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There’s a great interview with Pendleton Ward on ComixTalk, a catch up from when he did a lot of web comics.

A sample:

Are you still creating new comics?

I took down those old comics because they were terrible.

If you’re an “Adventure Time” follower (cartoon here, blog here) you’re as impatient as we are about seeing more of them. We’re rushing as fast as we can to convince those who need convincing that it’s a great show, but in the meanwhile we keep looking for ways to make us all happy. Starting today we’ve found a way to bring AT home.

AT creator Pen Ward is creating 12 limited edition “Adventure Time” t-shirts. That’s one a week for the next 12 weeks, starting today. They’re limited editions, so each one will only be in the store for a week, so if you’re a hard core fan…

By the way, in his post announcing the T’s, Pen generously offered to sign your shirt at the San Diego Comion.

OK, so enjoy AT T#01, it’s going to be a blast.

Here it is, Adventure Time T-Shirt Time!! with Pen ‘n’ Fred.

And Adventure Time’s fan art continues. It’ AWESOME!!!

Thanks n8tehbaghead.

Pen Ward’s post about the plethora of Adventure Time fan created art had me in such awe I had to go looking for it myself. I eventually put together a gallery of over 100 images!

OK, so any show with fans is algebraic. Any show that inspires fans to draw or write stories is mathematical. But jeez, Adventure Time is one seven minute short. That’s never been on television. That’s been taken off of every major sharing site dozens of times.

My personal favorite? Too many to call, but I really like the earrings.

Pen Ward is an amazing filmmaker.

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I could have sworn I posted this link but I guess not…

Here’s the original ’shooting’ storyboard for Adventure Time, a cartoon short made for Nickelodeon’s Random! Cartoons that has exploded as an internet phenomenon, with over 1,000,000 views to date.

It’s incredible to see how intact Pen Ward’s vision was from the very beginning of the project.

RHOMBUS!!

Adventure Time, 2006
…..
Created by Pendleton Ward
for Random! Cartoons

A Frederator Studios/Nickelodeon Production

Executive Producers: Larry Huber & Fred Seibert

YOU WANT YOUR BOOTIES?!!!

One of the things I love most about working in cartoons is the grind that makes up the sausage, the early drawings, models, layouts, backgrounds, and, of course, storyboards. It’s great to look at the early work and see what kind of evolutions a creator’s mind and pencil go through.

RHOMBUS!!

It’s so seldom we civilians actually get to see this stuff that I thought it would be fun to take a look at one of the boards we picked from the almost 1000 presentations we got to select the 39 Random! Cartoons.

WE’RE GOIN IN TURBO TIME!!!

It’s amazing to see the intact vision of Pen Ward with Adventure Time. From the board’s first frame it’s obvious this man is reinventing the future of cartoons.

YOU WANT YOUR BOOTIES???!!!

Pen! Dan & Lee!* Congratulations!

We’ve had a few films in a few festivals, but this year was our first ever with two. And, truth be told, I never ever think about winning; it sounds dumb, but I actually feel it is an honor to be nominated.

But two wins! Holy cow! As I think I’ve said before, I’m honored you choose to work with us. Thank you.

*And Animax Entertainment, Steve, Nylon Motion, Devin, Bernard, Seed Animation, Joe, Mukpuddy Animation, Jeaux, Javan, Bishop Animation, Doogtoons, and Michael.