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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

MPS wants to close up to 16 schools in a rush with no data, no savings, and no plan. If you're in Minneapolis, stand up, learn quick, and contact your school board representatives to delay the vote. Our kids, teachers, staff, and community deserve better! Learn more: stopthetransformation.com

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Stop the Transformation

Raise awareness and improve education on the MPS School Transformation Plan

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am back from the Siglufjörður Comics Festival and starting to chew through the mountain of work that piled up while I was off haring over the mountains. Worth it.

Chalk drawings of cats made with 16 really joyful kids at the Siglufjörður Comics Festival

A view of Siglufjörður, the river leading to the fjord, with sunset over the mountains.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Doing some mixed media puttering and thinking about color. (and dahlias)

A photograph of a work table containing a small water glass with two dahlias and a mixed media/altered book page painting of those two dahlias.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Both a hoot and a thinker, this was worth seeing on the big screen. Glad we had the opportunity. Lana Condor as Eager Young s̶p̶a̶c̶e̶ Legal Cadet was brilliant and the animation was a treat throughout.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

All's (state) faire in love and late Minnesota summer. The kid took 1st in sculpture and 3rd in sewn objects for their age range! My knitted beet poet got 2nd and cherry tomatoes remain my own personal Everest. "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?"R.Browning

Four pictures combined into one: a blue Wings of Fire paper mache' dragon with blue 1st prize ribbon, a knitted beet poet toy with red 2nd prize ribbon, a patchwork pillow, with white 3rd prize ribbon, and a pot of cherry tomatoes being cooked because they didn't win any prizes. Still tasty, though.

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Bryan Bornmueller @bbornmueller.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I won a Dice Tower award for best coop game! Very grateful.

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MILK Comics Fest @milkcomicfest.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: We can't wait to have Ursula Murray Husted (ursulamurrayhusted.com) at MILK FEST 2026!

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

With everyone, I am grieving the loss of Marjane Satrapi today. The world is not kind to artists nor are we always kind to ourselves. This makes being kind to each other even more important. Love your friends and family and make your beautiful books. These actions become more meaningful together.

Holding open a page of Marjane Satrapi's book, "Chicken with Plums".

A cartoon of a girl in hijab with a jacket reading 'punk is not ded' is accosted by school officials. A famous still from Marjane Satrapi's film "Persepolis" based on her graphic memoir of the same name about growing up in Iran during the Iranian Revolution.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

@bbornmueller.bsky.social and I are back from Tokyo Game Market! It was great fun to see Bryan collect some well earned flowers and take a little walkabout following in the footsteps of giants.

Four photographs composited into one. The top row of two shows Bryan Bornmueller posing in front of a Tokyo Game Market photo wall with a goofy yokai dice character and Ursula Murray Husted gesturing deferentially to a walkway with inset tile of Osamu Tezuka's Astroboy character. The bottom row of two shows both artists at Fushimi Inari, one with hat and one without, contrasting with a photograph of two fox statues at Fushimi Inari, one with hat and one without.

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Bryan Bornmueller @bbornmueller.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It was so fun to get to sign copies of Fellowship of the Ring Trick-Taking game for fans in Japan last weekend at Tokyo Game Market!

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Do you love beautiful comics? Do you love cats? Do you love beautiful comics about cats? A Cat Story by @umurrayhusted.bsky.social is for you! It’s a sumptuous book about a journey to find a mythical garden, full of compelling creatures on the way and references to classic artwork. Read it ASAP!

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A Cat Story

We have five cats at home, so I am partial to these insane, occasionally lovable critters. A Cat Story portrays felines in apt ways, from ...

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Minnesota Comic Book Association @mncbaorg.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

⚡️ 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." Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #TwinCities #ComicCon #ComicConvention

MNCBA SpringCon 2026 promotional collage of Ursula Murray Husted with photo, work samples, and event information.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

No spoilers, but Pixar's latest film Hoppers was great. The scientists were picture perfect and my mom would have loved every bit of it. Very much worth going to see in the theater.

Two scientists from the Pixar film Hoppers hold up a beaver robot on a docking station.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Missing my friend, the great Diana Green.

A memorial tribute to comic artist Diana Green with four drawings of a tall woman smiling at the camera, sitting behind mini comics, grinning in sunglasses, and playing an electric guitar. Text: Diana Green’s laugh was loud and she took up space. She was a woman who lived in a perpetual state of limerence: people, comics, music, teaching, cartoons, and existence. I tried to say all of this at her funeral, but wasn’t able to get more than a few words out. If she had been there, to make a knee-bucklingly bad pun, I probably would made a better job of it. Diana was big in a way that made me feel less small. Miss you, Di. umh, 2026

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Mexican-American farm family in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, 1937. Photo made by Russell Lee for the WPA.

A black and white photograph from 1937 by Russell Lee for the WPA. A big joyful Mexican-American family gathers around their kitchen table after working in the sugar beet fields of East Grand Forks, Minnesota. They are drinking cups of coffee together. There are four adults and five children. Everyone, minus one little child who looks straight at the camera, is smiling with love at a baby held warmly and securely in a woman's lap.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Some rare good news! Botticelli's Apprentice was put on the American Library Association's selected feminist reading list. 💙 www.ala.org/srrt/2026-ri...

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2026 Rise: A Feminist Book Project List

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Bryan Bornmueller @bbornmueller.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

My designer diary for The Two Towers: Trick-Taking Gameis up on the BoardGameGeek homepage! boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...

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Designer Diary: The Two Towers: Trick-Taking Game | BoardGameGeek News

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

My own @bbornmueller.bsky.social's new game is out today! It is hard here in Minneapolis, but we are still making art and taking care of our neighbors because that's what artists must do. "Even darkness must pass."~J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

The new Two Towers Trick-Taking Game is out today! This is a photo of the game and book with no spoilers and lots of little toy horses, towers, and other small loved things from our home.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

New Year's pen/pencil/mark-making-tibbets of all types reckoning and reconnoitering.

A diptych: The first with pens and pencils spread across a work table, the second with those pens neatly organized into various jars and mugs.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Day 24/the last day. 4 layer Italian chocolate squares. We both loved this one. 💙

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Day 23: German marzipan caramel. Sparky loved this one! I liked the flavor fine, but it was a bit too sweet for me.

Altered sketchbook drawing of German marzipan caramel.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Day 22: Swedish Glögg (mulled wine) taffy. Not a hit with the kid. I rather liked it, but it was very strong.

Altered sketchbook drawing of Swedish Glögg (mulled wine) taffy.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Day 21: Pistachio cream candy from Tarfalla in Spain. A delightful continuation of good things coming my way from Spain in 2025! Visually unassuming, but both the kid and I put this one at the top tier of our charts. Apparently you can take a tour of the factory. New bucket list item unlocked!

Altered book sketch of pistachio cream candy from Tarfalla in Spain.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Day 20: Salty liquorice taffy from Finland which made me feel nostalgic for the high arctic. It made the kid feel deeply skeptical.

Altered sketchbook drawing of Salty liquorice taffy from Finland.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Day 19: Chewy yogurt candy from Greece. I liked this one and was surprised the kid, who eats yogurt daily, emphatically did not. Chewy yogurt was just too high a bar to cross.

Altered sketchbook drawing of chewy yogurt candy from Greece.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Day 18: Turkish sour cola chewy toffee. This was a really fascinating hard to describe candy. The cola wasn't our favorite, but I am going to seek out other flavors.

Altered sketchbook drawing of Turkish sour cola chewy toffee.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Day 17: Lithuanian black current/melon jelly candy. VERY sweet. Neither Sparky nor I liked this one very much.

Altered sketchbook drawing of Lithuanian black current/melon jelly candy.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Day 16: Bitter orange and chocolate flavored chewy toffee from Spain. I liked this one! Sparky not so much.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Day 15: Sour apple/orange taffy from Pakistan. Similar to laffy taffy. Sparky liked this one, but it wasn't my favorite.

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Crow's Nest Comics @crowsnest.quest · 14/12/2025

Goat Magic from @kagwheeler.bsky.com tops our kids list, unsurprising since we hosted a launch event. A Cat Story from @umurrayhusted.bsky.social and Mooncakes have been consistent favorites in the store from 2023 to 2025! Plus we have our favorite not-lesbian transfemme rep in Girlmode. :3

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Day 14: Italian lemon soda candy. I adore lemon soda and like bitter citrus, so this candy not being to my taste was kind of a bummer. Pretty typography, though.

Altered sketchbook review of Selz Lemon Soda candy

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Day 13: Lithuanian Pineapple/Strawberry jelly candy. More pineapple than strawberry and very VERY sweet. Both the kid and I were just okay on this one.

Altered sketchbook drawing of Lithuanian Pineapple/Strawberry jelly candy.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Day 12: Chocolate cream blended with pistachio and hazelnut, dall'Italia. Both the kid and I found this one to be delicious.

Altered sketchook illustration of chocolate cream candy blended with pistachio and hazelnut, dall'Italia

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Day 11: "Big Frut", gooseberry jelly candy from Italy. I loved it, but Sparky is not acquiring a taste for jelly candy.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Day 10: Sour violet hard candy from Belgium. Sparky liked the sour but not the violet. Violet has never done much for me as a flavor, much as they are one of my favorite flowers.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Day 9: Tapioca/ginger/orange candy from Indonesia. Too spicy for the kid, but I liked this one.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Day 8: Belgian chocolate with coffee cream. Good enough that the coffee hating kid ate 2.

Altered sketchbook drawing of Belgian chocolate candy with coffee cream

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Day 7: Walker's Nonesuch Milk Chocolate Eclair from England. Sparky liked the caramel outside but was iffy on the filling. I've had these before and like them just fine.

Altered sketchbook drawing of Walker's Nonesuch Milk Chocolate Eclair from England.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Day 6: Belgian chocolate with salted brownie filling: no notes! Solidly tasty.

Altered sketchbook drawing of Belgian chocolate with salted brownie filling and tortoiseshell cat in the background.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Day 5: "Yupi": gummy candy from Indonesia. Bryan and I went to Java to visit my brilliant brother during his fullbright. Not a week goes by where I don't search up flights and daydream about going back. That said, Sparky observed that Yupi resembled a strawberry eyeball and was not wrong.

Altered sketchbook drawing of Yupi, an Indonesian gummy candy.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Day 4: Apologies to all my beloved readers in England, you were done dirty with today's offering. I fondly remember a piece of fudge from a street vendor in Bath that would make angels weep. This...was not that. Sparky liked the taste fine, but the kid will happily chow down on a box of sugar cubes.

Altered book illustration of Christmas Pudding Fudge. It wasn't great.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Day 3: Italian Fruit Toffees. Elah brand, lemon/peach/apple/orange flavors. Both Sparky and I liked these! They started out hard and smooth then shifted into a sort of melty buttermint texture. Hard to describe but lovely.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Day 2: Obuoliukai, Cocoa-Coated Lithuanian Apple Jelly. Sorry Lithuania, you're a beautiful country filled with lovely people but neither Sparky nor I cared much for Obuoliukai. Visiting Trakai Island Castle is still on my life list, though!

Sketchbook drawing of Obuoliukai, Cocoa-Coated Lithuanian Apple Jelly.

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

My wonderful mother-in-law sent us an international candy advent calendar this year! The first day was pomegranate Frugeli from Greece, a sugared fruit jelly. I adored it on all fronts. Sparky liked the taste but noped out hard on the texture.

Altered sketchbook drawing of pomegranate Frugeli from Greece, a sugared fruit jelly candy.

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Bryan Bornmueller @bbornmueller.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Come find me later this week at Pax Unplugged. I'm excited for folks to get their hands on The Two Towers: Trick-Taking Game.

Secrets of the Tabletop Industry @ Friday 11AM Kelpie Theatre
Learn to Play: The Two Towers Trick-Taking Game @ Friday 5:30 PM Room 204A
I'll be doing demos in the MEE Room (201B) each day a 2PM

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Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Feeling a little more hopeful this morning.

Golden fall ginko leaves in a Minneapolis neighborhood.

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