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It’s Art Book Time! ADVENTURE TIME: THE ART OF OOO’s Author Takes Us to Ooo

You know what’d be a great Christmas present for your nutty uncle, long lost algebra teacher, or your current main squeeze, even? That’s correct, Chris McDonnell’s Art of Ooo coffee table book.

To make up your mind on the purchasing side, go here to Newsarama for Zack Smith’s (interview with Chris, who says about the series,

…the key to the show’s freshness and its longevity and its strength in moving forward is letting people tell stories that are important to them.

They might tell funny stories, silly, lighthearted stories, or deeper, philosophical stories depending on their mood – some storyboard artists were saying they were bringing ideas to the writers to turn into outlines the artists could then turn into storyboards and episodes. There’s that kind of collaboration on the show that makes them invested in making the best show they can make.

Above: “A collection of tips on how to draw Jake by storyboard revisionist and supervisor Ian Jones-Quartey.”