Adventure Time (comic)

Adventure Time is a comic book series published by BOOM! Studios, written by Dinosaur Comics creator Ryan North, and with art by Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb. The comic book is released monthly, starting with issue #1 in February 2012.

The comic is semi-canonical with the Adventure Time TV series' story. Adam Muto has stated that it takes place in a different reality.

Format
Each issue includes at least two comics: The lead story is written by North and drawn in the style of the cartoon by Paroline and Lamb; and one or more backup stories made by an indie comic artist, drawn in their own style.

The main story features small messages at the bottom of many of the pages. This is a trademark of writer Ryan North, whose Dinosaur Comics always contain semi-hidden messages and commentary.

The first storyline in the series is a four-parter by North, split between issues #1 through #4.

List of Issues

Spin-off series
BOOM! Studios published a six-issue spin-off miniseries titled Adventure Time: Marceline And The Scream Queens beginning in July 2012. The miniseries is written and illustrated by Meredith Gran and is centered on Marceline and Princess Bubblegum playing together in a band.

In January 2013, BOOM! Studios released another six-part miniseries, Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake, based on the gender-swapped universe created by Natasha Allegri.

In May 2013, BOOM! Studios released the first Adventure Time graphic novel, Adventure Time Vol. 1: Playing With Fire, which features Flame Princess going on adventures with Finn and Jake.

The Adventure Unfolds
The Adventure Unfolds is a fold out comic by Jon Chad limited to 700 copies. It was only available at San Diego Comic Con 2012 for the price of $30. On July 25, Boom Studios began selling it on their website for $40.

Trivia

 * Pendleton Ward made a cover for the first issue of the comic.
 * Various of the primary stories contain messages written at the bottom, below the panels, as if a narrator/writer is speaking in a fourth-wall-breaking style. The hardback collection of issues 1~4 retains these messages.
 * In addition, issues 1 and 3 of the comic contain messages written by Marceline in a Pigpen cipher. The known letters of the cipher are in the chart to the right. Note that the first section spells out "vampire" and the rest of the letters are apparently in alphabetical order, making it fairly easy to guess the unknown letters.