Oct 142011
 

For those of you who don’t know, today was the second day (though technically the first full day, since Thursday was just a “preview night”) of New York Comic Con and Anime Festival. I absolutely love comic conventions, and since I’m currently based in New York, of course I had to go. This was my second time at NYCC/NYAF, and I must say, I’m impressed with the changes they’ve made from last year. The con is much more spacious and has a more impressive guest list than ever before. Since I had a blast today, I thought I’d share some of the highlights here.

Being the animation enthusiast that I am, of course I was overjoyed to see that Adventure Time had a huge presence this year. There were several posters in the walkway outside the exhibitor hall, including one giant eye-catching banner above the main event hall:

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Sep 172011
 

In Cheshire’s extremely biased opinion

Adventure Time with Finn and Jake represents some of the best programming Cartoon Network has ever had to offer. Even compared to the “classic” Cartoon Network shows from the ’90s (The Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, Courage the Cowardly Dog, etc.,) Adventure Time is excellent. I’m saving that discussion, however, for another day. Right now, I’d rather focus on the characters that populate Adventure Time’s remarkably well-developed world, The Land of Ooo. As I mentioned in my My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic review, many current cartoon creators and writers are creating a cohesive world for their work, and I absolutely love it. A large part of achieving this task is taking the time to give attention to background characters, so I’d like to share my personal, completely biased list of the top ten best minor characters on Adventure Time.

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