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" 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. "

Ryan North

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Ryan North

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" There's only one Squirrel Girl! "

" 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. "

" You can do so much crazy stuff with books that isn't necessarily being done. That's how culture stays alive - by doing new things with it. "

" My goal is for a complete collection of 'Squirrel Girl' comics to be equivalent to a C.S. bachelor degree. Now there's a comic that increases in value! "

" You can have an idea that everyone else thinks is dumb, and it's still a good idea. "

" The nice thing about Squirrel Girl is that she's smart, and she looks for situations that don't necessarily involve punching people all the time. "

" 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. "

Ryan North

Survive

People

" It's a lot harder for an author that's unpublished to say, 'Hey, here's a new book.'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. "

" I've said this before, but I think one of the reason so many of the cartoonists I know have become friends is because the Internet is a much more cooperative space. "

" The first mp3 I downloaded, which I guess was illegal, was a symphonic rendering of the Super Mario Brothers 1-1 theme song. It was great. I was like, 'This is blowing MIDI files out of the water. This is the future, right here.' "

" It's actually deeply satisfying to write a story out in full. "

" 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. "

" Everything I write should have lasers. That's my #1 rule. "

" Yes, I've won prizes for putting words on a computer. "

" What I thought would be fun would be Squirrel Girl being this computer science student, working in STEM, because you don't see a lot of characters there, never mind female characters. Also, I studied computer science, so it's not too hard to write. "

" When I graduated, I sort of went from school to being a cartoonist, and I couldn't draw. "

" It turns out childbirth is really... messy. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes I feel like I must be hinting at this deep well of knowledge when, really, I just skim off the surface. "

Ryan North

Sometimes

Feel

" There's tons of people doing awesome things with comics online - I'm just one dude! "

" '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. "

" The great thing about online comics is that this happens naturally, even if you don't advertise. "

" 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. "

" The fun thing about writing a book with multiple paths and multiple endings is you really get to explore the characters and figure out their different fates. "

" I actually put Jubilee in 'Squirrel Girl.' I made it a priority. "

" I see Jughead as being generally this really rational dude, this anchor of sensibility in a world of boy/girl-crazy friends. "

" 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. "

" You can always take on more projects; it just makes your life worse and worse. "

" It's like jazz: You learn the rules to break them - as long as you can break them in a meaningful way. "