This is an accepted version of this page Andrew Hussie (born August 25, 1979) is an American author and artist.

Andrew Hussie first began posting webcomics under the alias "S_O" on the website Team Special Olympics, which would go on to run from August 25th, 2003 until 2008.

A variety of short comic strips; casually sustained blurbs and Scribblettes created by Andrew (S_O), his brother Byron Hussie (Byrobot) and Cindy Marie (Betelgeuse)[1] were exhibited on Team Special Olympics alongside Hussie's better known, longer comics Whistles: The Starlight Calliope, And It Don't Stop and Neon Ice Cream Headache.

[4] In 2007, Hussie created the website MS Paint Adventures to host his comics;[5] its first three works were Jailbreak, Bard Quest, and Problem Sleuth.

[7][8] It tells the story of a group of four kids who play a computer game called Sburb and inadvertently cause the end of the world.

While Hussie now controlled the main plot of the story and the characters' actions, he said that he still "visit[ed] fan blogs and forums" to figure out small things to add into Homestuck.

[4] Vice magazine noted that Homestuck "became infamous for its sprawling, overly complicated, semi-improvised, deeply self-referential plot, driven partly by reader input and speculation, as well as the incredible and sometimes terrifying vigor of its fandom.

"[9] PBS's Ideas Channel compared Homestuck to Ulysses because of the complex and densely worded storytelling the series often utilizes.

It consisted of 190,000 words in a nonlinear novel that was co-written by Hussie and four other creators; Cephied_Variable, ctset, Lalo Hunt, and Aysha U.

[17][18] According to its website, it was updated regularly for about a year "until it was paused indefinitely", with the rest of the comic to be released when it was completed.

Hussie has described it as a commentary on American politics and on his perception of uncomfortable cult-like atmosphere surrounding the Homestuck fandom.