Over the Garden Wall Book by Patrick McHale Vol 5

Patrick McHale

Patrick Nolen McHale (born November 17, 1983) is an American storyboard artist, writer, animator, songwriter and independent filmmaker. He is best known for being a writer and creative director on the animated series Adventure Time for Cartoon Network, which he contributed to during its first five seasons, and creating his own Emmy Award-winning mini-series, Over the Garden Wall. McHale graduated from the California Institute of the Arts in 2006 with a BFA in Character Animation. He began his professional career at Cartoon Network Studios in 2007, as writer and storyboard artist on Thurop Van Orman’s The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. He helped Van Orman to create ten episodes in total. The one-shot character Punsie McKale was inspired by and modeled after McHale. After leaving Flapjack, he joined fellow CalArts alum and Flapjack storyboard artist Pendleton Ward to help develop Ward’s Adventure Time short into an animated series. Once the show got picked up, McHale stayed on board as the show’s creative director through the show’s second season. He then moved to New York City with his wife and fellow filmmaker Jiwook Kim. He continued to freelance for the show in the capacity of writing some songs and providing input on story outlines. This lasted until the middle of season five.