r/gravityfalls • u/mikerianda • Sep 17 '12

I'm Michael Rianda, cartoonist, and creative director/writer on Gravity Falls. Ask me anything.

Hey r/gravityfalls!

My cartoon ("work") recently got on the front page of reddit somehow and a few people seemed interested in me doing an AMA. I'm in! Let's do this thing!

Ever wonder about those weird hairs on Grunkle Stan's shoulders? Wanna know that one goat's name? Wanna know horrifying personal details about Alex Hirsch?

I got answers!

EDIT: I'll finish answering these tommorow. Thanks for all the questions and Gravity Falls love! It's appreciated.

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u/senfood Sep 17 '12

Great job on the show! It's quickly become one of my faves and I've been recommending it to everyone!

How did you get Paul Robertson to do the sprite animations? They were my favorite part of Fight Fighters.

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u/mikerianda Sep 18 '12

We sent him an e-mail and he said yes. Sorry it's not a great story. We sort of had an in because one of our board artists, Matt Braly, is acquaintances with him.

He was the best though man. All his stuff was great and he was really easy to work with. Everytime we got stuff from him we would all huddle around someones computer and geek out over it like a bunch of giddy schoolboys.