David Horvath
Illustration — David Horvath at Free Comic Book Day in 2012. Horvath (May 28, 1971) is an American illustrator, comics artist, toy designer and author best known for creating the popular Uglydoll characters as well as the world they inhabit, The Uglyverse, with his wife, Sun-Min Kim. The toy line began in 2001 with a single plush toy called Wage, hand sewn by his sweetheart and creative partner, Sun-Min Kim for David as a gift, and grew into the brand.
David Horvath

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- 1971.
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- United States.
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- children's writer and comics artist.
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Illustration — David Horvath at Free Comic Book Day in 2012. Horvath (May 28, 1971) is an American illustrator, comics artist, toy designer and author best known for creating the popular Uglydoll characters as well as the world they inhabit, The Uglyverse, with his wife, Sun-Min Kim. The toy line began in 2001 with a single plush toy called Wage, hand sewn by his sweetheart and creative partner, Sun-Min Kim for David as a gift, and grew into the brand.
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Kim and Horvath were later married. Today they live in Los Angeles and have two kids: a daughter and a son. Along with a plush Uglydoll line, he is also the author and illustrator of 12 Uglydoll books, including the four "Ugly Guides" and a series of comic books, and the Bossy Bear series of children’s books. His books have been reprinted in Korean, Japanese, and Spanish.
Horvath attended Parsons: The New School For Design.
Characters
Characters
• Illustration — Sun-Min Kim and David Horvath, at the 2012 Free Comic Book Day David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim are the creators of multiple characters and toy lines including: • Uglydolls • Bossy Bear, Bissy Bear, and Turtle • Crocadoca • Noupa • Littlebony • Choco and Minty • Roller the Reindeer • Dunnys with Kidrobot • Kaiju including: • Mothman • Flatwoods • Chupacabra • Uma • Wage • Ice-Bat • Super Puncher • Power Mister • Pounda and Chu Chu • My Friend Dave Noupa is a heroic garbage man who organizes a small underground movement against the evils of Super 7.5 robots in a struggle of nature VS commerce. The Noupa world includes 21 characters. In the early 2000s, Flying Cat produced these 21 characters as vinyl figures which were distributed by Critterbox. Five of the figures were limited releases exclusive to toy shows. Collectors refer to the entire series of characters as "Noupa." The couple also has the intellectual property of Spider Boom, although the latter is a solo project by Kim.
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Adaptations
An UglyDolls animated film was released by STX Entertainment on May 3, 2019 to negative reviews.
Bossy Bear TV series
Bossy Bear TV series
In March 2022, a children's 2D-animated series titled Bossy Bear was announced for Nickelodeon. Aimed at preschoolers, the series premiered on March 6, 2023 with an initial 30 episode order.
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1971
David Horvath born.
Publications
• How to Draw Ugly (2006) • Bossy Bear (2007) • The UglyDoll Ugly Guide #1: To the Uglyverse (2008) • The UglyDoll Ugly Guide #2: To Things That Go and Things That Should Go But Don't (2008) • The UglyDoll Ugly Guide #3: To Being Alive and Staying That Way (2009) • Just Like Bossy Bear (2009) • Chilly Chilly Ice-Bat (2009) • 1 2 3 4 U (2009) • ABC U Later (2009) • The UglyDoll Ugly Guide #4: To Eating Out and Keeping It Down (2010) • Ugly Colors (2010) • Babo's Cookie Problem (2011) • What Dat? (2011) • Uglydoll: SHHHHHHH (2013) Comic Book • Uglydoll: Eat Dat! (2013) Comic Book • Uglydoll: Goin' Places (2013) Comic Book
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Awards
• Toy Of The Year Award by Toy Industry Association • Oppenheim Best Toy Award • Parent's Choice Approved Award
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- 1.Horvath, David and Kim, Sun-Min. Newsmakers 2008 Cumulation. 2009.
- 2.Horvath, David. My son Flynn minted his first NFT! We discuss #nftart all the time so this is very exciting for him. 1378374139241697281. April 3, 2021.
- 3.Deanobot. UglyDolls Q&A With Creators David Horvath + Sun-Min Kim. That's It LA. 2019-05-04.
- 4.KoreAm Journal. 2005.
- 5.Curtis, Nick. Sun-Min Kim's Spider Baby Booms w/ Sneaky Raccoon, Lunabee, Frank Mysterio & more!. SpankyStokes.com Designer Toy • Vinyl Toy • Art Toy Blog.
- 6.Minow, Nell. UglyDolls movie review and film summary (2019). Roger Ebert. May 3, 2019.
- 7.Petski, Denise. Nickelodeon Orders 3 New Preschool Series Including 'Face's Music Party', Renews 'Big Nate' & 'Blaze & The Monster Machines'. Deadline. March 24, 2022.
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