Tom Herpich

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Tom Herpich
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Herpich at the Peabody Awards, 2015
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Thomas Herpich

Alma mater School of Visual Arts, 2002 [1]
Known forAnimation, 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 .

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History

Herpich graduated from the School of Visual Arts (SVA), and was known in indie cartooning circles before he was hired to work on Adventure Time. [2] He was eventually hired on as a prop and character designer for the first season, [3] before storyboarding the season one episode "Freak City" and being promoted to storyboard artist in season two. [4]

Accolades

Tom Herpich's work on Adventure Time has gained him two Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Emmy Award wins, along with three Primetime Emmy Award for Short-format Animation nominations: he was first nominated for the third-season episode "Too Young" in 2012, along with his then-storyboarding partner Jesse Moynihan; he was later nominated for the fifth-season episode "Be More", along with his partner Steve Wolfhard; and in 2016 he was nominated for his solo work on the seventh-season episode "The Hall of Egress". [5] [6] [7] In both 2015 and 2016, he was awarded an Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Emmy for his work on the episodes "Walnuts & Rain" and "Stakes Part 8: The Dark Cloud". [8] [9] Furthermore, his solo storyboarded episode "Thank You" was screened at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for a Best Animated Special Production Annie Award. [10] [11] [12]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRole
2009–2017 Adventure Time Character designer, writer, storyboard artist, voice actor
2013, 2018–2019 Steven Universe Background layout (pilot), writer, storyboard artist (TV series)
2012 Clarence Background designer (pilot)
2013Mars Safari!Background designer
2014 Over the Garden Wall Story, writer, storyboard artist
2017–present Summer Camp Island Writer, storyboard artist

Internet

YearTitleRole
2014Manly [13] Character designer

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Be More</span> 28th episode of the 5th season of Adventure Time

"Be More" is the twenty-eighth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series Adventure Time. It was written and storyboarded by Tom Herpich and Steve Wolfhard, from a story by Patrick McHale, Kent Osborne, Pendleton Ward, Rebecca Sugar, Herpich, and Wolfhard. It originally aired on Cartoon Network on July 22, 2013. The episode guest stars Aziz Ansari as DMO, Paul F. Tompkins as the SMOs, and Chuck McCann as Moe.

Too Young (<i>Adventure Time</i>) 5th episode of the 3rd season of Adventure Time

"Too Young" is the fifth episode of the third season of the American animated television series Adventure Time. The episode was written and storyboarded by Jesse Moynihan and Tom Herpich, from a story by Mark Banker, Kent Osborne, Patrick McHale, and series creator Pendleton Ward. It originally aired on Cartoon Network on August 8, 2011.

Goliad (<i>Adventure Time</i>) 10th episode of the 4th season of Adventure Time

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Princess Cookie</span> 13th episode of the 4th season of Adventure Time

"Princess Cookie" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series Adventure Time. The episode was written and storyboarded by Tom Herpich and Skyler Page, from a story by Patrick McHale, Kent Osborne, and Pendleton Ward. It originally aired on Cartoon Network on June 18, 2012. The episode guest stars Donald Faison as Baby-Snaps.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Walnuts & Rain</span> 31st episode of the 6th season of Adventure Time

"Walnuts & Rain" is the thirty-first episode of the sixth season of the American animated television series Adventure Time. The episode was written and storyboarded by Tom Herpich, from an outline by Herpich, Adam Muto, Kent Osborne, Jack Pendarvis, and Pendleton Ward. The episode debuted on March 5, 2015 on Cartoon Network, and guest stars Chris Isaak as a bear named Seven and Matt L. Jones as King Huge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bad Jubies</span> 20th episode of the 7th season of Adventure Time

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Hall of Egress</span> 24th episode of the 7th season of Adventure Time

"The Hall of Egress" is the twenty-fourth episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series Adventure Time. The episode—which was written and storyboarded by Tom Herpich, from a story by head writer Kent Osborne, Jack Pendarvis, Ashly Burch, and Herpich—debuted on March 5, 2016 on Cartoon Network.

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