Origin
Painting King is the ruler of the Kingdom of Painting and father of the Princess Painting. His daughter posts a Quest request on a Questing board which is subsequently picked up by Finn the Human and Jake the Dog who require some urgent questing. When they arrive at the Painting Castle they are greeted by the Painting King who fields their questions regarding his daughters kidnapping. Painting King is confused and calls down his daughter informing Jake and Finn she is right there. Painting Princess clarifies to Finn and Jake informing them that they took a notice from the back of the Questing Board which means its in reverse and that they need to make the Monkey Wizard kidnap her.
Creation
Painting King is a Boom! Studioes published character created by writers Paul Tobin, Colleen Coover and artist Wook Jin Clark. Painting King first appears in Adventure Time: The Flip Side.
Powers and Abilities
Painting King is the king and ruler of the Painting Kingdom. Painting King’s head is a canvas that continuously changes and displays various painted portraits in all manner of different painting styles, themes and homages to famous paintings.