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" 'Adventure Time' tells stories where anything can happen, but what happens is. It stars Finn, a boy who fights evil, and Jake, a dog with stretchy powers. Both of them can talk. "
Stars
Time
Evil
" A huge potential audience, great interaction with your readers, the ability to see what people like and what they don't, the ability to see how people respond to what you're doing in real-time - there's just tons of great stuff that you get by being online. "
Great
You
Doing
" As a kid, I loved the idea of alternate possibilities, roads not taken, that sort of thing - and I think seeing the 'Adventure Time' universe rendered by the artists in those stories will scratch that same itch really well. "
Think
Roads
Loved
" As all C.S. students know, first year is super easy, but second year is when things get harder. At least that's how it was in my experience. And I didn't have to save the planet between classes either. Instead, I went home and studied quietly. I was a party animal. "
Know
Experience
Animal
" A shot-down advance doesn't have to mean the end of a relationship, right? You can still be friends, as long as you're not dumb about it. "
End
You
Relationship
" Being online works really well for any creative work, but especially comics. "
Being
Work
Well
" Everything I write should have lasers. That's my #1 rule. "
Everything
Should
I Write
" For me personally, I get to be a cartoonist, because my comic would never survive in print. Maybe one in 100 people would like it, but online, I can gather that one percent all in one place. "
Me
Survive
People
" I actually put Jubilee in 'Squirrel Girl.' I made it a priority. "
Made
Girl
Priority
" I am a big proponent of the pal-centric lifestyle. "
Big Proponent
Lifestyle
Am
" I believe good writing can save bad art. "
Good
Writing
Believe
" I believe that a good comic script can succeed despite being drawn badly, but that a bad script can't be saved by good art. Of course, great writing and great illustration makes for a great comic 100 percent of the time. "
Art
Great
Succeed
" I can see people sharing my comics and talking about them, which is very gratifying. "
See
People
Talking
" I'd hate to be writing 'Adventure Time' comics and not be excited about it. "
Excited
Adventure
Hate
" I do actually do good work! And it's hard! And I'm worth it! "
Work
Worth It
Worth
" If you're going to be adapting something across media, you should at least have the moves that people want you to hit and that you want to hit. "
Hit
People
Want
" I love the idea that if you're going to travel through time, you do it in this insanely dangerous car travelling at 88 miles per hour. "
You
Travel
Time
" In earlier comics, my only priority was telling a joke in the last panel, but now I try to make every panel as interesting as possible, and that normally means at least a li'l joke there. "
Try
Possible
Now
" I never actually watched 'Teletubbies.' Maybe I missed out. "
Out
Maybe
Missed
" I read all these Marvel wikis, and there are characters that just stand out to you, and you think, 'How is this character not being used? This is crazy.' "
Think
Character
Crazy
" I see Jughead as being generally this really rational dude, this anchor of sensibility in a world of boy/girl-crazy friends. "
Dude
Friends
Anchor
" I spent age 6-12 basically thinking about 'Back to the Future' all the time, so I think it's probably had a pretty huge influence on me and the way I think and write. "
Think
Thinking
Time
" I think the best villains are ones that you can look at and say, 'Yeah, he's obviously going about this the wrong way or going too far or whatever, but I can see where he's coming from.' Magneto's a great example of that, and the reason he and Charles Xavier can have such great conversations is that they can both make some good points. "
You
Great
Good
" I think with most things online, if you treat your audience like friends instead of like Impressions and Clickthrough Percentages and Returns On Investment, then you're off to a great start. "
Think
Start
Great
" I thought there was something inherently interesting in people turning to gold. It's pretty cool. "
Thought
Interesting
Gold
" It's actually deeply satisfying to write a story out in full. "
Write
Satisfying
Story
" It's a lot harder for an author that's unpublished to say, 'Hey, here's a new book.' There's nothing of theirs to read, so you don't know what it's going to be like. Kickstarter is great, but you also have to put your work out there whenever you can so you can build a reputation. "
Work
Reputation
You
" It's good to have hobbies. "
Good
Hobbies
" It's like jazz: You learn the rules to break them - as long as you can break them in a meaningful way. "
Learn
Jazz
Way
" It turns out childbirth is really... messy. "
Childbirth
Really
Out
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