Gabby Schulz is perhaps better known by his (other) fake name, Ken Dahl, which he used to draw cartoon strips for the Honolulu Weekly and eventually win an Ignatz award for his comic about STDs, Monsters. He now lives in Brooklyn, NY where he came to realisation that every single one of his role models was an utter and complete abysmal failure in life.
To try to sort out his identity crisis, I sent him a copy of the Proust Questionnaire, which seemed to only drive him into further despair.
See an archive of how others answered the questionnaire here.
What is your greatest fear?
Losing brain function to Alzheimer's, prions, or a forced lobotomy.
What is your current state of mind?
Foreboding; disappointed.
What is your favorite occupation?
Either telegram deliverer or puppet-maker (not the lame kind).
What historical figure do you most identify with?
Joseph Merrick or Diogenes.
Which living person do you most admire?
I couldn't narrow it down to one, but bell hooks, Errol Morris, Peter Schumann, PZ Myers and Derrick Jensen are up there.
Who is your favorite fictional hero?
Either Cosimo Piovasco di Rondo or Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin.
Who are your real-life heroes?
Most anyone who's in federal prison right now for pursuing social justice.
What is your most treasured possession?
My health. Or my leatherman.
When and where were you happiest?
Either stepping into the water at Diamond Head with my surfboard, on early mornings when the wind hasn't picked up yet, 18 years ago; or shooting guavas with a .22 revolver in a secret valley in southern Oahu, 28 years ago.
What is your most obvious characteristic?
Bland affability.
What is the trait you most deplore (hate) in yourself?
Cowardice; incompetence.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Hypocrisy; complacence.
What is your current state of mind?
Foreboding; disappointed.
What is your favorite occupation?
Either telegram deliverer or puppet-maker (not the lame kind).
What historical figure do you most identify with?
Joseph Merrick or Diogenes.
Which living person do you most admire?
I couldn't narrow it down to one, but bell hooks, Errol Morris, Peter Schumann, PZ Myers and Derrick Jensen are up there.
Who is your favorite fictional hero?
Either Cosimo Piovasco di Rondo or Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin.
Who are your real-life heroes?
Most anyone who's in federal prison right now for pursuing social justice.
What is your most treasured possession?
My health. Or my leatherman.
When and where were you happiest?
Either stepping into the water at Diamond Head with my surfboard, on early mornings when the wind hasn't picked up yet, 18 years ago; or shooting guavas with a .22 revolver in a secret valley in southern Oahu, 28 years ago.
What is your most obvious characteristic?
Bland affability.
What is the trait you most deplore (hate) in yourself?
Cowardice; incompetence.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Hypocrisy; complacence.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Draught beer.
What is your favorite journey?
Riding freight across Canada.
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
My pre-melanoma forearms.
What do you consider the most over-rated virtue?
Patriotism.
On what occasion do you lie?
When talking to law enforcement, family, or the dangerously insane.
Which words or phrases do you most over-use?
Sadly, I've been unable to excise "awesome" from my lexicon.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Sloth.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
My book, Monsters. It is, in fact, my only achievement.
Where would you like to live?
Somewhere with free health insurance and cheap rent where the snow doesn't taste like cancer.
What is the quality you most admire in a man?
Pathos.
What is the quality you most admire in a woman?
Self-confidence.
What is it you most dislike?
Lies.
What do you value most in your friends?
Patience.
How would you like to die?
Hang-gliding.
If you were to die and come back as a person or an animal, what do you think it would be?
A dog.
If you could choose an object to come back as, what would you choose?
I have no idea.
What is your motto (words you live by or that mean a lot to you)?
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."
Who has been the greatest influence on you?
Probably the counter guy at the bookstore next to the pizza restaurant I worked at in high school. And he'll never know.
Draught beer.
What is your favorite journey?
Riding freight across Canada.
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
My pre-melanoma forearms.
What do you consider the most over-rated virtue?
Patriotism.
On what occasion do you lie?
When talking to law enforcement, family, or the dangerously insane.
Which words or phrases do you most over-use?
Sadly, I've been unable to excise "awesome" from my lexicon.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Sloth.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
My book, Monsters. It is, in fact, my only achievement.
Where would you like to live?
Somewhere with free health insurance and cheap rent where the snow doesn't taste like cancer.
What is the quality you most admire in a man?
Pathos.
What is the quality you most admire in a woman?
Self-confidence.
What is it you most dislike?
Lies.
What do you value most in your friends?
Patience.
How would you like to die?
Hang-gliding.
If you were to die and come back as a person or an animal, what do you think it would be?
A dog.
If you could choose an object to come back as, what would you choose?
I have no idea.
What is your motto (words you live by or that mean a lot to you)?
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."
Who has been the greatest influence on you?
Probably the counter guy at the bookstore next to the pizza restaurant I worked at in high school. And he'll never know.
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