Alex Hirsch was the creator of Gravity Falls and a scriptwriter for the Cartoon Network series The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. Along with Maxwell Atoms, he created Fish Hooks for television. Clamantha, her father, Fumble, and one of the ferrets are all voiced by Hirsch. He also did some of the sound editing for the show. He has said in interviews that he used to play bass in a band called Shapes Bend But Don't Break which explains why you sometimes see bass lines in his drawings. Hirsch has also said that when he was younger he wanted to be a cartoonist but didn't think it was possible to make a living as one so he decided to write songs instead. He has cited David Bowie, Prince, and Stevie Wonder as influences on him musically. He has also stated that he prefers being called Alex than Andy because it sounds like Edison when you say it quickly. In addition to writing and drawing Fish Hooks, Hirsch wrote the screenplay for the 2008 film The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack which was directed by Steven Spielberg's son Max Spielberg. He also wrote an episode of Overw0rd which aired in 2013.