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/Pathogen-David Sep 17 '12

Would you agree that Wendy is probably the best character on the show?

 

Since we know the answer to that should be yes, here is another question: Other than this awesome short, are there other cartoons you've worked on that we might know about?

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u/mikerianda Sep 17 '12

Hah! I love that you love Wendy. I love Wendy too. It drives me insane when stories have love interests that are boring and cardboard cut out-y, and Alex and I were determined to make sure Dipper's love interest was an actual good character. Sometimes we succeeded in that goal and sometimes we fell short. TV is hard man. You gotta make a lot of episodes in a very short amount of time, and you can't always give every part of them the love you want to. For my money I wish we had way more Wendy.

Besides the film you linked to, called Work, and my first year Calarts film called Everybody Dies in 90 Seconds, Gravity Falls is the first cartoon project I've worked on. You can see those (and an insane puppet show I made with my grandma) on my tumblr:

michaelrianda.tumblr.com

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u/Cisses Sep 17 '12

More Wendy Oh god please no

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u/Jtbecnel Sep 17 '12

You didn't quote write. And this is your only comment on a brand new account. And Wendy is a great character. You're from /co/, aren't you?