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. The cats from GEAR would eventually become the Nickelodeon series Catscratch. Black in a war against dogs and insects using giant robots as weapons. 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).Īs 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. On television, TenNapel was the creator of the Project G.e.e.K.e.R. cartoon series for CBS. The sequel, entitled Skullmonkeys, followed in 1998. In 1995 he left Shiny Entertainment and founded his own company, Neverhood, with several other former Shiny employees. Working for DreamWorks Interactive, Neverhood created The Neverhood for the PC and PlayStation. From 1984 to 1988 TenNapel studied at Point Loma Nazarene University on art specialty, finishing with Bachelor's Degree. He got a master's degree in art from California State University Fullerton in 2012.Īs stated on Wikipedia, 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. He got his primary education from Denair High School from 1980 to 1984. He lives in Franklin, Tennessee, with his wife and their four children.Īccording to Wikipedia, TenNapel was born in Norwalk and raised in the town of Denair, California. CARDBOARD was named to the list of School Library JournalTop Ten Graphic Novels of 2012.ĭoug is also the creator of the hugely popular character Earthworm Jim. Among other honors, GHOSTOPOLIS was an ALA 2011 Top Ten Great Graphic Novel for Teens, a 2010 Kirkus Best Book of the Year, and a School Library Journal Top Ten Graphic Novel for 2011 and a 2012 ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens selection. Doug TenNapel is the acclaimed author and illustrator of GHOSTOPOLIS, BAD ISLAND, CARDBOARD and TOMMYSAURUS REX, all published by Graphix.
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