Editing Doug TenNapel (section)

===Criticism and controversy===

TenNapel is an outspoken [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and has attracted criticism for his remarks on the [[LGBT|LGBTQ]] community and its issues, including vocal opposition to [[same-sex marriage]] and intentionally [[misgender]]ing a [[transgender]] journalist who criticized the ''Earthworm Jim'' video game.<ref name="PopZara">{{cite web|title=Popzara Interviews: Ratfist and Earthworm Jim Creator Doug TenNapel|url=https://www.popzara.com/games/popzara-interviews-ratfist-and-earthworm-jim-creator-doug-tennapel/|last1=Evans|first1=Nathan|publisher=PopZara|date=2011-06-11|access-date=2020-02-15}}</ref><ref name="Gameological">{{cite web|title=The Worm Turns|url=http://gameological.com/2013/06/foc-tennapel-armikrog/|last1=Mackey|first1=Bob|publisher=The Gameological Society|date=2013-06-17|access-date=2020-02-15|archive-date=June 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623004845/http://gameological.com/2013/06/foc-tennapel-armikrog/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="CGMagazine">{{cite web|title=Earthworm Jim Creator Under Fire for Transphobic Comments|url=https://www.cgmagonline.com/2017/08/03/earthworm-jim-creator-fire-transphobic-comments/|last1=Joseph|first1=Remington|publisher=Comics Gaming Magazine|date=2017-08-03|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref><ref name="AVClub">{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/earthworm-jim-creator-pops-up-to-remind-twitter-of-his-1798264741|title=Earthworm Jim creator pops up to remind Twitter of his transphobic views|last1=Hughes|first1=William|publisher=The A.V. Club|date=2017-08-03|access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref>

He has dismissed this criticism, and has written that "transphobe (like homophobe) is a made-up word used to slander conservative people of faith with a mental condition, and is only used by SJWs".<ref name=GameRevolution>{{cite web|title=Earthworm Jim creator: 'Transphobe' is used to slander conservatives|last1=Tamburro|first1=Paul|date=2020-03-05|publisher=GameRevolution|url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/636848-earthworm-jim-creator-transphobe-is-used-to-slander-conservatives|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref> TenNapel was involved with [[Comicsgate]], a right-wing campaign against diversity and [[progressivism]] in the superhero comics industry.<ref name=GameRevolution/> [[Sean Gordon Murphy]] had drawn a cover for one of TenNapel's works, ''Bigfoot Bill 2'', which he withdrew and issued an apology after being made aware of TenNapel's history of anti-LGBTQ comments. In response, TenNapel tweeted that it is "more important than ever that pro-family comic lovers support my work", stating his belief that LGBTQ people are waging a "culture war" against him.<ref name=CBR-BatmanWhiteKnight>{{cite web|title=TenNapel Retracts Claim DC's Jim Lee Pressured Murphy to Pull Variant Cover|url=https://www.cbr.com/doug-tennapel-dc-jim-lee-sean-gordon-murphy-variant-cover-controversy/|last1=Dominguez|first1=Noah|publisher=CBR|date=2020-03-06|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref>