Diana Vick is an illustrator and writer whose work has appeared in numerous different genres through the years. She began doing fan art in fanzines, including Apaloosa and BCApa back in the early eighties. One of her early influences was Wendy Pini’s Elfquest and she did artwork for many of the Elfquest fanzines. Diana Vick resides in Seattle Washington with her husband. Professional History In 1990, Edd Vick (no relation) invited her to do production work for MU Press, an independent comic book company and eventually she became the art director. During her time at MU she helped create books such as Beauty of the Beasts and Wild Kingdom (now WILD!) which she also did writing and illustration for. In 1995 she began to do card art for collectible card games such as Magic the Gathering, Shadowfist and Legends of the Five Rings. She has had around a hundred and fifty cards published in various card games. In other venues, she did cleanup work for several animated series such as Gargoyles and WildC.A.T.s, and helped ink an issue of Strikeforce: Morituri for Marvel Comics. She has been the guest of honor at Conifur in Seattle in 1998 and Darkcon in Phoenix in 2004. Currently she is concentrating on her own line of greeting cards and other gift items. She is also the vice chair for Steamcon.
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