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. Published by graphix, a division of scholastic inc. Tennapel is raising funds for make 100 doug tennapel original watercolorinks on kickstarter. Doug tennapel is the acclaimed author and illustrator of ghostopolis, bad island, cardboard and tommysaurus rex, all published by graphix. This cardboard powerfully projects the thoughts and desires of its users and becomes dangerous when cams wealthy, spoiled neighbor, marcus, uses it to. Doug tennapel writes books, makes art and created catscratch, the neverhood and earthworm jim. His work in animation helped him learn how to draw characters which helped him break into comic books.
Cardboard is the latest graphic novel from legendary video game designer earthworm jim, the neverhood and graphic novelist creature tech, power up doug tennapel. 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. The author also has a problem with people driving hybrids or boys having long hair. The book was a graphic novel called, cardboard by doug tennapel. Among other honors, ghostopolis was an ala 2011 top ten great graphic novel for teens, a 2010 kirkus best book of. This was a great opportunity to discuss how reading different genres can lead you to discover. Unlike most of his comics, this one is published by scholastics graphix imprint rather than by image. Read cardboard by doug tennapel available from rakuten kobo. Cardboard by doug tennapel graphic novels edes 546. Eyes bulge, fists loom large, and sound effects go crash. Doug always has great characters, interesting and deep themes to discover, complex.
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. Fox plans to have the picture developed under its wedgeworks subsidiary. Cardboard by doug tennapel good comics for kids blogs. However, during one particularly tricky deportation, he accidentally zaps a younglivingboy. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the.
It features one of tennapel s core storytelling strengths. 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. He made the comic cardboard, the mysterious mothman and created the youtube hit sockbaby. 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.
Sometimes its subtle such as monster zoo, sometimes its more overt black cherry or iron west, for example. 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. The book centers around cam, a goodnatured boy living with his father, mike. 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. When i read doug tennapel s graphic novel cardboard, i knew i had found something special. We have really enjoyed reading doug tennapel s graphic novels like ghostopolis and cardboard, so when i saw this book at our local library, i was very excited to check it out. Doug tennapel has authored sixteen graphic novels, developed four original video games and created three animated television series. When cardboard creatures come magically to life, a boy must save his town. A doug tennapel title is very easy to spot due to his love of insane character designs, combined with his love of monsters. I will paint 100 original small watercolors for fans of my most iconic creations. The author also has a problem with people driving hybrids or. 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. Doug tennapel born july 10, 1966 makes books, makes art and is the creator of earthworm jim.
A doug tennapel creative style is very easy to spot due to his love both of monsters and of utterly insane character designs. Cams downandout father gives him a cardboard box for his birthday and he knows its the worst. 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. 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. Fox animation is giving doug tennapel s graphic novel cardboard another go. Doug tennapel was raised in the town of denair, california. Doug has worked as a professional artist for thirty years. Ghostopolis is a graphic novel written and illustrated by doug tennapel. Cardboard, like scholastics other tennapel graphic novels, ghostopolis and bad island, is a great standalone story that is a fantastic adventure for tweenteen readers. Tennapel is a devout christian, who often includes religious themes in his works.
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 novels for teens as well as one of school library journals top 10 graphic novels of 2011. Marcus wants the magical cardboard properties to himself because, well, hes bad. No waiting in convention lines it comes in the mail. Doug tennapel sketchbook archives by tennapel kickstarter. Hes been married for 27 years to the love of his life and has four bookloving kids. Doug tennapel is the eisner award winning writerartist of over sixteen graphic novels. 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. 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. Clocking in at 272 pages, it ties with earthboy jacobus for being his longest book. I loved the concept for the story and i related to the characters quite a bit. Gideon, learns that mikes son cam is a really good boy and so he sells mike a cardboard box for 78 cents. Even with the specter of a deceased mom and an unemployed dad, kids will revel in the fantasy of creatures made out of cardboard who come. Cams father comes home with a cardboard box for cams birthday. Join facebook to connect with doug tennapel and others you may know.
Cams outofwork father gives him a cardboard box for his birthday and he knows its the worst present ever. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read cardboard. The studio has hired dance of the dead s joe ballarini to write the script. He is the author and illustrator of ghostopolis, bad island, cardboard and tommysaurus rex, all published by graphix. Doug tennapel born july 10, 1966 is best known for the video game character earthworm jim. Doug tennapel is a californian comic artist, as well as a musician, animator and film maker.
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. Though dealing with the recent death of his mother, cam and his father are trying to make the best of a difficult time. Fiction when cardboard creatures come magically to life, a boy must save his town from disaster. Grades 35 the second book we read was chosen to give the boys exposure to a different genre. The weapons are made out of the magic cardboard and only injure cardboard creatures.
Also a plot thread about our heros dad, who is still grieving over his lost wife. 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. Every page in doug tennapels cardboard pops to life with color, action. Back in 2012, fox announced that it would adapt the graphic novel, with tennapel as executive producer, but its been a long process. 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. Born in norwalk and raised in denair, he got his bachelors degree in arts from the point loma nazarene university in 1988. Tennapel is a devout christian and often includes religious themes in his works. I absolutely love cam, who really cares for his dad and is at the point of understanding that they. His work in television includes creating earthworm jim, nickelodeons catscratch and serving as show runner for the netflixdreamworks veggietales in the house. Tennapel produced an episodic spoof of japanese super sentaistyle shows called go sukashi. He is published by image comics and scholasticgraphics. 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 by doug tennapel paperback book the parent store.
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