Doug TenNapel

Douglas TenNapel is an American musician, animator, and Eisner Award-winning artist. He is best known for creating Earthworm Jim, a character that spawned a famous video game, cartoon series, and toy line. TenNapel was born and raised in the town of Denair, California. He started out 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 Stim... more

Douglas TenNapel is an American musician, animator, and Eisner Award-winning artist. He is best known for creating Earthworm Jim, a character that spawned a famous video game, cartoon series, and toy line. TenNapel was born and raised in the town of Denair, California. He started out 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 1996, working for Dreamworks, he created for The Neverhood for the PC. The sequel, entitled Skullmonkeys, followed in 1998. Work on TenNapel's first feature length live action film, Mothman, began in the late 90s, although as of 2002, the film was not finished. In television, TenNapel was the creator of the Project G.e.e.K.e... less