Tom Herpich

Thomas Herpich
Born October 1979
Alma mater School of Visual Arts
Known for Animation, Comics

Thomas Herpich is an American artist who is best known for being a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series Adventure Time.

History

Herpich graduated from the School of Visual Arts, and was known in indie cartooning circles before he was hired to work on Adventure Time.[1] He was eventually hired on as a prop and character designer for the first season,[2] before being promoted to storyboard artist in season two.[3]

Accolades

Tom Herpich's work on Adventure Time gained him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations; he was first nominated for the third season episode "Too Young" in 2012, along with his then-storyboarding partner Jesse Moynihan, and he was later nominated for the fifth season episode "Be More", along with his partner Steve Wolfhard.[4][5] Furthermore, his solo storyboarded episode "Thank You" was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, was nominated for a Best Animated Special Production Annie Award, and was nearly nominated for an Oscar Award.[6][7][8]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role
2009–present Adventure Time Character designer, writer, storyboard artist, voice actor (Mr. Fox)
2012 Steven Universe Background layout (pilot only)
2014 Over the Garden Wall Writer, storyboard artist

Internet

Year Title Role
2014 Manly[9] Character designer

References

  1. ↑ Arsenault, Marc (October 11, 2011). "Meet The Artists of Adventure Time". WowCool. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ Herpich, Thomas (February 9, 2009). "Adventure Time". Blogspot. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ Herpich, Thomas (November 5, 2010). "Storytelling". Blogspot. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Adventure Time". Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ "66th Emmy Nomination List". Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Thank You – Festival Program". Sundance.org. Sundance Institute. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  7. ↑ Beck, Jerry (December 5, 2011). "Annie Award Nominations 2011". Cartoon Brew. Cartoon Brew LLC. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  8. ↑ "'Thank You' Backgrounds". Frederator Studios. 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfrPf9IgHjI

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