin • Arlyne Ramirez • Michael Tran Former storyboard revisionists Brad Ableson • Edwin E. Aguilar • Scott Alberts • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Martin Archer • Norman P. Auble • Peter Avanzino • Orlando Baeza • Timothy Bailey • David Bastian • Rudi Berden • Oscar Cervantes • Shawna Cha • Bev Chapman • Chris Clements • Liz Climo • Christianna Lang Daley • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Susie Dietter • Jeanne Erickson • Mark Ervin • Matthew Faughnan • Gavin Freitas • Tricia Garcia • Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Lucas Gray • Ken Harsha • Colin Heck • Chris Huicochea • Kelly Spencer James • Geoffrey Johnson • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Jen Kamerman • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Nancy Kruse • Adam Kuhlman • Greg Lovell • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Bryan Maille • Lila Martinez • John Mathot • Drew McPhail • Bob Miller • Steven Dean Moore • Mike Morris • Raymie Muzquiz • Jeff Myers • Kevin O'Brien • Shannon O'Connor • Rob Oliver • Audu Paden • Howy Parkins • Dan Povenmire • Norman Quebedeau • Stephen Reis • Jerry Richardson • Thomas E. Richner • Jeremy Robinson • Christian Roman • Sondra Roy • Matthew Schofield • Ira Sherak • Ralph Sosa • Shane K. Sowell • Ethan Spaulding • Cyndi Tang • Tommy Tejeda • Erick T. Tran • Jason D. Warnesky • JC Wegman • Celia Weiss • Glen Wuthrich Other storyboard revisionists Wincat Alcala • Ivaylo Anguelov • Perfecto Badillo • Young Baek • Rob Bou-Saab • David Boudreau • Kristina Bustamante • Won Ki Cho • Louis C. Gallegos • Mike Kim • Dante Leandado • Joseph Lee • Erik Moxcey • Michael Narren • Debbie Shin • Paul Wee • Stephen Wong • Julius Wu Storyboard assistants Martin Archer • Mark Ervin • Tricia Garcia • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Steven Markowski • Kevin O'Brien • Howy Parkins • John Rice • Bill Riling Storyboard consultants Mike B. Anderson • Jim Reardon • David Silverman Storyboard supervisors Steven Dean Moore • Kevin O'Brien • Christian Roman