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Doug TenNapel

Doug TenNapel is a writer and cartoonist best known for creating Earthworm Jim, although his work definitely isn't limited to video games. The man has been involved in a wide variety of mediums, and has just recently started dabbling in web comics.

A Doug TenNapel title is very easy to spot due to his love of insane character designs, combined with his love of monsters.

TenNapel is a devout Christian and often includes religious themes in his works. Sometimes its subtle (such as Monster Zoo), sometimes its more overt (Black Cherry or Iron West, for example).

Still, talk is cheap, as they say. It's easy to just say he's helmed a lot of projects. As proof of our claim, allow us to present you with this here list:

Video Games

Earthworm Jim
The Neverhood (and its sequel, Skullmonkeys)

Comics

Gear
Creature Tech
Tommysaurus Rex
Solomon Fix
Earthboy Jacobus
Flink
Iron West
Black Cherry
Monster Zoo
Power Up
Ghostopolis
Bad Island
Cardboard

Web Comics

Ratfist
Bigfoot for Hire (sadly cancelled)

Web Original

Western Animation

Catscratch (loosely adapted from Gear)
Earthworm Jim (based off of the game series)
Project G.e.e.K.e.R.
Ape Escape (shorts based off of the Playstation game series)

Music

Doug was a member of the short-lived, mostly-a capella band Truck.
He's contributed artwork to albums by:
- Daniel Amos
- Five Iron Frenzy

Tropes common in his works

Anti-Hero: If his protagonists aren't idiot heroes or kid heroes, chances are they'll be this.
Cloudcuckoolander
Creator Thumbprint:
- Besides the monsters, he frequently works in at least one scene with a cat.
- The final page in a lot of his comics is done as a silhouette
- Also, "ripoff!"
- Also, references to The Bible are pretty common.
Hidden Depths
Hypocritical Humor
Idiot Hero
Kid Hero
Loads and Loads of Characters
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot
Noodle People
Our Monsters Are Different / Our Monsters Are Weird
Unfazed Everyman: A good deal of his characters adjust to the otherworldly madness TenNapel puts them through fairly quickly.
Widget Series: Every one of his stories.