Jesse Moynihan: On creating FORMING, the Ice King from Adventure Time, the NFT-financed Jesus 2. part 1 of 2

For the first non-space related episode of Wunderdog, I have a MASSIVE nugget of artistic GOLD.

Jesse Moynihan went from incredibly weird underground cartoonist to "household name" when his friend and colleague Tom Herpich suggested Pendleton Ward hired Jesse to join as a storyboarder/writer/artist/art director at the end of the first season of the soon-to-be legendary animated show Adventure Time.

On the side of the enormous body of work that is Adventure Time (currently on HBO max), Jesse has also made his own, weird, spiritual, slice-of-life comic about bickering cosmic gods, Forming. With his brother Justin he's released the short Manly on youtube, via Cartoon Hangover. And he's been art director on the beautiful show Midnight Gospel (Netflix).


Recently Jesse presented an NFT project on his instagram account @jmoyns. The ensuing debate showed that some of his regular fans saw NFTs as a betrayal of the integrity Jesse had shown through his entire career - and with great disappointment comes great interviews! I jumped on the opportunity to hear Jesse explain his thoughts on NFTs and their place in the current art scene, as I can easily say that Jesse has never been an artist known for taking "the easy route". So, what's his thoughts on the climate impact of NFTs, why he stayed away from OpenSea even though it could have meant a bigger profit, what he sees as the future for art, on building a new fanbase from the ground up, and what he wants to do next.

I'm very proud to give you this 3,5 hour talk with one of the most awesome creators I know of! For practical reasons this talk has been cut in two.

Jesse's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/forming

Jesse's art can be found on Netflix (Midnight Gospel), HBO max (Adventure Time), YouTube (Manly)
Instagram: @jmoyns


His future project, on twitter: @jesus2rises
On Discord: discord.gg/jesus2rises
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