I made a poster for The Chimera, a new RPG podcast I’m in! The setting and characters are inspired by Guardians of the Galaxy, and we’re using a fairly homebrew version of the Storypath System. It’s a lot of fun.
I play Dang, a light-eating, laser-throwing, space rhino bodyguard.
bubblegumxwarrior-blog asked: Hi! Quick question. Correct me if i am wrong, but you created (along with Ryan North i imagine) the character/descendant of Finn, Penelope in adventure time issue #25 and #30 ? I really fell in love with this character, I love her design! Do you think it is possible we will see more of her? I hope one day she'll make it into the cartoon! :D Thank You!
You’re correct - Ryan came up with the idea of a future hero who’s an amalgam of a few AT characters, and Shelli and I designed her. She shows up again in issue 50 by the new creative team, Chris Hastings and Ian McGinty!
Celebrate 50 Issues of Adventure Time with Shelli & Braden!
Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb are the original art duo on the Adventure Time comics, and in celebration of Adventure Time #50 (on sale today!), they prove that they’ve still got mad skills when it comes to drawing Finn.
“What if everything you touched turned into gold? Joey and her space crew have found King Midas’ body and turned it into the most powerful weapon of all time. With the ability to transform any planet into gold within seconds, the team will find out if they have what it takes to actually put him to use. There will be greed. There will be vengeance. There will be gold. The second volume of Ryan North’s (Adventure Time, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) debut original print comic book series The Midas Flesh features illustration dynamos Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb (Adventure Time) and a conclusion that you will never see coming. Collects issues #5–8.”
Are you excited for the second part of The Midas Flesh to be out in trade paperback? BECAUSE YOU SHOULD BE. This scene takes place just after the crew of the Prospect has used Midas’s finger to turn the Federation’s colossal warship, the Titanic,to gold.
Growing up in the shadow of Castle Haftan, Eyvind heard all the songs and stories about the fall of the once great house. Some said a scorned lover bound her spirit to its stones and drove the family mad. A terrible fungus blighted the crops, sang another. A holy man seeking a shortcut to the Eternal City opened a door to terrible realms beyond the stars, suggested a limmerick. So, armed only with his trusty instrument, Eyvind entered the ruins to learn which song was true. He was delighted to discover that they all were.
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See this print and more at Fanartica’s Dungeons and Dragons exhibition at fan*alley in LA!
Grand opening Saturday, June 13, 6-10p.
Be there, or be square, or be hexagonal, depending on what system you use.
mtthwclmnt asked: Ryan, help me out. How do Braden and Shelli split the artistic duties? Because I went into Midas Flesh expecting Adventure Time art and was like "whoa this is kinda different but still really good, maybe better?" thanks.
You should ask them! Their tumblr names are bradenlamb and shelligator. My impression is that they share everything so fluidly you can never tell which page was done by which person!
Hi, mtthw!
Great question.
Shelli and I typically share all the art duties on the Adventure Time comic pretty evenly, depending on our schedules. We’re both working toward an established style, just as all the artists who work on the show do.
For Midas Flesh, we worked together to develop a look for the series, but it was closer to my own style. I handled most of the pencils, Shelli handled most of the inks, and I did most of the legwork on colors while Shelli acted as a sort of color director.
