Doug TenNapel’s name is known in a wide variety of media in the U.S., from video games to animation to, of course, comics. His Neverhood game is worshiped by, among many others, our own Kumar. His graphic novels have won acclaim but also some controversy, in part because of the statements on spirituality that are made in some of them, such as Black Cherry, the most spiritual book that you’ll never see in a Christian bookstore. (Could it be the nudity and F-bombs?)
Tim takes an hour of Doug’s scant free time to discuss storytelling media, how each fiction genre tends to tell certain stories, and inconsequential alien landings.
YouTube: Making Comics with Doug TenNapel
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Great interview with Mr. TenNapel!
I’ve been a growing fan of his work for a while now, but still didn’t learn as much about him as I did in this one podcast. Doug working in Japan with Beat Takeshi is definitely something I’m going to have to troll the interwebs for!
Thanks for the podcast. Just started listening. I think I’ll start me some downloading…
JLD
Glad you enjoyed it!