--- description: No, he's not making bacon pancakes title: Pendleton Ward of Adventure Time Draws Self Portrait image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaee3ffea185c2098/69868b0fd0b6f2eb0c303d7a/adventuretime1.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Creator of _Adventure Time_ Drew Himself As One of His Own Characters by [Joseph C. Lin](/author/joseph-c-lin/) ## Joseph C. Lin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 17, 2014 4:23 PM CUT  Illustration by Pendleton Ward for TIME by [Joseph C. Lin](/author/joseph-c-lin/) ## Joseph C. Lin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 17, 2014 4:23 PM CUT Pendleton Ward, the creator of the TV show _Adventure Time,_ drew himself in the style of his popular cartoon for this week’s issue of TIME. Seen above are characters from his show, with Ward himself in the middle. **From left to right:** Flame Princess, Cinnamon Bun, Tree Trunks, Shelby, Marceline, Gumdrop Lass, BMO, Pendleton Ward, Lumpy Space Princess, Finn, Princess Bubblegum, Jake, Ice King, Snail, Embryo Princess and Gunter. Read TIME’s interview with Pendleton Ward [here](http://time.com/66262/adventure-time-season-six-preview/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/63892/pendleton-ward-adventure-time-self-portrait/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/63892/pendleton-ward-adventure-time-self-portrait/"},"headline":"The Creator of Adventure Time Drew Himself As One of His Own Characters","datePublished":"2014-04-17T16:23:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:19:18.467Z","description":"No, he's not making bacon pancakes","url":"https://time.com/63892/pendleton-ward-adventure-time-self-portrait/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaee3ffea185c2098/69868b0fd0b6f2eb0c303d7a/adventuretime1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joseph C. Lin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joseph-c-lin/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaee3ffea185c2098/69868b0fd0b6f2eb0c303d7a/adventuretime1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Adventure Time","caption":"Adventure Time","creditText":"Illustration by Pendleton Ward for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/63892/pendleton-ward-adventure-time-self-portrait/","name":"The Creator of Adventure Time Drew Himself As One of His Own Characters"}}]}] ```