Earthboy Jacobus
2005
First Published
3.92
Average Rating
272
Number of Pages
Chief Edwards retires from the Modesto Police Department a lonely man. On his way home, he hits a flying whale with his car, opening the beast's mouth to find a boy from a parallel universe named Jacobus. Chief discovers that a society of insect monsters want to kill this boy due to a mysterious virus that grows on his hand. He becomes a father figure to the boy and trains him how to survive insect monsters by becoming a great American ass-kicker.
Avg Rating
3.92
Number of Ratings
302
5 STARS
29%
4 STARS
42%
3 STARS
21%
2 STARS
6%
1 STARS
2%
goodreads
Author
Doug TenNapel
Author · 18 books
Doug TenNapel is the Eisner Award winning writer/artist of over sixteen graphic novels. He is published by Image Comics and Scholastic/Graphics. He's been married for 27 years to the love of his life and has four book-loving kids. Doug's favorite authors include G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. He reads mostly philosophy but tends to get his fiction from audio-books. His performs live art demonstrations on his Facebook page, and has animated using pixel art for clients like BlueSky software and Electronic Arts. He also regularly posts on his Youtube channel. Doug tries to write and draw something every day as a discipline that also happens to be a career. He currently lives in Franklin, Tennessee.
