
The sequel, entitled Skullmonkeys, followed in 1998. Working for DreamWorks Interactive, Neverhood created The Neverhood for the PC and PlayStation. He is crazy talented, both crazy and talented! He also generates an enormous amount of amazing content and ideas, I wouldn’t be surprised if he sleeps with a sketch-book!" In 1995, he left Shiny Entertainment and founded his own company, Neverhood, with several other former Shiny employees. Shiny Entertainment head David Perry later commented on working with TenNapel, "I wish I could find 100 Dougs, then I realized I was lucky to have been able to work with one. In 1994, he created Earthworm Jim, the character that would star in Shiny Entertainment's video game, toy line, and cartoon series. He soon began working in the video game industry on projects like 1993's Jurassic Park and The Ren & Stimpy Show: Stimpy's Invention for the Sega Genesis and The Jungle Book for the SNES and Sega Genesis. TenNapel began as an animator on Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series. 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. He is best known for creating Earthworm Jim, a character that spawned a video game series, animated series, and a toy line. Douglas Richard TenNapel ( / t ə ˈ n eɪ p əl/ tə-NAY-pəl 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.
