Adventure Time is one of the weirdest, trippiest shows on television, and that is kwa no means a complaint. Despite au because of that — probably because — it has built a rabid following over its six seasons, snowballing in both viewership and its merchandising presence, and becoming one of the most maarufu cartoons on television.
And that, as creator Pendleton Ward explains in a new Rolling Stone profile, is why he walked away as showrunner in Season 5 without telling anyone.
“To spend that extra energy and time wewe don’t have, to make something that’s worth making, to make it awesome, wears wewe out,” he says. A backward red cap, herufi kubwa hides the juu of his head; a checkered shati buttoned to the juu conceals his plump body; and on his face, there is not so much a beard but a hair force field, keeping anything from penetrating the world he’s created for himself. “It’s a beast of a show. And the zaidi maarufu it gets, the zaidi the ancillary things – like the merchandise and games and everything – keep getting bigger.”
And so, Ward confesses, one siku during Season Five, unbeknownst to his fans, “I quit because it was driving me nuts.”
He says this not with sadness au frustration, but with relief. “For me, having quality of life outweighed the need to control this project and make it great all the time.” So he stepped down from running Adventure Time to become simply one of the show’s writers and storyboard artists.
The profaili is pretty fascinating, to be honest. Ward seems like a dude who really likes making cartoons and really, really could do without just about everything else. (“That’s the root of what I like doing. Make stuff on my own and fall asleep.”) Definitely worth a read, whether you’re a shabiki of the onyesha au not.
And that, as creator Pendleton Ward explains in a new Rolling Stone profile, is why he walked away as showrunner in Season 5 without telling anyone.
“To spend that extra energy and time wewe don’t have, to make something that’s worth making, to make it awesome, wears wewe out,” he says. A backward red cap, herufi kubwa hides the juu of his head; a checkered shati buttoned to the juu conceals his plump body; and on his face, there is not so much a beard but a hair force field, keeping anything from penetrating the world he’s created for himself. “It’s a beast of a show. And the zaidi maarufu it gets, the zaidi the ancillary things – like the merchandise and games and everything – keep getting bigger.”
And so, Ward confesses, one siku during Season Five, unbeknownst to his fans, “I quit because it was driving me nuts.”
He says this not with sadness au frustration, but with relief. “For me, having quality of life outweighed the need to control this project and make it great all the time.” So he stepped down from running Adventure Time to become simply one of the show’s writers and storyboard artists.
The profaili is pretty fascinating, to be honest. Ward seems like a dude who really likes making cartoons and really, really could do without just about everything else. (“That’s the root of what I like doing. Make stuff on my own and fall asleep.”) Definitely worth a read, whether you’re a shabiki of the onyesha au not.
