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. new.artsmia.org/exhib.../min...

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! 💙

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

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! 1/4

@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!

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! comicsfestival.is/en/artist/ur...

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...

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

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!

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!

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

Proud of my Bryan. 💙💙💙

Springcon is Saturday! Come meet some great MN creators including @zandercannon.bsky.social @bivensjohn.bsky.social @umurrayhusted.bsky.social @davewonder.bsky.social @tomnguyenstudio.bsky.social @mudthrone.bsky.social @jayersdraws.bsky.social ticketstripe.com/MNCBA-Spring...

Looking forward to meeting readers in Philadelphia, NYC, Columbus Ohio, and Siglufjörður this summer/early fall! 💙

Aw, foo. Thanks. 💙

My (fully human drawn) artist starter kit self-portrait isn't in a box. It is in a niche. Which, okay. Appropriate. (Hat tip to our boy Sandro and his fresco 'Saint Augustine in His Study'.)

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Ursula Murray Husted (@umurrayhusted.bsky.social) Ursula Murray Husted is the creator of the graphic novels "A Cat Story" and "Botticelli's Apprentice." A lifelong artist, former professor... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #MCBA #SpringCon #TwinCities

💙! Thank you, Outsiders!

@umurrayhusted.bsky.social at @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social ~! 💛💛💛

Can you believe it? I barely can, myself! I am genuinely well enough to attend my very first book event for Botticelli's Apprentice! Come chat with me this Saturday about the book, egg tempera painting, and pet some cats at the best beloved @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social! 💙

This is what I get for making a (completely renaissance period appropriate) plague joke, eh? Nevertheless, Botticelli's Apprentice is out in stores today!

Oh bother. Even sick I am still excited to get Mella and Blue’s story into the world. Bookplates and little reader gifts are at all three of my favorite TwinCities book stores already, so folks picking up preorders will have their books signed and painted in already. Thank you for reading me. 💙

Don't think no one cares. People are doing things. Do what you can, too.

Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

I couldn't be prouder of the kind words the brilliant @glynnisfawkes.bsky.social and @jayhosler.bsky.social shared about Botticelli's Apprentice- go read all of their books!

The phenomenally talented @mrwolfcomics.bsky.social and @hopelarson.bsky.social both have great new books coming out this spring and very kind things to say about Botticelli's Apprentice. Run to put your eyeballs on 'Very Bad At Math' and 'Speechless'! 💙

Some really unbelievably brilliant scholars have said lovely things about Botticelli’s Apprentice. Thank you, Drs Rosalind Brown-Grant and @medievalbadger.bsky.social! Excuse my fangirling, here, but y’all, these scholars are a big. freaking. deal. and they read AND liked my book?

Seven hand painted bookplates down, about three hundred more to go. Want one? Preorder Botticelli's Apprentice from one of my favorite Twin Cities independent book stores- and thank you. 💙 ursulamurrayhusted.com/books

Let the Wild Rumpus start, because at 10:30am through the afternoon on Saturday March 15th, I will be at @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social 🐈! Drop by for a Wild Rumpus exclusive art print with a copy of either Botticelli’s Apprentice or A Cat Story and a demo on egg tempera painting. 🎨🥚💙

6pm on 3/11/25 at @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social 🎈for a discussion with @tylerpage.bsky.social and K.Woodman Maynard! Afterwards there will be a book signing and free bookmarks. 💙 Open to the public but please RSVP to help Red Balloon plan for attendance: www.eventbrite.com/e/tyler-page...

Holy cats (and dogs, chinchillas, cockatiels, doves, fish, geckos etc)- Botticelli's Apprentice has two events at fabulous Twin Cities Bookstores! Thank you, @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social 🎈and @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social 🐈- I can't wait to see you!

I tidied my studio last weekend, which is a pretty grown-up thing to do. I also turned 45, which... likewise.

Cis people, here’s what you do: Find your reps on house.gov & senate.gov. Write up a message. “I’m asking you to speak out against the EO cutting federal funds for gender-affirming medical care for transgender folks under 19.” Call or email each office & read/send your message. Now keep doing that.

It has been a minute since I was officially professorial, but this semester I am teaching an illustration course at MCAD centered around materials exploration and altered books/art journals. If the students have half as much fun doing the assignments as I have, it'll be a great semester.

incredible thread

It is a big year for us here at Mulberry Haus. The first of @bbornmueller.bsky.social's brilliant trilogy of games is out from @officedoggames.bsky.social and my own Botticelli's Apprentice is launching from @harpercollins.bsky.social on 3/11/25 with preorders here: ursulamurrayhusted.com/books

It is hard to take an accurate photo of a 10ft window, so you're just going to have to go to @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social to see Mella and Blue nell'affresco.

I spent today up a ladder painting the linework for a window at @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social while listening to Prince. Peak Minnesota moment, I tell you what. #Dearlybeloved #Wearegathereheretoday #togetthroughthisthingcalledlife

This is the best! youtube.com/shorts/-RqQ0...

Woop! Thanks, Junior Library Guild! All recognitions should come with shiny lapel pins.

For SoCal friends, Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can. For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla

Thrilled to share: my new #poetry #book The Caving Grounds (forthcoming from Modern History Press) is available for preorder from Amazon!! www.amazon.com/Caving-Groun...

My thoughts and fussings were included in this annual collection of suchlike from the ever appreciated @comicsbeat.bsky.social. 💙 www.comicsbeat.com/the-beats-an...

Fellowship (+Bill the Pony, because I couldn’t leave poor old Bill behind in that forsaken place) cookies in honor of @bbornmueller.bsky.social 's upcoming Fellowship card game. 💙

Excerpt from 'A Visit from Xmas ‘Possum' (apologies to Clement Clarke Moore) He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his feet, (excepting his tail which was hairless and neat); His ears- how they swiveled! His voice was so reedy! His teeth were so pointy, his eyeballs, so beady!

Poor Myriad. Sharing the radiator season has begun again in earnest and so has her suffering.