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Ryan North
Canadian
Writer
Born:
Oct 20
,
1980
About
Great
People
Think
Time
You
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You can do so much crazy stuff with books that isn't necessarily being done. That's how culture stays alive - by doing new things with it.
Ryan North
Crazy
You
Culture
New Things
Books
Alive
Stays
Stuff
New
How
Doing
Done
Being
Being Done
Much
Things
Necessarily
I actually put Jubilee in 'Squirrel Girl.' I made it a priority.
Ryan North
Made
Girl
Put
Jubilee
Priority
Squirrel
Actually
I've said this before, but I think one of the reason so many of the cartoonists I know have become friends is because the Internet is a much more cooperative space.
Ryan North
Space
Internet
Become
Before
Think
Cartoonists
More
Know
Because
Said
Friends
Much
Reason
Many
Cooperative
It's like jazz: You learn the rules to break them - as long as you can break them in a meaningful way.
Ryan North
You
Long
Jazz
Way
Rules
Like
Learn
Break
Them
Meaningful
Meaningful Way
The fun thing about writing a book with multiple paths and multiple endings is you really get to explore the characters and figure out their different fates.
Ryan North
You
Book
Writing
Out
Characters
About
Get
Endings
Paths
Different
Really
Explore
Figure
Fun
Fun Thing
Multiple
Thing
Fates
The first mp3 I downloaded, which I guess was illegal, was a symphonic rendering of the Super Mario Brothers 1-1 theme song. It was great. I was like, 'This is blowing MIDI files out of the water. This is the future, right here.'
Ryan North
Future
Great
Song
Water
First
Mario
Guess
Out
Super
Brothers
Like
Rendering
Blowing
Which
Theme
Theme Song
Illegal
Files
Downloaded
Right
Here
If you're going to be adapting something across media, you should at least have the moves that people want you to hit and that you want to hit.
Ryan North
You
People
Adapting
Something
Least
Hit
Going
Moves
Want
Should
Across
Media
Yes, I've won prizes for putting words on a computer.
Ryan North
Words
Computer
Putting
Yes
Won
Prizes
You can have an idea that everyone else thinks is dumb, and it's still a good idea.
Ryan North
Good
You
Else
Everyone
Everyone Else
Idea
Still
Dumb
Thinks
Good Idea
I've never written a novel before, and part of the reason I haven't is I was worried about getting 50,000 words into a book and realizing I'd made a mistake on word three that would mean throwing everything out.
Ryan North
Mistake
Book
Words
Word
Made
Three
Before
Worried
Everything
Out
Would
About
Throwing
Never
Part
Written
Getting
Mean
Realizing
Reason
Novel
No offense to real jobs, but comics seemed a lot more fun.
Ryan North
Jobs
Seemed
More
Real
Comics
Lot
Offense
Fun
Being online works really well for any creative work, but especially comics.
Ryan North
Work
Creative
Online
Well
Comics
Any
Being
Really
Works
Creative Work
The funny thing with Ophelia is that I remembered her being this really cool, awesome female character when I read 'Hamlet' in high school, and when I went back and read it, no, she's not.
Ryan North
Funny
Character
School
Awesome
Funny Thing
Back
High
High School
Remembered
She
Read
Female
Female Character
Hamlet
Being
Really
Cool
Her
Thing
I'd hate to be writing 'Adventure Time' comics and not be excited about it.
Ryan North
Time
Hate
Writing
About
Excited
Adventure
Comics
I love the idea that if you're going to travel through time, you do it in this insanely dangerous car travelling at 88 miles per hour.
Ryan North
Love
Time
You
Travel
Dangerous
Car
Per
Through
Idea
Hour
Going
Miles
Travelling
I spent age 6-12 basically thinking about 'Back to the Future' all the time, so I think it's probably had a pretty huge influence on me and the way I think and write.
Ryan North
Future
Time
Me
Age
Think
Thinking
Back
Way
Spent
Pretty
About
Write
Had
Huge
Huge Influence
Influence
Basically
'Adventure Time' tells stories where anything can happen, but what happens is. It stars Finn, a boy who fights evil, and Jake, a dog with stretchy powers. Both of them can talk.
Ryan North
Time
Dog
Evil
Stars
Tells
Both
Adventure
Talk
Powers
Boy
Where
Happen
Stories
Anything
Happens
Them
Fights
Who
As a kid, I loved the idea of alternate possibilities, roads not taken, that sort of thing - and I think seeing the 'Adventure Time' universe rendered by the artists in those stories will scratch that same itch really well.
Ryan North
Time
Will
Think
Universe
Kid
Those
Possibilities
Seeing
Taken
Roads
Idea
Adventure
Rendered
Well
Alternate
Sort
Itch
Same
Scratch
Artists
Stories
Loved
Really
Thing
Librarians are awesome; I don't care who knows it.
Ryan North
Care
Awesome
Knows
Who
The challenge is to stay true to the characters while also having them be entertaining every day, because it turns out that just watching someone be true to themselves isn't that rad to watch.
Ryan North
Day
Every Day
Challenge
Be True
Every
Out
Characters
Entertaining
Stay
Stay True
Someone
Having
True
Also
Because
Just
While
Them
Themselves
Turns
Watch
Watching
I am a big proponent of the pal-centric lifestyle.
Ryan North
Big
Proponent
Lifestyle
Am
Big Proponent
What I thought would be fun would be Squirrel Girl being this computer science student, working in STEM, because you don't see a lot of characters there, never mind female characters. Also, I studied computer science, so it's not too hard to write.
Ryan North
You
Science
Mind
Thought
Girl
Computer Science
Too
Characters
Would
Would-Be
See
Computer
Write
Student
Stem
Never
Studied
Also
Because
Female
Female Characters
Lot
Squirrel
Being
Working
Hard
Fun
I do actually do good work! And it's hard! And I'm worth it!
Ryan North
Work
Good
Worth
Good Work
Worth It
Hard
Actually
I read all these Marvel wikis, and there are characters that just stand out to you, and you think, 'How is this character not being used? This is crazy.'
Ryan North
Character
Crazy
You
Think
Out
Characters
Marvel
Read
How
Just
Being
Stand
Used
Being Used
I thought there was something inherently interesting in people turning to gold. It's pretty cool.
Ryan North
People
Thought
Pretty
Something
Gold
Interesting
Turning
Inherently
Cool
Everything I write should have lasers. That's my #1 rule.
Ryan North
Everything
Rule
Write
Should
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