Ursula Murray Husted

See y'all at @cartooncrossroads.bsky.social, table #98! 💙

Well, I guess the STrib let the corn out of the bag. My tribute to Alice Neel made it to the MiA's Cream of the Crop show. This is a genuine and entirely unexpected honor.
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I am so sorry, folks. Due to a family health emergency, I am unable to leave for the Siglufjordur Comics Fest. I'm heartbroken and plan to come another year, but can't travel at this time. Hug your loved ones.

Do I hand-carve stamps to hand-print hundreds of two color stickers for every convention I attend? Hard nope. But I am doing so for the Myndasöguhátíð Siglufjarðar / Siglufjörður Comics Festival because they deserve my very best efforts. I can't wait to come up and draw comics with y'all! 💙

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Comics as citizen journalism by @tylerpage.bsky.social! Seems like something @racketmn.com would appreciate. 💙

Thank you, Sylvie! 💙

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The NERVE!

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Got a maddening scam email and, since I don’t currently have any students to rant at, drew this to warn new author folk to never ever EVER pay to be interviewed for a podcast or anything else! Augh!
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You're so kind! The new book is tentatively called Growing Together and is about first love, friendship, making mistakes, earning forgiveness, planting tomatoes, and growing hope. It follows a group of kids making a food garden in their school yard based on real victory garden plans from WW1.

Thank you so much, Mat! I am happy to see your name pop up and delighted that you liked Mella's story! 💙

@umurrayhusted.bsky.social An absolute, absolute, absolute joy! I've just finished #BotticellisApprentice We read and discussed #ACatStory at our #LetsTalkGraphicNovels group a few years back & you kindly showed up. This is just as wonderful. Congratulations - I wish it every possible success!

@sandiegocomic-con.bsky.social: I will be on a
@cbcbooks.bsky.social
panel moderated by
@noethematt.bsky.social !

Come rock out with me and the rest of the crew about graphic novels, bandes dessinées, tankōbon, and how both format and serialization of long-form comics affects story structure!

Bryan Bornmueller | SILGUFJÖRÐUR COMICS FESTIVAL Bryan Bornmueller is the designer of The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game and the Creative Sourcing Manager for Office Dog Studio and Asmodee North America. Over the 20 years of his experienc...

My beloved @bbornmueller.bsky.social will also be a guest! Come hear him talk about not only his amazing game, The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick Taking Game, but also how to bring your own games in progress out into the world!

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Ursula Murray Husted | SILGUFJÖRÐUR COMICS FESTIVAL Ursula Murray Husted is the creator of the graphic novels A Cat Story and Botticelli’s Apprentice. A lifelong artist, former professor, and advocate for the arts and art history education, Husted teac...

Siglufjörður Comics Festival: Guest of Honor!

If you're anywhere near Iceland this Aug.15-17, come join me in one of my favorite places on earth: Siglufjörður!

I will be leading a comics workshop for kids, chatting with Icelandic comickers, and signing books!

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SanDiegoComicCon: I will be on a
@cbcbooks.bsky.social panel moderated by
@noethematt.bsky.social!

Come rock out with me and the rest of the crew about bandes dessinées, tankōbon, and how both format and serialization of long-form comics affects story structure! www.cbcbooks.org/2025/07/11/c...

*FAMOUS cat hair.

A few pages of my altered sketchbook warm-up doodles based on some Elliott Erwitt kid photos.

A tan cat named Booker T. sleeping in a box with his face squished in the corner

why order books through Am*z*n when you could order from Wild Rumpus Books Dot Com and probably get some cat hair packaged in with it

Excellent news!

Bits and pieces from Ursula Murray Husted's altered book sketchbook

It was mostly collage techniques, altering books, and combining different forms of physical media. It certainly knocked the cobwebs from my brain and I had lot of fun seeing how the brilliant students made the assignments their own. Here are some warmup tibbits from my own altered sketchbook.

The cover of kids' graphic novel Botticelli's Apprentice by Ursula Murray Husted. Showing the title character, a smiling girl, overloaded with supplies for her master. At top is my blurb for the book: "A feast for the eyes and the heart."

Ooh! Just realized @umurrayhusted.bsky.social is on Bluesky.

If you haven't read Botticelli's Apprentice yet, I hope you will—it's wonderful!

Oh, thank you Scott! 💙

Thank you, Marianne! 💙

Oh, that's lovely! Mella and Blue are in very good company. Thank you for your kind words! 💙

Coming soon: new projects from @shihopate.bsky.social @umurrayhusted.bsky.social @writerlyme.bsky.social + more buff.ly/88cTNyN

Proud of my Bryan. 💙💙💙