Among other honors, ghostopolis was an ala 2011 top ten great graphic novel for teens, a 2010 kirkus best book of. New earthworm jim game in development from original team. Drawing 400 earthworm jim heads with katherine, christina, mike s miller and tim lim for 3 seconds duration. The neverhoodearthworm jim creators launch kickstarter. It is a sequel to the original earthworm jim, and the second and final game in the earthworm jim series developed by original creators doug tennapel. Back when the gear series first released, i only had a casual awareness of doug, in the context of earthworm jim.
Its important to bear in mind that doug and others like him really are in an enemyofmyenemy situation with the majority of gg. He is the author and illustrator of ghostopolis, bad island, cardboard and tommysaurus rex, all published by graphix. That would make for a really cool game, but it wouldnt make you feel like you. Earthworm jim is a series of sidescrolling platforming video games, featuring an earthworm.
Earthworm jim usa snes rom created by the twisted minds at shiny entertainment led by dave perry and doug tennapel, earthworm jim is a nonsensical sidescrolling platform game that allows you to venture through the galaxy as an earthworm trapped in a futuristic spacesuit to rescue princess whatshername an absolutely crazy platformer famous for its merciless spoofing of all of. Earthworm jim will be getting a new and exclusive vide game developed by the original team by intellivision entertainment. Among other honors, ghostopolis was an ala 2011 top ten great graphic novel for teens, a 2010 kirkus best book of the year. This seems to be the key problem to any modern remake of an old idea, a new earthworm jim would need to have higher production values. Earthworm jim 2 is a run and gun platform video game starring an earthworm named jim in a robotic suit who battles evil. The last time the team worked together was on the games followup. The epic comic book story of earthworm jim told for the first time by the creator of earthworm ji check out earthworm jim the comic book. Earthworm jim is also part of the earthworm jim series. White knight imprint at dc which as been referred to as. Earthworm jim 2 cover by mike mignola is free on bigfoot. A few video games and fif covers later, i sought out his work and was an immediate fan of all his other graphic novels.
In fact, he revealed the original team would be returning. Earthworm jim is a series of sidescrolling platforming video games, featuring an earthworm named jim, who wears a robotic suit and battles evil. Doug has worked as a professional artist for thirty years. Earthworm jim the comic by doug tennapel the creator of earthworm jim. 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.
Created by doug tennapel and designed by david perry, the game was released for the sega genesis in 1994, and subsequently ported to a number of other video game consoles. He also selfpublished the graphic novel, earthworm jim. Doug tenapels bigfoot bill set the standard that i judged a lot of the quality of indiegogo books that followed after it, but now with earthworm jim. Tennapel also revealed that, while we can hope for an earthworm jim 4, there are many factors getting in the way, like assembling the original team, the financial situation, and everything else.
Tennapel retracts claim dcs jim lee pressured murphy to. Its a great month for earthworm jim fans hot off the heels of the release of his bigfoot bill graphic novel, comic book author and earthworm jim creator doug tennapel has revealed that an earthworm jim comic book is in the works. Earthworm jim is an old dos science fiction action game, developed by shiny entertainment, designed by doug tennapel, tom tanaka and published by activision in 1995. Doug tennapel born july 10, 1966 is best known for the video game character earthworm jim. This page is dedicated to our favorite video game wormy hero earthworm jim.
Douglas richard tennapel is an american animator, writer, cartoonist, video game designer, and comic book artist whose work has encompassed animated television, video games, and comic books. Earthworm jim celebrates its 25year anniversary this year. The game was created and narrated by doug tennapel and follows the story of jim, an earthworm superhero, and his new mate snott. That means doug tennapel, david perry, tommy tallarico, nick bruty, mike dietz, tom tanaka and joey kuras are all onboard the last time these guys worked together was earthworm jim 2, from. Gamasutra interplay, tennapel partner for earthworm jim. Earthworm jim the comic launch the cow, has officially launched on indiegogo. Play as earthworm jim and save princesses whatshername and stop all the bad. Though ewj appeared in award winning video games, an animated series and a toy. The developer then went on to say that the words are. But the increased access to creators and, more dangerously, their innermost thoughts brought on by twitter has been rough on the oddball franchise, mostly thanks to the work of.
His work in animation helped him learn how to draw characters which helped him break into comic books. Though doug created the character back in his comic book days, he says the story for this game and the crazed characters it contains sprang from the collective talents of the entire shiny team. Earthworm jim usa sega genesis rom created by the twisted minds at shiny entertainment led by dave perry and doug tennapel, earthworm jim is a nonsensical sidescrolling platform game that allows you to venture through the galaxy as an earthworm trapped in a futuristic spacesuit to rescue princess whatshername. I had the wonderful opportunity to finally interview doug tennapel, the creator of earthworm jim and the neverhood, just to name a few of his projects. The evil queen of insectica has a supersuit invented that is capable of altering the universe when it is stolen by her ugly sister, princess whatshername. White knight writerartist sean gordon murphy to pull a variant cover he drew for tennapel s comic book bigfoot bill 2. Doug tennapel, earthworm jim s creator, headed up the jurassic park genesis team for sega. Doug tennapel doug tennapel is a graphic novelist, video. Earthworm jim is an old dos science fiction action game, developed by shiny entertainment, designed by doug tennapel, tom tanaka and published by. Earthworm jim maintains a healthy, nostalgic niche in the minds of videogame fans of a certain age, perpetually charmed by the heroic annelid, his lushly animated and bizarre world, and a whole horde of flying cows. This news comes just days after intellivision announced that a new earthworm jim video game is in development exclusively for their upcoming amico console. Earthworm jim creator doug tennapel has called transphobe and homophobe madeup words that are used to slander conservatives. From there, the games design actually started with creator doug tennapels simple sketch of an earthworm.
Doug tennapel reveals plans for earthworm jim comic book. I am mistaken for a woman at bar trivia, halfdrinked diet cokes in the fridge, doug tennapel calls in to talk about earthworm jim, attack of the killer tomatoes, the jurassic park video game, cuckery, lawsuits, gay marriage, my fan art, and harnessing the power of autism, maddox confesses to maliciously prosecuting asterios, tito, tito, tito, human. Earthworm jim creator doug tennapel compares gay marriage to letting a man take a dump in the ladies room. Doug tennapel s earthworm jim graphic novel smashes crowdfunding records. It was well received by critics, and received a sequel, earthworm jim 2, in 1995. Following recent news that it would be bringing earthworm jim to virtual console, interplay has announced it is partnering with franchise creator doug tennapel to revive the brand with a new game. Earthworm jim usa snes rom created by the twisted minds at shiny entertainment led by dave perry and doug tennapel, earthworm jim is a nonsensical sidescrolling platform game that allows you to venture through the galaxy as an earthworm trapped in a futuristic spacesuit to rescue princess whatshername an absolutely crazy platformer famous for its merciless spoofing of all of the. Tennapel s comments came after he noted that he was heading to his doctor to treat melanoma on his face. Doug tennapel writes books, makes art and created catscratch, the neverhood and earthworm jim. It was originally released in 1994 for the sega genesis. Journalist chris scullion indicated that he does not want earthworm jim creator doug tennapel involved in the newly announced game. Earthworm jim, earthworm jim 2, earthworm jim 3d, and earthworm jim. This first printing is 9 x 12, hard bound, gold gilded edges, embossing, debossing, 2 color foil, uv spot gloss, 160 full color pages and includes a fold out page, glow in the dark image and more. Doug tennapel makes books and is the creator of earthworm jim and gear.
This page is run by doug tennapel, the original creator of earthworm jim. To the excitement of many fans, intellivision entertainment ceo tommy tallarico announced that earthworm jim was coming back. Sean gordon murphy, who recently announced plans to launch a curated label at dc comics for his white knight universe, has announced that he will pull his cover from earthworm jim creator doug. My name is doug tennapel and i created earthworm jim 26 years ago. Earthworm jim creator doug tennapel is, apparently, a living parody of american bigotry.
The game was developed by shiny entertainment and released for mega drivegenesis in 1994, for the first time. Earthworm jim 4 is a video game in the earthworm jim series. Earthworm jim creator doug tennapel recently took to twitter to claim dc comics and jim lee put pressure on batman. The original earthworm jim of 1994 had the best production values for that time but a new game would likely be smothered in highend cg effects and overthetop explosions. We talk doug s new earthworm jim comic book project, his impressive career, the power of crowdfunding, taking care of your fans, g. Doug tennapel blames jim lee and dc comics for sean gordon. Earthworm jim creator doug tennapel fires back at tess. The game was noted for its fluid, cartoonlike animation and offthewall humour. Earthworm jim creator pops up to remind twitter of his. Doug tennapel is the creator of earthworm jim and the neverhood. Doug tennapels earthworm jim graphic novel smashes. Earthworm jim 2 cover by mike mignola is free on bigfoot bill 2. Medium cartridge, cdrom, download altersfreigabe usk usk ab 6 freigegeben pegi pegi ab 7 jahren empfohlen. Podcast version of the shane plays geek talk radio show from 682019.
Recently, the artist made several amazing comments on the. In may 2019, tennapel and other members of the original earthworm jim team announced a new earthworm jim game, to be released as an exclusive for the upcoming intellivision amico. Earthworm jim began when the toy manufacturer playmates, seeing the success of the franchise, decided to start their own. Earthworm jim is a very popular run and gun platform video game, created by doug tennapel and designed by david perry. Earthworm jim 2 is the followup of earthworm jim, a platform video game developed by shiny entertainment.
Series, earthworm jim platforms intellivision amico. Earthworm jim is about the worlds most unlikely hero. Launch the cow, that standard has been risen further. Doug tennapel, creator of earthworm jim interplay and the neverhood electronic arts has partnered with pencil test studios, to create what some have called the neverhoods spiritual successor a clay and puppet animated adventure game called armikrog. The first game was released in 1994, while earthworm jim 2 was published in 1996 in the united states.
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