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submitted by fxscreamer
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submitted by user812
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So I've been on the subreddit for a year or two and noticed a lot of people have custom flairs that go with their corresponding fursona. I don't mean the pre-designed ones you see when you click "edit flair."

How does one put their design up? Or do I have to talk to somebody? Or is there some goal I have to reach? There is no info on the side bar about this.

submitted by FrankfurterSinatra
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It's my favorite comic ever! It has a great storyline, amazing art, and every character is an anthro! Google it and look at the art and you'll see. :)

submitted by lyssinator
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Animated adventure with an “Awesome 90s” flair…

Nine Lives of Claw: The Animated Series

Kickstarter ending 3/20/15

This one’s a throwback to the slick-but-funny action cartoons of the 90s, made by a team built from some of the top properties of the stellar run of CGI fantasies from the last few years. You can see the aesthetic influence of SWAT Kats‘s grim but colorful felines, the themed technology from Road Rovers (maybe not to the redogulous degree of RR, but we’re just looking at pedigree, here). I think they may have borrowed Batman Beyond‘s swatchbook, but I’m not sure about that, the future was designed on an Ipad and that’s all there is to it.

Claw’s 21st century ancestry–well, it’s got some chops. The experience in this project is vast and colorful. The series director is Alessandro Ongaro, who’s done effects work on Over the Hedge, Madagascar, Flushed Away, How To Train Your Dragon, One of the Kung Fu Panda movies, and Constantine (it’s not furry, one of my favorites though…) Producer Tony Cosanella has  touched The Emperor’s New Groove, Madagascar, and a few Disney and Pixar films. The series co-creators, Gary Pilla and Greg Scheetz, may have shorter furry fandom resumes–Gary Pilla is a branding wizard and writer, which might go a ways to explaining Claw’s slick look and feel. Greg Scheetz, graphic designer and concept artist, I haven’t been able to find much on, he may have been forged by the gods as a co-creator.

Bad dogs. Very, VERY bad dogs.

Babble, babble. The series itself looks like a lot of fun! The dark-future city of Anonymous is infested by the kind of crazy villains you can only get in supers cartoons that don’t take themselves too seriously. It’s a bleak future to begin with–water and other resources are scarce, and into that mix the all-canine crime syndicate, the Malicious Urban Thugs and Thieves, makes their flea-ridden appearance. It will take a hero to break MUTT’s hold on the city of Anonymous–and reluctantly, streetwise, cynical Claw and his gadget-happy mouse sidekick, Edison will be that hero. Those heroes. Grammar!

With him on the journey are some strong allies–privatized power advocate Purrfessor  Purrnelope (oh, the puns), and the man with the name so awesome it should probably be reconsidered, Trash Manhole, sanitation expert, and his truck of action, the TNT (Trash Negation Transport). Lots of gadgets–some of which you can get as Kickstarter backers–and an interestingly edgy theme song by Positive Chaos. If you’ve got a theme, you’re halfway to funded.

So, looking at the Kickstarter itself. It’s a great survey of the product, showing off the technology–stylish and retro, crazy and future, gritty and apocalypse-noire–lots of characters, lots of toys! It’s actually kind of visually overwhelming, even cluttered, which given that Gary Pilla helped brand Apple.Com, seems a little strange. The general feeling I get looking at “Nine Lives of Claw” is that it’s a secondary funding source for a product that’s got at least some Hollywood backing. From other Kickstarters, it seems like $20K is about the place where “my series pilot” starts, and this is “my series.” But it’s hard to reliably fund a project through Kickstarter when your goal is by necessity in the $100,000+ territory, so using Kickstarter as a part  of a strategy for a large Hollywood project makes sense.

The rewards cover a huge range of levels, with some of the standard “hug” levels, the baseball card and tee levels, soaring up to some lofty animation cels, limited edition schematics, your voice in the series, and some unique pieces like the prop models for some of Claw’s toys, and the $10K corporate angel with product placement in the show. This, I think, covers all eventualities.

I do like the $8,000 piece, which actually seems like it might actually be a legitimate asset if you have some very specific life path in mind–being folded into the project team as an a sort of observer/intern role. Doesn’t look like a working position, mostly just a chance to be on calls and meetings and see the studio. Still, it’s an interesting investment in series production.

So, where we’re at: if you don’t donate, bad dogs are going to take the water and power away from the poor Anonymous townsfolk. Personally, I can’t live with that. Check out Claw and see if you want to get involved!

Follow @furstarter on twitter for the latest fur-friendly crowdfunding projects!

 

 

submitted by Kreittis
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submitted by 1NiteFang1
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submitted by SilvrFoxie
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New Members

Welcome to our newest member Kris Schnee!

Member News

Mary E. Lowd has had stories published in Apex and Daily Science Fiction, Renee Carter Hall’s “The Frog Who Swallowed the Moon” appears in the latest volume of Spark: A Creative Anthology, Patrick “Bahumat” Rochefort’s serial From Winter’s Ashes has posted chapter 1.3, and the latest novel by Rose LaCroix, The Vimana Incident, is now available from FurPlanet.

(Members: Want your news here? Start a thread in our Member News forum!)

Market News

Upcoming deadlines: Anthologies ROAR #6 and Claw the Way to Victory close to submissions on April 1, and submissions to Weasel Press’ Typewriter Emergencies close on May 1. See our Paying Markets page for more info, and get your stories in!

Openings: The third volume of Rabbit Valley’s Trick or Treat anthology series is now open for submissions (deadline June 1).

Remember to keep an eye on our Calls for Submissions thread and our Publishing and Marketing forum for the latest news and openings!

Guild News

Today’s the last day to get your responses in for the 2015 Member Feedback Survey! See this thread in the member forums for the links to the 2-part survey.

We’re still open for guest blog post submissions! Good exposure and a great way to help out your fellow writers. See our guidelines for the details.

Need a beta reader? Check out our critique board (you’ll need to be registered with the forum in order to view it).

Want to hang out and talk shop with other furry writers? Come join us for the Coffeehouse Chats, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern, Thursdays at 12 p.m. Eastern, and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Eastern — all held right in the forum shoutbox. More info here. Remember, our forums are open to everyone, not just FWG members. Come register and join the conversation!

That’s all for this month! As always, send an email to furwritersguild (at) gmail.com with news, suggestions, and other feedback, or just comment here.

 

Hey all! I've been given the go-ahead by /u/ObsoletePixel to continue this awesome weekly tradition. For those of you who haven't seen these before, the social threads are places where anyone can start a topic thread, and anyone can comment on that topic. It's a fun, community-driven way to get to know each other.

Feel free to talk about whatever you feel like, but here's a question to start you off: What do you do that you think is unique?(e.g. I sometimes sit outside in pajamas during 10 degree weather to meditate.) Have Fun!

Edit: 100 comments! Way to be social, furry peoplez! Anyway, if you come late to the party, feel free to keep this thread alive. It should be active until next week, when we get a whole new one.

submitted by heughcumber
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submitted by fa_mirror
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submitted by GrungeFox22
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I'm a furry that just moved to Wellington (New Zealand). I would really like to meet up with and hang out with some other furries. If you're in Wellington and you're a fur please let me know, I'd love to meet up for a drink or coffee and just have a chat.

PM me please.

Alternatively, if you are not a Kiwi fur but want a pen pal I would love to send and receive postcards from overseas. You also should PM me.

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submitted by Chaos_Kitten
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And the theme for this month is...

drumroll

The old west!

For those who don't know, this means placing your (or someone else's) fursona into the theme in any manner of your choosing. This could mean drawing something, writing a story, or even putting together a song. The possibilities are endless!

So sit on down while i russle up some grub, tonight we're campin' out under the stars.

submitted by CodenameCaboose
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Life is a scary adventure on board Space Base 8. At least from the point of view of Cargo, the base’s resident Rocketship Crash Test Monkey. Cargo, along with a menagerie of aliens and robots, are the “stars” (that’s a joke) of Space Base 8, an on-line comic strip created and illustrated by David Scott Smith. Check out the Space Base 8 web site to see the latest comic and find out about picking up the first compilation book, Blast Off! It’s available as an e-book, in print, and as a special “artist’s edition” which includes a free personalized sketch.

image c. 2015 by David Scott Smith

 

submitted by hosepipethefox
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submitted by stonerhippiemutt
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In editing this episode it was hard to find a spot where we weren’t laughing. From Silly String (Tragic String) to serious discussion from the few emails we read, we covered quite a lot.

Download MP3

Watch Video News:

• Two-Father Babies Could Soon Be Possible, With No Egg Donor Required
• UK Becomes First Country To Legalize Three-Parent IVF
• Why Everything You Know About Wolf Packs Is Wrong
• This new gadget charges your phone while you pleasure yourself
• Man Who Tried To Have Sex With Mailbox Found Dead
• Firefighters rescue man’s penis from toaster – then warn people to start using “common sense”

Emails:

• Sting the Stag – “Update on assexuality”
• Vivaldist Sanguine – “Question About Cons”
• Shing thatissototalyweird – “Cons!!!”

Discussion:

• Furs and Media
• Eating at a FurCon (So Nope)

Emails Cont:

• Nero Nidhög – “Long-distance trouble”

FC-191 Not Sure If Murr - In editing this episode it was hard to find a spot where we weren't laughing. From Silly String (Tragic String) to serious discussion from the few emails we read, we covered quite a lot.

In editing this episode it was hard to find a spot where we weren’t laughing. From Silly String (Tragic String) to serious discussion from the few emails we read, we covered quite a lot.

Download MP3

Watch Video News:

• Two-Father Babies Could Soon Be Possible, With No Egg Donor Required
• UK Becomes First Country To Legalize Three-Parent IVF
• Why Everything You Know About Wolf Packs Is Wrong
• This new gadget charges your phone while you pleasure yourself
• Man Who Tried To Have Sex With Mailbox Found Dead
• Firefighters rescue man’s penis from toaster – then warn people to start using “common sense”

Emails:

• Sting the Stag – “Update on assexuality”
• Vivaldist Sanguine – “Question About Cons”
• Shing thatissototalyweird – “Cons!!!”

Discussion:

• Furs and Media
• Eating at a FurCon (So Nope)

Emails Cont:

• Nero Nidhög – “Long-distance trouble”

FC-191 Not Sure If Murr - In editing this episode it was hard to find a spot where we weren't laughing. From Silly String (Tragic String) to serious discussion from the few emails we read, we covered quite a lot.