He is published by image comics and scholasticgraphics. Cams father comes home with a cardboard box for cams birthday. Doug tennapel doug tennapel is a graphic novelist, video. Tennapel is a devout christian, who often includes religious themes in his works. Read cardboard by doug tennapel available from rakuten kobo. However, during one particularly tricky deportation, he accidentally zaps a younglivingboy. His work in television includes creating earthworm jim, nickelodeons catscratch and serving as show runner for the netflixdreamworks veggietales in the house. Doug tennapel is the acclaimed author and illustrator of ghostopolis, bad island, cardboard and tommysaurus rex, all published by graphix. Little do they know the havoc the cardboard will wreak on their lives. Doug tennapel sketchbook archives by tennapel kickstarter. Doug tennapel has authored sixteen graphic novels, developed four original video games and created three animated television series.
A cardboard boxer becomes a man called bill, a magic cardboard machine actually spits out new pieces of magic cardboard, and a figure of cams dead mother chastises his father for not moving on. Gideon, learns that mikes son cam is a really good boy and so he sells mike a cardboard box for 78 cents. I loved the concept for the story and i related to the characters quite a bit. At times poignant and sweet, cardboard is mostly packed with action thats highlighted by tennapel s cartoony illustrations. Ghostopolis is a graphic novel written and illustrated by doug tennapel. The book was a graphic novel called, cardboard by doug tennapel. When cardboard creatures come magically to life, a boy must save his town.
He started his career as an animator on attack of the killer tomatoes and then began working in the video game industry in the early 1990s. Though dealing with the recent death of his mother, cam and his father are trying to make the best of a difficult time. Tennapel produced an episodic spoof of japanese super sentaistyle shows called go sukashi. I think this graphic novel has many themes such as making the best out of the worst creativity using your imagination believing finding happiness again money isnt happiness about the author name doug richard tennapel d. Cardboard is the latest graphic novel from legendary video game designer earthworm jim, the neverhood and graphic novelist creature tech, power up doug tennapel. Garth hale suddenly finds himself surrounded by mummies and goblins in a crumbling, ghastly city, with a skeleton horse and his longdeparted.
Doug tennapel born july 10, 1966 makes books and is an artist best known for creating gear, earthworm jim, the neverhood, cardboard and nickelodeons catscratch. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read cardboard. Doug tennapel is the creator of earthworm jim and the neverhood. Born in norwalk and raised in denair, he got his bachelors degree in arts from the point loma nazarene university in 1988. I absolutely love cam, who really cares for his dad and is at the point of understanding that they. Doug tennapel born july 10, 1966 makes books, makes art and is the creator of earthworm jim. Clocking in at 272 pages, it ties with earthboy jacobus for being his longest book. The author also has a problem with people driving hybrids or. Back in 2012, fox announced that it would adapt the graphic novel, with tennapel as executive producer, but its been a long process. This was a great opportunity to discuss how reading different genres can lead you to discover. He made the comic cardboard, the mysterious mothman and created the youtube hit sockbaby. A doug tennapel title is very easy to spot due to his love of insane character designs, combined with his love of monsters. An eisner awardwinning artist, doug s most recent graphic novels, iron west and monster zoo, were cited by ala as great graphic novels for teens. Fiction when cardboard creatures come magically to life, a boy must save his town from disaster.
His work in animation helped him learn how to draw characters which helped him break into comic books. Doug always has great characters, interesting and deep themes to discover, complex. I will paint 100 original small watercolors for fans of my most iconic creations. Every page in doug tennapels cardboard pops to life with color, action. Sometimes its subtle such as monster zoo, sometimes its more overt black cherry or iron west, for example. Before long, cam and marcus must put their differences behind them and work together to prevent a legion of cardboard monsters from taking over the whole town. Doug is an eisner awardwinning artist, and his first graphic novel for scholastic, ghostopolis, is a 2011 ala top ten great graphic novels for teens. Cams downandout father gives him a cardboard box for his birthday and he knows its the worst. No waiting in convention lines it comes in the mail. The author also has a problem with people driving hybrids or boys having long hair. He is the author and illustrator of ghostopolis, bad island, cardboard and tommysaurus rex, all published by graphix. Cardboard, like scholastics other tennapel graphic novels, ghostopolis and bad island, is a great standalone story that is a fantastic adventure for tweenteen readers. Marcus wants the magical cardboard properties to himself because, well, hes bad. Doug tennapel is a californian comic artist, as well as a musician, animator and film maker.
Cardboard by doug tennapel paperback book the parent store. Hes been married for 27 years to the love of his life and has four bookloving kids. Join facebook to connect with doug tennapel and others you may know. Tennapel is a devout christian and often includes religious themes in his works.
As an agent for the supernatural immigration task force, it is frank gallowss job to catch ghosts on earth and send them back to the afterlife. In september 2012, fox animation optioned tennapel s published graphix novel cardboard, with plans for actor tobey maguires material pictures, graphic novelist doug tennapel and the gotham group to be executive producers. Eyes bulge, fists loom large, and sound effects go crash. Grades 35 the second book we read was chosen to give the boys exposure to a different genre. It features one of tennapel s core storytelling strengths. Fox plans to have the picture developed under its wedgeworks subsidiary. Doug s graphic novel ghostopolis was a 2011 ala top ten great graphic novel for teens, and his followup, bad island, is a 2012 ala great graphic novel for teens as well as one of school library journals top 10 graphic novels of 2011. Published by graphix, a division of scholastic inc.
Unlike most of his comics, this one is published by scholastics graphix imprint rather than by image. Doug tennapel born july 10, 1966 is best known for the video game character earthworm jim. The studio has hired dance of the dead s joe ballarini to write the script. Doug tennapel is the eisner award winning writerartist of over sixteen graphic novels. This book presents an intense tale of a familys summer adventure gone awry mixed with glimpses of transformerlike alien giants at war with another empire. Comic books and graphic novels by doug tennapel include nnewts, cardboard, ratfist, bad island, ghostopolis, tommysaurus rex, power up, monster zoo, flink, creature tech, earthboy jacobus, iron west, gear and black cherry.
Tennapel is raising funds for make 100 doug tennapel original watercolorinks on kickstarter. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Cardboard makerspace book club fitz between the shelves. Doug tennapel was raised in the town of denair, california. A doug tennapel creative style is very easy to spot due to his love both of monsters and of utterly insane character designs. When i read doug tennapel s graphic novel cardboard, i knew i had found something special. Discover more about his work in tv, film and video games at the imdb doug tennapel s most recent graphic novel is nnewts teachers and students can find more information about his work at his scholastic author page you can find more of doug tennapel s graphic novels available at. This cardboard powerfully projects the thoughts and desires of its users and becomes dangerous when cams wealthy, spoiled neighbor, marcus, uses it to. Doug has worked as a professional artist for thirty years. Cardboard by doug tennapel good comics for kids blogs. Doug s graphic novel ghostopolis was a 2011 ala top ten great graphic novel for teens, and his followup, bad island, was a 2012 ala great graphic novels for teens as well as one of school library journals top 10 graphic novels of 2011. Cardboard by doug tennapel graphic novels edes 546. Among other honors, ghostopolis was an ala 2011 top ten great graphic novel for teens, a 2010 kirkus best book of.
Doug tennapel writes books, makes art and created catscratch, the neverhood and earthworm jim. The weapons are made out of the magic cardboard and only injure cardboard creatures. 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. Along with gear and solomon fix, its one of his few comics thats been printed in color and the first one that was not initially.
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