- about different show ideas that he wanted to develop into a show with me, those characters felt the most natural fit to me.""Tuca just seemed so absorbing from the start. She has such an opinionated point of view. She's just fun to write. And then Bertie just seemed like the natural counterpoint to Tuca. Both the characters are different aspects of my personality and based loosely on various people that I've known.
"I don't think I could have done such a good job on Tuca if I hadn't had the experience of working on Bojack for five years. It really taught me like how to work with other people and how to communicate my ideas effectively. And just watching how Raphael runs the show really helped because he's such a good leader and he really has strong opinions, but whenever anyone has any pitches, he listens.
About casting the show with two strong leads - comedians Ali Wong and Tiffany Haddish - the illustrator said: