Biography

Born in 1982 in San Antonio, Texas, Ward, the youngest of 3 brothers, was raised by his mother Bettie Ward, an artist and daughter of a Texas oil rancher. He never met his father. He would often draw flipbooks Andy comic books with his friend Alex "the Logdog" Coates.

Ward attended CalArts, where he became friends with fellow animators J.G. Quintel of Regular Show and Alex Hirsch of Gravity Falls. They later worked on The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack together. In 2002, he created a comic strip called Bueno the Bear, but later withdrew publication the following year. He created a short film called Barrista with the character and uses the name for his social media profiles to this day.

In 2008, he made a pilot for Adventure Time for Nickelodeon, but it was rejected. Cartoon Network picked it up a year later and it premiered in 2010.
- IMDb mini biography by: the Nabster

Surreal and absurd animation.

His works are often set in fantastical worlds.

Met J.G. Quintel, creator of Regular Show (2010) and Alex Hirsch, creator of Gravity Falls (2012) at CalArts.

Mother is artist Bettie Ward, who has provided the voice of Poodle on Adventure Time (2010).

His favorite character on Adventure Time (2010) is BMO.

Sometimes we'll forget it's called 'Adventure Time' and just write whatever we want. Just like sitting and talking to bugs and being mopey and then maybe humming a tune - that kind if stuff. I think everyone feels what they're watching; envy one is empathizing with the characters. And my favorite way to feel is calm.

It's an art to perfect the best kind of fart joke. You can't too gross, because then it's not a joke, it's disgusting.and it's better when it's hidden. Like when Princess Bubblegum comes into the last scene, there's a 'whoo' noise. No one really ever gets that one but me.