@flighty Yeah, EWJ had humble and mercenary beginnings (Playmates following up its massive success with the TMNT toy line by trying to create a similar brand that it would own) but the games and the TV show attracted a fanbase by being good. The games were beautifully animated, the cartoon had a great cast, and both were genuinely funny.
It didn't have the lasting success of a Transformers or a Masters of the Universe, but I think it means something that we're still talking about Earthworm Jim while most of the other toy tie-in media of the '80s and '90s are forgotten.
Are you misspelling his name on purpose? Maybe it's some kind of inside joke I'm not getting, like he got really mad about it once so now you do it every time because ***** that guy?
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Re: "The Fine Arts Were Always A Massive Grift" - Controversial Earthworm Jim Creator Goes All-In On Generative AI
@Razieluigi Does Doug even have a job for AI to take? He's a talented artist but I can't name anything else he's done besides Earthworm Jim.
Last I heard he had a podcast with Ethan Nicolle, another artist whose work I really enjoyed who turned out to be a bigot.
Re: "The Fine Arts Were Always A Massive Grift" - Controversial Earthworm Jim Creator Goes All-In On Generative AI
@flighty Yeah, EWJ had humble and mercenary beginnings (Playmates following up its massive success with the TMNT toy line by trying to create a similar brand that it would own) but the games and the TV show attracted a fanbase by being good. The games were beautifully animated, the cartoon had a great cast, and both were genuinely funny.
It didn't have the lasting success of a Transformers or a Masters of the Universe, but I think it means something that we're still talking about Earthworm Jim while most of the other toy tie-in media of the '80s and '90s are forgotten.
Re: "The Fine Arts Were Always A Massive Grift" - Controversial Earthworm Jim Creator Goes All-In On Generative AI
Are you misspelling his name on purpose? Maybe it's some kind of inside joke I'm not getting, like he got really mad about it once so now you do it every time because ***** that guy?
Re: Earthworm Jim Was Based On This Legendary (And Elusive) Game Journalist
FYI it's TenNapel, with the e before the l.