The game was noted for its fluid, cartoonlike animation and offthewall humour. Earthworm jim 2 is a run and gun platform video game starring an earthworm named jim in a robotic suit who battles evil. The first game was released in 1994, while earthworm jim 2 was published in 1996 in the united states. 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. Recently, the artist made several amazing comments on the. He also selfpublished the graphic novel, earthworm jim. I say that coming from a farright political perspective myself you and i have this one thing in common, but if we go on to talk about other social issues were probably going to disagree as significantly as two. Doug has worked as a professional artist for thirty years. Podcast version of the shane plays geek talk radio show from 682019. He is best known for creating earthworm jim, a character that spawned a. Earthworm jim is an old dos science fiction action game, developed by shiny entertainment, designed by doug tennapel, tom tanaka and published by.
Medium cartridge, cdrom, download altersfreigabe usk usk ab 6 freigegeben pegi pegi ab 7 jahren empfohlen. 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. Earthworm jim, earthworm jim 2, earthworm jim 3d, and earthworm jim. 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 is about the worlds most unlikely hero. Earthworm jim is a series of sidescrolling platforming video games, featuring an earthworm named jim, who wears a robotic suit and battles evil. 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.
Launch the cow, that standard has been risen further. This page is dedicated to our favorite video game wormy hero earthworm jim. Earthworm jim is a very popular run and gun platform video game, created by doug tennapel and designed by david perry. 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. The last time the team worked together was on the games followup. Earthworm jim celebrates its 25year anniversary this year. Journalist chris scullion doesnt want doug tennapel. 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. Doug tennapel born july 10, 1966 makes books, makes art and is the creator of earthworm jim. Earthworm jim creator pops up to remind twitter of his.
Tennapel s comments came after he noted that he was heading to his doctor to treat melanoma on his face. It was well received by critics, and received a sequel, earthworm jim 2, in 1995. Doug tennapel born july 10, 1966 is best known for the video game character earthworm jim. Tennapel retracts claim dcs jim lee pressured murphy to. 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. 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. Doug tennapel s earthworm jim graphic novel smashes crowdfunding records.
Earthworm jim 2 cover by mike mignola is free on bigfoot. Gamasutra interplay, tennapel partner for earthworm jim. Earthworm jim is a series of sidescrolling platforming video games, featuring an earthworm. 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. In fact, he revealed the original team would be returning. Earthworm jim will be getting a new and exclusive vide game developed by the original team by intellivision entertainment. It was originally released in 1994 for the sega genesis. The game was created and narrated by doug tennapel and follows the story of jim, an earthworm superhero, and his new mate snott. 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.
Doug tennapel doug tennapel is a graphic novelist, video. 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. 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. Back when the gear series first released, i only had a casual awareness of doug, in the context of earthworm jim. Earthworm jim the comic launch the cow, has officially launched on indiegogo. 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. Doug tennapel is the creator of earthworm jim and the neverhood. My name is doug tennapel and i created earthworm jim 26 years ago.
From there, the games design actually started with creator doug tennapels simple sketch of an earthworm. Earthworm jim creator doug tennapel is, apparently, a living parody of american bigotry. Earthworm jim creator doug tennapel has called transphobe and homophobe madeup words that are used to slander conservatives. 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. White knight writerartist sean gordon murphy to pull a variant cover he drew for tennapel s comic book bigfoot bill 2. 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. You can find more information and art for earthworm jim at rocket worm. 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. 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. White knight imprint at dc which as been referred to as.
Though ewj appeared in award winning video games, an animated series and a toy. We talk doug s new earthworm jim comic book project, his impressive career, the power of crowdfunding, taking care of your fans, g. 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. Doug tennapel reveals plans for earthworm jim comic book. His work in animation helped him learn how to draw characters which helped him break into comic books. 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. Did you know earthworm jim creator doug tennapel is also an emmynominated animation producer and selfdescribed multimedium storyteller. Earthworm jim creator doug tennapel compares gay marriage to letting a man take a dump in the ladies room. The developer then went on to say that the words are. Earthworm jim creator doug tennapel fires back at tess.
Doug tennapels earthworm jim graphic novel smashes. Earthworm jim 2 cover by mike mignola is free on bigfoot bill 2. Among other honors, ghostopolis was an ala 2011 top ten great graphic novel for teens, a 2010 kirkus best book of the year. 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. Drawing 400 earthworm jim heads with katherine, christina, mike s miller and tim lim for 3 seconds duration. Journalist chris scullion indicated that he does not want earthworm jim creator doug tennapel involved in the newly announced game.
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. Earthworm jim the comic by doug tennapel the creator of earthworm jim. 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. Doug tennapel makes books and is the creator of earthworm jim and gear. Doug tennapel blames jim lee and dc comics for sean gordon. To the excitement of many fans, intellivision entertainment ceo tommy tallarico announced that earthworm jim was coming back. Among other honors, ghostopolis was an ala 2011 top ten great graphic novel for teens, a 2010 kirkus best book of. 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.
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. Earthworm jim 2 is the followup of earthworm jim, a platform video game developed by shiny entertainment. 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. Series, earthworm jim platforms intellivision amico.
The neverhoodearthworm jim creators launch kickstarter. New earthworm jim game in development from original team. 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. The series is noted for its platforming and shooting gameplay, surrealist humor, and edgy art style. This page is run by doug tennapel, the original creator of earthworm jim. 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. A few video games and fif covers later, i sought out his work and was an immediate fan of all his other graphic novels.
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