Doug TenNapel
| Doug TenNapel | |
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 TenNapel in June 2011 | |
| Born |
Douglas Richard TenNapel July 10, 1966 Norwalk, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
Notable works | Earthworm Jim, Catscratch, The Neverhood, Ratfist, Ghostopolis, Nnewts |
| Awards | Eisner Award Winner |
| Spouse(s) | Angie TenNapel (1990–present) |
Douglas Richard "Doug" TenNapel (born July 10, 1966)[1] is an American animator, writer, cartoonist, video game designer, and comic book artist whose work has encompassed animated television, video games, and comic books. He is best known for creating Earthworm Jim, a character that spawned a video game series, cartoon show, and a toy line.!
Early life
TenNapel was born in Norwalk and raised in the town of Denair, California. He got his primary education from Denair High School from 1980 to 1984. From 1984 to 1988 TenNapel studied at Point Loma Nazarene University on art specialty, finishing with Bachelor's Degree.[1] He got an master's degree in art from California State University Fullerton in 2012.
Career
TenNapel began as an animator on Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series. He soon began working in the video game industry on projects like 1993's Jurassic Park and Stimpy's Invention for the Sega Genesis and The Jungle Book for the SNES and Sega Genesis. In 1994, he created Earthworm Jim, the character that would star in Shiny Entertainment's video game, toy line, and cartoon series. In 1995 he left Shiny Entertainment and founded his own company, Neverhood, with several other former Shiny employees.[2] Working for DreamWorks Interactive, Neverhood created The Neverhood for the PC and PlayStation. The sequel, entitled Skullmonkeys, followed in 1998.
On television, TenNapel was the creator of the Project G.e.e.K.e.R. cartoon series for CBS. He was also a consulting producer on the ABC series Push, Nevada with Ben Affleck. Towards the end of the 2000s, he also created two shorts for Frederator Studios and Nicktoons, "Solomon Fix" (computer generated 3D) and "Squirly Town" (traditional 2D).[3]
As a graphic artist and cartoonist, TenNapel released his first comic book in 1998: GEAR, a surreal epic based on his real life cats, Simon, Waffle, Gordon and Mr. Black in a war against dogs and insects using giant robots as weapons. The cats from GEAR would eventually become the Nickelodeon series Catscratch.
TenNapel did the cover art for several of Five Iron Frenzy's albums, including a sculpture for their live album, Proof That the Youth Are Revolting. TenNapel has also created album covers and artwork for several Daniel Amos CDs, The 1999 tribute to the band, When Worlds Collide, the Neverhood soundtrack Imaginarium: Songs from the Neverhood and others.
Flink, a graphic novel by TenNapel, was released in late 2007 through Image comics. Monster Zoo, was released in early summer 2008. In June 2009 his graphic novel Power Up was released. In July 2010 his graphic novel Ghostopolis was released. It is being adapted into a film starring and produced by Hugh Jackman.[4]
TenNapel produced an episodic spoof of Japanese Super Sentai-style shows called Go Sukashi! based on a character by Shoko Nakagawa (who appears in the films), and starring John Soares and Brooke Brodack. He has also published an online superhero-genre-spoofing webcomic titled Ratfist.
In September 2012, Fox Animation optioned TenNapel's published Graphix novel Cardboard, with plans for actor Tobey Maguire’s Material Pictures, graphic novelist Doug TenNapel and the Gotham Group to be executive producers. Fox plans to have the picture developed under its WedgeWorks subsidiary. WedgeWorks director Chris Wedge (Ice Age) is producing, and is considering directing the film as well.[5]
TenNapel and other former members of the Earthworm Jim team at Pencil Test Studios launched a Kickstarter campaign in May 2013 to fund a PC game project called Armikrog, described a spiritual successor to The Neverhood and also being animated using clay animation techniques.[6] It was successful, and reached its stretch goal for a Wii U version.
Personal life
TenNapel is a politically conservative Christian and has written articles for Breitbart.com's "Big Hollywood" blog.[7]
Bibliography
Graphic novels
| Year | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | They Called Him Evil | Mockingbird Studios |
| 1999 | Gear | Fireman Press |
| 2002 | Creature Tech | Top Shelf Productions |
| 2004 | Tommysaurus Rex | Image Comics |
| 2005 | Earthboy Jacobus | Image Comics |
| 2006 | Iron West | Image Comics |
| 2007 | Black Cherry | Image Comics |
| 2007 | Flink | Image Comics |
| 2008 | Monster Zoo | Image Comics |
| 2009 | Power Up | Image Comics[8] |
| 2010 | Ghostopolis | GRAPHIX[9] |
| 2011 | Bad Island | GRAPHIX[10] |
| 2012 | Cardboard | GRAPHIX[11] |
Web comics
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Ratfist |
| 2012 | Nnewts |
Children's books
| Year | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Strange Children's Chronicles | Scholastic Press |
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Attack of the Killer Tomatoes | Animator |
| 1995 | Earthworm Jim | Creator, executive producer, writer |
| 1996 | Project G.e.e.K.e.R. | Co-Creator, executive producer |
| 2000 | Koghead and Meatus | Short Director, writer |
| 2002 | Push, Nevada | Consulting producer |
| 2004 | Sockbaby | Director, writer and voice of Sockbaby |
| 2005–2007 | Catscratch | Creator, executive producer, director, writer |
| 2007–2008 | Random! Cartoons | Creator, writer, character designer, storyboard artist, voice director Episodes: "Squirly Town" and "Solomon Fix" |
| 2009 | Ape Escape | Writer, storyboard artist |
| 2012 | Adventure Time | Writer Episode: "Sons of Mars" |
| 2012 | It's a SpongeBob Christmas! | TV special Stop Motion animator |
| 2014–present | VeggieTales in the House | Series writer, Executive Producer |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Jurassic Park (Sega Genesis) | Animator | Blue Sky Software |
| 1993 | Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy's Invention | Animator | Blue Sky Software |
| 1994 | The Jungle Book | Animator | Virgin Interactive |
| 1994 | Earthworm Jim | Creator, writer, designer, voice of Earthworm Jim | Shiny Entertainment |
| 1995 | Earthworm Jim 2 | Creator, writer, designer, voice of Earthworm Jim | Shiny Entertainment |
| 1996 | The Neverhood | Creator, writer, designer, voice of Hoborg, Bil and Klogg | DreamWorks Interactive |
| 1998 | Skullmonkeys | Creator, writer, designer, voice of Klogg | DreamWorks Interactive |
| 1999 | BoomBots | Creator, writer, designer | DreamWorks Interactive |
| 2015 | Armikrog | Creator, writer, designer, artist, additional animation | Versus Evil |
Discography
Cover art
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 1994 | BibleLand |
| 1997 | Our Newest Album Ever! |
| 1998 | Quantity Is Job 1 |
| 1999 | Proof That the Youth Are Revolting |
| 2000 | When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to Daniel Amos |
| 2003 | The End Is Near |
| 2004 | Imaginarium: Songs from the Neverhood |
| 2013 | Engine of a Million Plots |
References
- 1 2 "Doug op Myspace". Myspace.com. 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ↑ "Gaming Gossip". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (74): 44. September 1995.
- ↑ Random! Cartoons
- ↑ Kit, Borys (May 3, 2009). "Hugh Jackman to haunt 'Ghostopolis'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ↑ Anderson, Paul (September 8, 2012). "Fox Animation helping Maguire bend "Cardboard"". Big Cartoon News. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
- ↑ Matulef, Jeffrey (May 31, 2013). "The Neverhood creators launch Kickstarter for spiritual successor Armikrog". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
- ↑ "$name". Breitbart.com. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ↑ "Heroes + Villains: All Powered Up.". Chicago Tribune. 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Ghostopolis.". Kirkus Review. June 15, 2010. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Review of the Day:Bad Island by Doug TenNapel.". June 4, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
- ↑ "New tweener graphic novels by Doug TenNapel, Raina Telgemeier and Royden Lepp are hitting the shelves.". Los Angeles Times. August 26, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
- Dumesnil, Sébastien (February 22, 2006). "Interview: Doug TenNapel". Futureal Studio. Retrieved 2007-05-27.
- Young, Sarrah (August 2005). "Father Figures: God Is in the Details of Earthboy Jacobus". Exclaim! (Canada). Retrieved 2007-05-27.
- Kit, Borys (2008-03-12). "Paramount nabs 'Zoo'". The Hollywood Reporter.
- TenNapel, Doug (January 1, 2011). "Webcomic: Ratfist". Wordpress with Comicpress.
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