MEET JURDY

Meet Jurdy

Written by Jenifer Jurden

Jenifer Reed Jurden

Born in 1958 in Wilmington, Delaware, Jenifer Jurden was raised in a cartooning household where making others laugh was top priority. She credits her father Jack Jurden, a longtime syndicated editorial cartoonist for her abilities to infuse a unique outlook on seemingly simple everyday life. Drawing before she could even walk, Jenifer learned to communicate volumes in a single picture. At the age of eight, she noticed her father’s character at the bottom of his cartoons, and decided there and then to create a character of her own. Hence, Jurdy was born… an other-worldly character who understands our human frenzy and offers comic relief amidst our harried lives! Over the years, a strong friendship formed between this dynamic duo— first handing out cartoons on her school bus at age nine, to later distributing weekly cartoons at work.