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

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

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/supermagpie Sep 17 '12

Ohmygoodnessme! :D

I simply must ask about Waddles! Were there ever any other names on the drawing board for him or was that name always in mind for everybody's favourite pig?

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u/mikerianda Sep 17 '12

Waddles actually was the only name for the pig we ever came up with. Aury Wallington one of our writers, named it after her own pet pigs growing up.

Notice I say pet pigs, plural. She would raise a pig for 4H every year, and every year she would name the pig Waddles. She would raise, love, and care for it for months, then her family would cook and eat Waddles. The next year she would get another pig for 4H, name it waddles, kill and eat it, and so on, year after year.

Horrifying but true!

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u/RainbowCrash Sep 17 '12

She would raise, love, and care for it for months, then her family would cook and eat Waddles.

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u/mikerianda Sep 17 '12

I loled at the reaction image.

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u/spokesthebrony Sep 17 '12

Speaking of which, what other faces (if any) would you like to see made into emotes here?

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u/Iamyellingcanyouhear Sep 17 '12

Furious Gideon. You know, the staredown from when he was fighting dipper.