User:DoctorWho42/Jenny Parks

Jenny Parks is a comics/fan artist and scientific illustrator. Parks is most known for her fan art pieces Doctor Mew (Doctor Who's the Doctor as cats) and The Catvengers (the Avengers also as cats).

Background
Parks started drawing cat versions of people since about age 11 or 12. Parks has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration at California College of the Arts and a graduate degree in scientific illustration at University of California, Santa Cruz.

Comics
Marvel Comics Senior Editor Steve Wacker found Jenny Parks at her booth at San Diego Comic-Con and approached her to do animal variant covers for Marvel and she said "Absolutely!" Parks has done animal variant covers for issues Iron Man #23, The Superior Spider-Man #27, Thor: God of Thunder #19, and Wolverine and the X-Men #1. In May 13, 2013, Tumblr user sparkysmachine dressed their cat Sir Didymus to match the Thor: God of Thunder #19 animal variant cover. The "mini-Mjolnir and shoulder-thingies" were printed on their PrintrBot Jr. 3D printer. In October 29, 2014, to celebrate National Cat Day, Marvel Comics reposted Parks's animal variant covers on their Facebook page.

Fan art
Parks's most famous works include Doctor Mew and Catvengers. Others have included Catniss (The Hunger Gamess Katniss Everdeen), Dexpurr (Dexters Dexter Morgan), Hairy Pawter (Harry Potters Harry Potter), Kitty-Kirk (Star Treks James T. Kirk), Kitty-Spock (Star Treks Spock), and Purrlock Holmes (Sherlocks Sherlock Holmes).

Reception
Newsrama's Chris Arrant called Jenny Parks a "noted cat painter." Visual News's Jessica Czeck said Doctor Mew made Jenny Parks "internet famous."