Youve always known for years that the best toy you ever had wasnt a transformer, strawberry shortcake, or star wars action figure though they are cool. Cardboard ebook by doug tennapel 9780545512374 rakuten kobo. This cardboard powerfully projects the thoughts and desires of its users and becomes dangerous when cams wealthy, spoiled neighbor, marcus, uses it to. Doug tennapel doug tennapel is a graphic novelist, video.
Cam is very appreciative, and they make a boxer out of it. Doug tennapel is the eisner award winning writerartist of over sixteen graphic novels. At times poignant and sweet, cardboard is mostly packed with action thats highlighted by tennapels cartoony illustrations. Cardboard is the latest graphic novel from legendary video game designer earthworm jim, the neverhood and graphic novelist creature tech, power up doug tennapel. Gideon, learns that mikes son cam is a really good boy and so he sells mike a cardboard box for 78 cents. Eyes bulge, fists loom large, and sound effects go crash. Comic books and graphic novels by doug tennapel include nnewts, cardboard, ratfist, bad island, ghostopolis, tommysaurus rex, power up, monster zoo, flink, creature tech, earthboy jacobus, iron west, gear and black cherry. This free crochet scoodie pattern combines a warm winter hat and scarf with lots of fun and animal. Doug tennapels most recent graphic novel is nnewts. In 1994, he created earthworm jim, a character who would go on to star in video games, toy lines, and cartoon series. In september 2012, fox animation optioned tennapels published graphix novel cardboard, with plans for actor tobey maguires material pictures, graphic novelist doug tennapel and the gotham group to be executive producers. Ghostopolis by doug tennapel is the story of garth, who is accidentally sent into the afterlife by frank, an officer of the supernatural immigration task force. Doug tennapel was raised in the town of denair, california.
Even with the specter of a deceased mom and an unemployed dad, kids will revel in the fantasy of creatures made out of cardboard who come. Doug tennapel born july 10, 1966 makes books, makes art and is the creator of earthworm jim. Jul 01, 2010 ghostopolis by doug tennapel is the story of garth, who is accidentally sent into the afterlife by frank, an officer of the supernatural immigration task force. He launched a new webcomic, nnewts following the success of his previous webcomic ratfist, which was collected by image. Cardboard ebook by doug tennapel 9780545512374 rakuten. Cams outofwork father gives him a cardboard box for his birthday and he knows its the worst present ever. Hes been married for 27 years to the love of his life and has four bookloving kids. Dougs graphic novel ghostopolis was a 2011 ala top ten great graphic novel for teens, and his followup, bad island, is a 2012 ala great graphic novels for teens as well as one of school library journals top 10 graphic novels of 2011. Doug s graphic novel ghostopolis was a 2011 ala top ten great graphic novel for teens, and his followup, bad island, was a 2012 ala great graphic novels for teens as well as one of school library journal s top 10 graphic novels of 2011. Buy a cheap copy of cardboard book by doug tennapel. By being competitive right now, people have do something to make them survives, being in the middle of the particular crowded place and notice simply by surrounding. Tennapel is raising funds for make 100 doug tennapel original watercolorinks on kickstarter. Read cardboard by doug tennapel available from rakuten kobo. The weapons are made out of the magic cardboard and only injure cardboard creatures.
Doug tennapel cams downandout father gives him a cardboard box for his birthday and he knows its the worst present ever. Doug always has great characters, interesting and deep themes to discover, complex problems to solve, and evil to be defeated and redeemed. I think this graphic novel has many themes such as making the best out of the worst creativity using your imagination believing finding happiness again money isnt happiness about the author name doug richard tennapel d. Comic books and graphic novels by doug tennapel include nnewts, cardboard, ratfist, bad island, ghostopolis, tommysaurus rex, power up, monster zoo. Make 100 doug tennapel original watercolorinks kickstarter. Fox plans to have the picture developed under its wedgeworks subsidiary. Cardboard by doug tennapel louisiana young readers choice nominee 2015 grades 68 submitted by jennifer torkkola, teen librarian, main library, east baton rouge parish library system title. Some knowledge or session that re received from reading publications is uncountable. Cams father comes home with a cardboard box for cams birthday. Parents need to know that cardboard is a fabulous graphic novel with lots of action sequences, a vicious bully, and references to a mothers death. Apr 16, 2020 cardboard doug tennapel pdf cams downandout father gives him a cardboard box for his birthday and he knows its the worst present ever.
Checking out, when even more, will certainly give you something new. I was first introduced to doug tennapels work back in the mid 90s when i played the neverhood on pc. So to make the best of a bad situation, they bend the cardboard into a manand to their astonishment, it comes magically to life. In this 21st hundred years, people become competitive in most way. Doug tennapel is the creator of earthworm jim and the neverhood.
May 28, 20 doug tennapel cams downandout father gives him a cardboard box for his birthday and he knows its the worst present ever. But what starts out as simply a bad vacation turns. I will paint 100 original small watercolors for fans of my most iconic creations. It would be easy to characterize 2012 as a busy year for doug tennapel, but just about every year is a big one for the cartoonist. Beautiful book as chock full of raw creativity as any art book ever published. In september 2012, fox animation optioned tennapel s published graphix novel cardboard, with plans for actor tobey maguires material pictures, graphic novelist doug tennapel and the gotham group to be executive producers. When cardboard creatures come magically to life, a boy must save his town from disaster. Dougs first graphic novel for scholastic, ghostopolis, was a 2011 ala top ten great graphic novel for teens, and his followup, bad island, is a 2012 ala great graphic novels for teens as well as one of school library journals top 10 graphic. Doug s graphic novel ghostopolis was a 2011 ala top ten great graphic novel for teens, and his followup, bad island, is a 2012 ala great graphic novels for teens as well as one of school library journals top 10 graphic novels of 2011. While struck avoids any form of heroism, he gets a little help from a magical old shaman and his sidekick sasquatch. Something that you do not know then disclosed to be populared with guide bad island, by doug tennapel message. Doug has worked as a professional artist for thirty years. Cardboard by doug tennapel cam doesnt like his birthday present at first after all it is a cardboard box but him and dad make the best out of it by building a cardboard boxing man named bill but in the wee hours of night the cardboard box man comes to life.
You get the first eighteen original painting designs 2. In the meantime, im going to go play with some cardboard with my son and see what fun we can create. The reason it is so high in the star rating is because i really i odug enjoyed the concept a lot in this. Fiction when cardboard creatures come magically to life, a boy must save his town from disaster. Teachers and students can find more information about his work at his scholastic author page. In this graphic novel, cams dad has been out of work so the only thing.
Tennapel is the author of other works such as ghostopolis and power up you might see a resemblance between mike, the father in cardboard and hugh the protagonist in power up. Published by graphix, a division of scholastic inc. Though dealing with the recent death of his mother, cam and his father are trying to make the best of a difficult time. Ive also very briefly played earthworm jim, but its not quite as engraved in my brain. So to make the best of a bad situation, they bend the cardboard into a man, and to their astonishment, it comes magically to life. His graphic novel cardboard was released in august, the third book hes published with scholastic in three years. Dougs graphic novel ghostopolis was a 2011 ala top ten great graphic novel for teens, and his followup, bad island, was a 2012 ala great graphic novels for teens as well as one of school library journals top 10 graphic novels of 2011.
Cardboard doug tennapel pdf cams downandout father gives him a cardboard box for his birthday and he knows its the worst present ever. Download one of the free kindle apps to start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, and. Dougs first graphic novel for scholastic, ghostopolis, was a 2011 ala top ten great graphic novel for teens, and his followup, bad island, is a 2012 ala great graphic novels for teens as well as one of school library journals top 10 graphic novels of 2011. Cardboard by doug tennapel scholastic booksgraphix imprint, august 2012 9780545418737, softcover. Among other honors, ghostopolis was an ala 2011 top ten great graphic novel for. Cardboard by doug tennapel graphic novels edes 546.
Doug tennapel is one of the hardestworking creators who works in animation, video games, graphic novels, and webcomics and a great kickstarter campaign too. On the other hand, cardboard by doug tennapel is a great graphic novel to start your exploration of the media. A cardboard boxer becomes a man called bill, a magic cardboard machine actually spits out new pieces of magic cardboard, and a figure of cams dead mother chastises his father for not moving on. Books after son and father work together to build a boxer named bill out of the cardboard, they are surprised to find that he comes alive.
He is published by image comics and scholasticgraphics. Little do they know the havoc the cardboard will wreak on their lives. Cardboard by doug tennapel pdf free download ebook. Tennapel gives cardboard life, kickstarts a sketchbook. When reese is forced to go on a boating trip with his family, the last thing he expects is to be shipwrecked on an island, especially one teeming with weird plants and animals. Of cardboagd, a garden hose would have nipped this in the bud at the outset but mike and cam appear to have lost their logical thought processes by this point. Download read cardboard 2012 by doug tennapel in pdf. Frank messed up good, and he finds himself fired by his boss, who prepares to lead a task force to get garth back. Oct 18, 2019 tennapel is the author of other works such as ghostopolis and power up you might see a resemblance between mike, the father in cardboard and hugh the protagonist tennspel power up.
Discover more about his work in tv, film and video games at the imdb doug tennapels 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 tennapels graphic novels available at. No waiting in convention lines it comes in the mail. Dec, 2015 doug tennapel was raised in the town of denair, california. Tennapel is the author of other works such as ghostopolis and power up you might see a resemblance between mike, the father in cardboard and hugh the protagonist tennspel power up. The somber tone throughout much of the story may not work for all kids, and there are hints of edgier topics like unemployment, loneliness, and adult romance, but most kids will glaze over these issues and focus on the wild images and fantastic idea. Ghostopolis by doug tennapel pdf free download ebook. He is the author and illustrator of ghostopolis, bad island, cardboard and tommysaurus rex, all published by graphix. Doug is an eisner awardwinning artist, and his first graphic novel for scholastic, ghostopolis, is a 2011 ala top ten great graphic novels for teens.
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