Jenny Parks is the author of Star Trek Cats. She is also a scientific illustrator with a penchant for drawing animals, dinosaurs, imaginary creatures and people as cats. With a BFA in illustration from the California College of the Arts, and a graduate degree in Science Illustration from UC Santa Cruz, she now resides in Denver, CO as a freelance illustrator, fulfilling her destiny to make a living drawing cute, fuzzy things. She first gained internet fame with the illustration 'Doctor Mew,' and has most recently done variant covers for a few Marvel comics for their Animal Variant series. Check out more of her work here: http://www.jennyparks.com/
It's a bizarre idea, and one that Parks manages to pull off with a combination of wit, charm, and an ability to somehow make these hideous creatures look cute. Starburst magazine