The Adventure Time Blog

Because of squeezing credits and audio promos, you’ll rarely get to see Adventure Time’s end credits well as they air on Cartoon Network. To boot, it’ll be just as occasional you’ll be hearing Ashley Eriksson’s closing tune, “Island Song.” That’s why we’re sharing the end credits (from “The Enchiridion”) here, above. See if you can catch the subtle inclusion of Kirsten Lepore’s Frederator logo.

Listen to the entire song on Ashley’s MySpace page.

And, because it’s Friday, we’ll also show you the end credits without the end credits. In other words, you get to see board artist Adam Muto’s animation without all those names in the way.

– Eric

Congratulations to Pen and his Adventure Time team. Last week’s sneak preview of “Business Time” raked in really good ratings for Cartoon Network. For the week of March 8 through March 14, the Adventure Time sneak was:

#1 - Cartoon Network’s highest-rated program with kids, age six to eleven.

#1 - Cartoon Network’s highest-rated program with kids, age nine to fourteen.

#2 - Cartoon Network’s second highest-rated program with boys, age six to eleven.

#5 - Cartoon Network’s fifth highest-rated program with kids, age two to eleven. (Sorry, you anti-reality folks - Dude, What Would Happen was number one.)

You can imagine how pleased everyone is. Hopefully, the good times will continue to roll with tonight’s episode.

– Eric

Watch “Evicted!”, Adventure Time’s second and final sneak preview, tonight on Cartoon Network at 8:30 p.m. You Marceline the Vampire Queen fans will definitely want to tune in.

Character designer Phil Rynda came up with the above title card and Paul Linsley painted it before art director Nick Jennings gave it his final pass.

– Eric

While we’re finishing up the “How to make your own Finn hat!” video, we thought we’d keep you salivating. But, in a cute way.

“My son Marky decided it would be cool to wear the hat with his karate uniform. He got quite a few looks when he walked into class that night with it on. I did have to take it off before he could get down to business though :)”

–Fred

All 24 seconds of it. Yes, that’s Pen Ward singing and strumming.

–Eric

This latest tribute is by Christine Larsen. Its also the second tribute to feature Marceline, the vampire queen! Christine is a Philadelphia Illustrator who is known for her comic book work, including Teddy Scares, and more recently several projects for Zuda comics, and RobotComics. You can check out more of Christine’s awesome work here and more Autumn Society tributes here.

-Chogrin

…and they’re great!
I can’t tell you the exact numbers –I don’t actually have them, and I’m not cleared to tell them to you, even if I did– but they seem to be pretty awesome. With no real promotion (though I know you told everyone) the numbers for kids (6 to 11 years old, and 9 to 14 years old, in TV jargon) are up double digit percentages. Jeez, thanks to all of you, we’re already looking like a hit before we even launch. Seriously, you’ve been our biggest supporters from day one, truly, thank you.

As soon as Cartoon Network gives us the exact ratings to bring public, we’ll let you know.

Thanks again, Fred

I hope everyone enjoyed the sneak peek last night, it’s a wonderful episode. Also, why don’t you enjoy some new “Marceline’s Henchman” backgrounds while you are at it.

Ghostshrimp and Santino Lascano are the background designers on Adventure Time. Martin Ansolabehere and Sandra Calleros are the show’s painters. Nick Jennings is the art director, and Pat McHale is the creative director.

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Alex Eckman-Lawn is one of the most intriguing illustrators I’ve met. From his comic book debut with Awakening, to his recent solo art-gallery show titled, REBUILT, Alex’s photo/textured work is sure to go to new levels and redefine areas in Illustration. As for Alex’s Ice King….he’s clearly up to no good.

More of Alex’s work here and more Autumn Society tributes here.

-Chogrin 

Early reviews came in from the east coast today, which were all pretty rad. My favorite is this picture of 2 year old Serena, who was excited with what she saw. It is pre-officially Adventure Time!!!

-Chogrin