Ursula Vernon

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Ursula Vernon is a professional artist who lives in North Carolina. She uses both traditional and digital media, with most of her art going through several stages of planning both on paper and computer.

She currently produces an online comic Digger, which features a wombat, dead gods, white peacocks, and other misfits and ne'er-do-wells. The comic, which is updated on Tuesdays and Thursdays, is hosted online at the subscription site Graphic Smash; compiled print versions are available from Sofawolf Press. Her first children's book called Nurk, the strange surprising adventures of a (somewhat) brave shrew - which features the adventures of a (somewhat) brave shrew - is available at major retailers as of May 2008.

Ursula's work uses a range of styles, sometimes realistic, sometimes humorous and cute. One of her recurring themes is Gearworld, a world that juxtaposes the organic and the inorganic.

Ursula's cover for Best in Show won the Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration in 2003, and she was nominated for the 2006 Eisner Awards in the category Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition for her work on Digger. She was also a guest of honor at Midwest FurFest 2004.

[edit] Official Bio

The "about" page on Ursula's official site ursulavernon.com says :

Ursula Vernon is the author and illustrator of "Nurk," "Digger," and a number of other projects. The daughter of an artist, she spent her youth attempting to rebel and become a scientist, but eventually succumbed to the siren song of paint (although not before getting a degree in anthropology, because life isn't complete without student loans, right?). Her work has been nominated for an Eisner award, "Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition" and a number of Webcomics Choice Awards.

Ursula grew up in Oregon and Arizona, went to college at Macalester College in Minnesota, and stayed there for ten years, until she finally learned to drive in deep snow and was obligated to leave the state.

In addition to writing and making art, Ms. Vernon is "an avid birdwatcher, occasional neophyte practitioner of the sword art of iaido, and an amateur thrower of pots." She is active in her local webcomics community, and can occasionally be found at local science fiction conventions, looking vaguely baffled by the crowd and signing anything put in front of her.

Having moved across the country several times, she eventually settled in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she works full-time as an artist and creator of oddities. She lives with two cats and a large collection of Indonesian demon masks, which generally manage to keep her out of trouble.