I wrote and designed the 352 page art book Adventure Time: The Art of Ooo which was published in October 2014 by Abrams. Adventure Time is a popular show on Cartoon Network that has earned an international fan base.
Some praise for the project:
“This book is a deep dive into the Land of Ooo.”
(Boing Boing)“The holy grail of the hit animated series Adventure Time. And you don’t even have to go to very distant lands. In fact, you can put in right on your coffee table.”
(Paste magazine)“An extensive look at concept art, storyboards, early character sketches, background paintings, and the series’ show bible.”
(The LA Times’s Hero Complex Blog)“Even if I didn’t love this series so much, I would still buy the awesome Adventure Time: The Art of Ooo, a beautiful 352-page large format tome that tells the series’ genesis.”
(Gizmodo)
Some more praise for the project:
“It’s fascinating seeing the show broken down into its purest form.”
(Kotaku)“Fans of Adventure Time will basically lose their freaking minds.”
(io9)“This gorgeous full-color hardcover book will grace coffee tables with elegance. Yes, you heard right, with elegance.”
(GeekMom)“McDonnell deserves credit for producing such a worthy endeavor that encompasses nearly every facet of this multidimensional series. . . . this book cannot be recommended highly enough for diehard and casual fans alike of the show.”
(ICv2)“…A stunning hardcover coffee table book that dives very deep into the production of this show. It’s an incredible resource for fans that is immaculately designed and thoroughly researched, and it features an introduction by Guillermo Del Toro to make it a little more high-brow than the usual coffee table book about a Cartoon Network show.”
(A.V. Club)
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