Fan Artist Draws Cat Prince For Six Months, Finally Achieves Nerdworld Nirvana

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KEY POINTS

•Liam O'Brien released his first children's book, 'Der Katzenprinz,' in April 2025 with 112 illustrated pages by Charlie Borovsky.
•Borovsky, a Prague-based artist, spent six months working exclusively on the book after being a fan and posting O'Brien fan art since 2018.
•O'Brien and Borovsky began direct collaboration in winter 2024 after five years of mutual awareness through fan art.
•Borovsky described the process as creatively freeing early on, despite his chronic illness requiring full focus on this single project.

Liam O'Brien, Critical Role cofounder and known wizard Caleb Widogast dad, unleashed his first children’s book 'Der Katzenprinz' in April, dragging famed Prague artist Charlie Borovsky from Twitch fanboy to full-time cat prince sketch minion. After five years of fan art courting and one winter email exchange, Borovsky endured a six-month drawing lockdown, juggling chronic illness and zero creative side quests. The 112-page lavishly illustrated tome comes packed with Borovsky’s chiaroscuro breakdowns and O'Brien’s potion of gothic whimsy, celebrated in mainstream nerdworld after years of Twitch binge-watching and Amazon-animated series glory. Borovsky’s sage tips for dream-job unlock: fan art, a versatile portfolio, and stalking art directors online.