· Ghostopolis. written and illustrated by Doug TenNapel. Immediately, it’s evident that Ghostopolis is something special. It begins as a simple tale of a heartbroken mother desperately trying to find a cure for her terminally ill son. From there, it jumps into adventure territory when that son—named Garth Hale—gets inadvertently pulled into the ghost world while still very much alive. 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. Frank messed up good, and he finds himself fired by his boss, who prepares to lead a task force to get Garth back/5(). Ghostopolis is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Doug TenNapel. Clocking in at pages, it ties with Earthboy Jacobus for being his longest book. Unlike most of his comics, this one is published by Scholastic's Graphix imprint rather than by Image. Along with Gear and Solomon Fix, it's one of his few comics that's been printed in color and the first one that was not initially published in Black and White.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY MAR 1, TenNapel's latest adventure comic for kids begins with the discovery of Benedict Arnold's whiny ghost hiding under a bed, and goes on to introduce readers to a host of other humorous and interesting characters, some historical, others very contemporary. Ghostopolis A Graphic Novel. Imagine Garth Hale's surprise when he's accidentally zapped to the spirit world by Frank Gallows, a washed-out ghost wrangler. Suddenly Garth finds he has powers the ghosts don't have, and he's stuck in a world run by the evil ruler of Ghostopolis, who would use Garth's newfound abilities to rule the ghostly kingdom. TenNapel is very talented when it comes to compelling characters, drawing style and world-building. His narrative structures and transitions are pretty clunky, but that just is what it is. This is a more traditional story (and more geared at a YA audience I believe) than his weirder stuff like Iron West and Gear.
About Doug TenNapel. Doug TenNapel has worked in Television Animation Video Games. He is the author of over 20 graphic novels, which include Earthworm Jim, Bigfoot Bill, Creature Tech, Earthboy Jacobus, Nnewts, Monster Zoo, Bad Island, Flink, Iron West, Black Cherry, Power Up, Ghostopolis, Ratfist, Tommysaurus Rex, Gear and Cardboard. Doug TenNapel is the creator of the hugely popular character Earthworm Jim. Ghostopolis is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Doug TenNapel. Clocking in at pages, it ties with Earthboy Jacobus for being his longest book. Unlike most of his comics, this one is published by Scholastic's Graphix imprint rather than by Image. Along with Gear and Solomon Fix, it's one of his few comics that's been printed in color and the first one that was not initially published in Black and White. 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. Frank messed up good, and he finds himself fired by his boss, who prepares to lead a task force to get Garth back.
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