If I'm going to stay with a series for the long haul, I need to be invested in the characters. In the case of Dungeon Crawler Carl, the long haul is eight books and counting. I'm finally caught up on the series after starting it last year, and fully intend to see it through to the hopefully-not-that-bitter end. A big reason for that has to do with the relationship between Carl and Princess Donut. The man and cat pair have my heart, without question. So to learn that author Matt Dinniman didn't originally plan to keep them together through this chaotic journey kind of floors me! (Mongo is appalled!) It's also an understatement to say that I'm relieved he saw what he had in this dynamic duo and kept them paired.
CinemaBlend attended the aptly titled "Audible: Goddamnit, Donut: A Totally Professional Panel with Matt Dinniman and Jeff Hays" at Comic-Con in San Diego this month, and in addition to being treated to a live demonstration of Jeff Hays' incredible talent as narrator of the audiobooks for the series, attendees got to hear Matt Dinniman share some insights about writing the book, including what he originally had in mind for Carl's ex-girlfriend's cat Donut.
