The Douglas Dispatch out of Arizona profiles creative genius Doug TenNapel and talks about his background, the movie deal for Creature Tech and TenNapel’s faith:
Part of the challenge, admitted TenNapel, is capturing his blend of fantasy and Christian faith. Some critics wish he would quit weaving sin, redemption, politics and science into his plots. Then there are church people who think he should be drawing evangelistic, “Christian comics” and avoiding his occasional blasts of sci-fi potty humor.
TenNapel just wants to tell the stories that are in his head. He has no desire to be a symbolic “Christian” trailblazer.
“There really are Christians who are thinking, ‘If we could just save Brad Pitt, then God could really do wonders in Hollywood.’ That’s what God really needs, you see. God needs Brad Pitt in order to be taken seriously. More people would listen if God had Brad Pitt on his side,” he said.
“People want a quick fix. Christians are going to have to learn that art isn’t automatically good if it’s made by Christians. And Hollywood will have to learn that art isn’t automatically bad if it’s made by Christians.”
The Creature Tech film is being made by Regency Enterprises and 20th Century Fox. His latest comic work, Gear, is a collection of a series he did back in 1998 inspired by his cats.
February 12th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
I, for one, LOVED the religious dialog in Creature Tech. And yes, I’m a Christian – my husband is a pastor. And no, we don’t believe in reading only religious tracts and Christian fiction. Most Christian fiction is rubbish as fiction. I love the way TenNapel does it.
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