David Horvath

David Z. Horvath (May 28, 1971)[1] 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 and Sun-Min Kim are the creators of multiple characters and toy lines including: 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.

In the early 2000s, Flying Cat produced these 21 characters as vinyl figures which were distributed by Critterbox.

An UglyDolls animated film was released by STX Entertainment on May 3, 2019 to negative reviews.