Steven Universe and the power of Webcomics.

[Tev]

I was running through Tumblr today and one of my friends had posted up a gif-set for Steven Universe spoilers for an upcoming episode. I saw this and sorta froze:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/70e4ec8bee90822ddef196ef39b15fc9/tumblr_n3sqn6S7S71qa71j0o4_500.gif
That's totally Hero from the RPG World webcomic (http://www.rpgworldcomic.com/) of yesteryear. So I hop on over there and see that Ian is now the animator/cartoonist/supervising director for Steven Universe (http://ianjq.tumblr.com/), which would totally explain this occurrence.

That's awesome.

[synkr0nized]

That's awesome.

It actually is. I am glad he's doing something art-related still.

I remember bumping into him at Otacon one year -- he was way shorter than I expected, and he was wearing a sign that read something like, "Yes, I am that Ian who draws RPGWorld".

I hadn't thought about that comic in a while. ha

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Good to hear he landed a nice job in animation. Hopefully CN won't treat him poorly and will let Steven Universe Run it's course. I wonder if we'll see more stuff from his comic in future eps.

[shiney]

I remember linking / reviewing RPGWorld from NP back when I was doing webcomic spotlights. It was well-deserved. Glad to see he's gone on to bigger and better things.

[RickZarber]

You guys know Ian voices Wallow on Bravest Warriors, right?

Also he made the amazing Animation Pals (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDm8o2dvH38&list=PLsvYuSgEtSsLjoTPB7ZXf2wczdJRtFxyK) with Pen Ward.

And anyone who isn't watching Steven Universe should be. (Also, check up on what those other three toys are in that GIF... it's pretty great.)

[Tev]

Steven Universe is one of those shows that I kinda want to watch, but only catch when I can. I've only got about one day a week to get my TV watching in and my DVR is starting to fill up from all of the hour-long shows that my fiance and I like to watch that have been starting up again recently.

I have some friends who are big Steven Universe fans though and are probably too young to even know about RPG World so I'm looking forward to out-nerd-referencing them when I hear them gush about this new episode.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I thought that was just like, Cloud from FF7 or something.

[synkr0nized]

I thought that was just like, Cloud from FF7 or something.

That's the point of Hero, in case this isn't sarcasm.


Though, to be fair, I thought, "Cloud" before my eyes scanned down to see Tev mention Ian/RPGWorld.

[tacticslion]

That's the point of Hero, in case this isn't sarcasm.


Though, to be fair, I thought, "Cloud" before my eyes scanned down to see Tev mention Ian/RPGWorld.

Not being sarcastic: that's what I thought, at first, too, though the sword was wrong. Then reading Tev's stuff brought the memories back. Awesome.