Editing Doug TenNapel (section)

{{Short description|American animator, video game designer (born 1966)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2011}}
{{Infobox comics creator
| image         = DougTenNapelJune2011.jpg
| caption       = TenNapel in June 2011
| birth_name    = Douglas Richard TenNapel
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1966|7|10|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = 
| nationality   = American
| area = Animator, writer, video game designer, comic book artist
| notable works = ''[[Earthworm Jim (series)|Earthworm Jim]]<br />[[The Neverhood]]<br />[[Catscratch]]<br />[[Ghostopolis]]<br />Ratfist<br />Nnewts''
| awards        = [[Eisner Award]] Winner
| spouse        = {{marriage|Angie TenNapel|1990}}
| party              = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| children      = 4
}}
'''Douglas Richard TenNapel''' ({{IPAc-en|t|ə|ˈ|n|eɪ|p|əl}} {{respell|tə-NAY-pəl}};<ref>{{YouTube|PuMtDy5YVK8|"Doug TenNapel - how I draw panels for my comics"}}</ref> born July 10, 1966) is an American [[animator]], writer, cartoonist, video game designer, and comic book artist whose work has encompassed animated television, video games, and comic books. He is best known for creating [[Earthworm Jim (video game)|Earthworm Jim]], a character that spawned a video game series, [[Earthworm Jim (TV series)|animated series]], and a toy line. He is also the creator of the animated television series ''[[Catscratch]]'' (2005–2007), which aired on [[Nickelodeon]], and was itself a loose adaptation of TenNapel's comic book limited series ''[[Gear (Image Comics)|Gear]]''.