![]() ![]() This first season must have been something of a struggle for Ward. “She just talks about how proud she is of me.” See what I said about heart?Ī taste of what awaits on the DVD of Adventure Time Season One There’s even a commentary track from Ward’s mother. ![]() here!” And then it just cuts to the student film.” Characteristically, Ward described it thusly: “I was like ‘I will put it. During the commentary for an animatic (sort of halfway between a storyboard and a finished cartoon), Ward interrupts the discussion by showing one of his student films that explores the origins of Mannish Man the Minotaur from the episode Enchiridion. While most DVDs has snoozefest commentaries and questionable value-added content like ads for other movies, Adventure Time season 1 will include such delights as a behind the scenes featurette made by Ward and a behind-the-behind-the scenes featurette.Īnd that’s just the beginning. Ward has no idea why it has taken so long, thank you very much.)Įven though this collection is a long time coming, it has some special features that will keep fans happy. Despite that long run, the series is only just now getting its first complete DVD collection, which goes on sale this Thursday, July 10. The approach seems to be paying off as the show enters its fifth season (Cartoon Network, Mondays at 7:30). We just write stuff that we think is funny and hope everyone else thinks it’s funny.” We don’t sit down and try to tailor jokes for kids or for adults. We try to crack each other up, that’s what we do. “I think we just write to make ourselves laugh,” he said. That’s a tall order, but Ward’s approach is straightforward. But its core is Ward’s attempt to make something everyone will love, regardless of their age. A mix of high-fantasy adventure and comedy presented in a cutesy style reminiscent of Japanese toys or old Max Fleischer cartoons. ![]() What Ward and his team of brainiacs are trying to do is keep creating arguably the best cartoon on television today. “They’re really supportive, is what I am trying to say, of what we’re trying to do.” “They’re amazing in helping us because they let us write really cool ideas,” he said. Perhaps that’s why (in a move that seems unusual for a creator) Ward has such kind words for his channel, Cartoon Network. But all cartoons are like children, and it takes a village to raise them. “And they’re all a bunch of brainiacs, super smart.” His graciousness is interesting, especially considering that his rise to prominence is thanks in part to the homemade Adventure Time pilot going viral online. “Everyone is super talented,” he said, referring to his staff of artists and writers at Adventure Time. But as cool and fun as his show is, it also has a big heart which was just as present when Ward spoke. His sentences often circle back on themselves, tinged with a West Coast laid-backness, which again seems quite commensurate with his job. Pendleton Ward talks like you’d expect the creator of an anarchic frenetic, cartoon like Adventure Time with Finn and Jake to talk. ![]()
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