Hi, I am David. Welcome to The Cast of Horribles. These doodles are a reflection of me and my daily doings and thoughts distilled into harsh lines and scribbled words. I began drawing the Cast of Horribles in January 2007, and they escaped into their new home in July 2007 and ended on November 4, 2011.
And without further ado, thanks to the mountains of email questions and comments, I bring you....
How often do you post your doodles?
Very good first question! At my peak, I was posting one every day until I exhausted my queue. Since semi-retirement, there have not been any new ones as I work on my new comic. You can see how I did by looking at the Horribles Calendar.
Where did you come up with the terrible name for this site?
As my friends like to tell me, my poor little wisps aren't horrible, they're cute and somewhat sad looking. The name derives from a short-story of the same name. The story has nothing to do with big-eyed monsters, but I liked it and registered the domain name a few years ago. When I decided the Horribles needed a home of their own, I reached deep into my domain name reservoir and pulled out the Cast of Horribles. Even my lone critic admits that the name reflects well on my "general cheeriness and optimism." That quotation may be laced with sarcasm. It's hard to tell from deep within my pit of despair.
Why do your Horribles look like sperm?
I've heard this a few times (although less frequently now that I fattened up the Horribles), and I still don't have a good answer. It could be that I have issues (actually, I do have issues, I just didn't think that this was one of them), or I am incapable of drawing arms and legs and especially hands, and decided to do away with such nonessential body parts. What's probably closer to the truth is that in my first doodle, I drew the Horribles as squigglies, and it stuck.
What do you use to draw?
I do all my drawing directly on the computer. I use Adobe Illustrator CS4 with, thanks to my wonderful, wise, and beautiful wife, a Cintiq 20WSX.
