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Just over a year ago we mentioned that Laurence Yep’s popular fantasy novel The Tiger’s Apprentice would be on its way to movie screens in 2022. Well now thanks to AWN we have an update: “Time to brush up on your Chinese Zodiac! Hunky Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians, Last Christmas) is set to lend his vocal talents to his first ever voice acting gig as the shape-shifting tiger, Mr. Hu, in Paramount Animation’s feature film adaptation of Laurence Yep’s 2003 best-selling children’s book, The Tiger’s Apprentice. The film marks the feature directing debut for Carlos Baena, a former Pixar animator known for his work on Wall-E and Toy Story 3, as well as his award winning 2019 animated short, La Noria… The Tiger’s Apprentice, book one in a trilogy of the same name, follows Tom, a young boy living in San Francisco. The real world and one of magic collide when Tom meets Mr. Hu, a talking tiger who mentors the child in the art of mystical protection against evil.” No word yet on any changes to the date, so hopefully we can still look forward to it on February 11th, year after next.

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In the about-damn-time department, word is spreading fast that Stan Sakai’s iconic furry comic Usagi Yojimbo is being adapted into a new animated TV series for Netflix of all places… but, with a twist. Here’s how Comics Beat put it: “Variety reports that Netflix and Gaumont Animation are teaming to create a CGI animated series based on the character. The series will be executive produced by Sakai, titled Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles, along with a handful of others including Mike Richardson of Dark Horse Entertainment and James Wan. According to Variety, the series won’t be a straight adaptation of Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo series, but will use the comics as lore for a series set in the far future. The story will follow Rabbit Samurai Yuichi, a descendant of Miyamoto Usagi, and ‘a ragtag team of misfit heroes’ who accompany him on his quest to live up to his ancestor’s legacy.” Stay tooned for more news about a release date.

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大家好！皓然今天又要為各位帶來繪師們的作品啦！這次要為各位帶來的，是由艾莉克斯所繪製的《夏天就是要吃冰》。

在炎炎夏日中，來上一根冰涼的冰棒，總是獸生中的一大享受。讓我們跟著艾莉克斯一起，在這熾熱的夏天中享用沁涼的冰棒吧！

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作者：艾莉克斯

作品名稱：夏天就是要吃冰

If you haven’t heard yet: Free Comic Book Day is on this year — but in a different way. Now it’s Free Comic Book Summer, where the samplers will be passed out in batches over several weeks, rather than all at once, as a way to prevent crowding at comic book stores. And here’s one we found right off the bat… Brett Bean is an illustrator and character designer who is a “frequent face” at comic book convention artist alleys. Well now he’s come out with his own series of full-color graphic novels called Zoo Patrol Squad. “The lion has gone missing? The king cobra has vanished? Sounds like a job for the Zoo Patrol Squad! Timid Fennlock Fox and outgoing Penny the Pig team up for their first adventure as they look for clues to track down the missing animals in their usually peaceful zoo.” The free Zoo Patrol Squad sampler is available now at a comic shop near you (wear a mask and visit safely!) and the first graphic novel in the series, Kingdom Caper, is available for order on line. Oh, and visit Brett’s web site to see more of what he’s worked on too.

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It’s the internationally famous mouse investigator Geronimo Stilton — like you’ve never seen him before, thanks to Tom Angleberger and The Sewer Rat Stink.  From the Cheshire Public Library review: “Angleberger, best known for his Origami Yoda series, adapts the escapades about the renowned rat reporter into a graphic novel. A horrible stench has invaded New Mouse City, and citizens are leaving in droves. So Geronimo and his old pal private detective Hercule Poirat venture into the smelly sewers of Mouse Island, where they discover a secret society of rats plotting to take over the world.” With an original story by Elisabetta Dami, The Sewer Rat Stink is available now in hardcover.

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You knew we were gonna use that reference for this, right? Here’s what we found at Animation World Network: “Xilam Animation has reached distribution deals with Nickelodeon for the CGI animated series Athleticus… Targeting family audiences, Athleticus is produced by Xilam’s recently acquired CGI-studio Cube Creative and features wild animals taking part in competitive sports, ranging from table tennis to high bar, bobsleigh to curling. How successful the animals are at each of the sports entirely depends on their personality and anatomies resulting in very comical, and often poetic, results. The series is created and directed by the award-winning Nicolas Deveaux.” While the distribution deal does not include much of North America (typical!), many of the Athleticus shorts have made their way to YouTube, and there’s a sampler commercial there as well.

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夏日祭典又更新啦！

這次我們要為各位帶來的是由虎魄所畫的精彩作品。大家一起在這炎炎夏日中邊吃西瓜，邊欣賞由虎魄為我們帶來的作品吧！

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English article 鉴于最近发生的喬治・佛洛伊德被警察谋杀的事件，许多的积极分子运动试图提高人们对当今社会仍在发生的种族不公正现象的认识。种族不平等的问题再一次被这些事件所揭露，直到有色人种在我们的社区中感到安全，许多人认为我们还有很长的路要走。 无论是科幻圈或毛兽圈，这些粉都一向来并不总是那么多样化的。随着这些粉都的发展，以前被忽视的成员逐渐得到互相意识并希望被看到。现在，来自马里兰州的一群毛兽们正打算自己动手，主要在BIPOC（黑人、土著和有色人种）社区的帮助下举办一个大展。 Harvest Moon Howl Fest将在马里兰州一个200英亩的营地举行，是全球众多兽展中最新的一个。然而，与大众不同的是，Harvest Moon Howl Fest的主要目标是由BIPOC和其他边缘群体的人们在原有基础上建立一个兽展。董事会主要将由来自黑人社区的毛兽们管理，但该兽展的首席执行官向那些有顾虑的人们保证，来自所有任何背景的毛兽们都可以自由参加、志愿服务或申请当其工作人员。 该兽展将邀请参与者到用于大型节日的私人场地上露营，并会举办各种活动，这些活动包括兽装舞、团队游戏及现场音乐。这想法是在首席执行官Chise在一次慈善直播中在4个小时内帮助BIPOC社区筹集了9000多美元后实现的。 “这想法在过去被提出当建议，之后看到我们最近直播成功之后，我们认为，如果BIPOC社区能够在四个小时内聚集在一起，并一起筹到如此这么大的数字，想象一下我们在兽展上能做出什么。更何况一直以来都在努力争取一个由BIPOC主导的兽展董事会会帮助满足一个多元化兽圈的需求和愿望。” ——HMFF首席执行官Chise 她还觉得，似乎来自社区的围绕这些问题的担忧被忽视了。”我认为BIPOC社区中那些人的许多担忧都没有被听到。无论是关于他们对那些可能参展的仇恨团体，还是某些展会的董事会中缺乏代表而感到不适，这个展会都会试图将这些负面的感觉给消除。” 之后在推特，有一小部分的用户，为了激起人们的不认同感，他们对其展表达了担忧，甚至给《丰收之月》电子游戏系列的开发者Natsume打上了标签。该公司然后对其兽展表达了支持，但有评论者抱怨说他“对看到Natsume支持种族隔离而感到悲哀”。很快的，该展的董事会打消了这些关于他们“将参与者限于BIPOC”的误解。 Chise表示，他们致力于阻止这些谎言的传播。”你是直接从马的嘴里（英语习语“straight from the horse’s mouth”，指从本源或最信赖的来源得到信息）听到的。我们绝对是不分种族而向所有人开放的兽展。所有信息，除了来自我本人或我的董事会，都不是真的。” 制定该展的初步计划花了大约一周的时间。“我是那种当我有想法和愿景时而不会停止的人。”Chise说道。 看到该展第一次发布的公告有超过6000个回复，你可期待在2022年秋季在美国马里兰州光明崛起的首届Harvest Moon Howl Fest兽展。 该报道的本源是 Dogpatch Press. **编者注：自2020年7月16日新加坡时早晨1:05起，以尊重Midwest FurFest的知识产权政策和利益，Harvest Moon FurFest已被更名为Harvest Moon Howl Fest。

A fun episode thanks to my guest and long time friend Integro aka Bushi. Being black and gay growing up in Louisiana isn't easy, but as we weave the conversation from one outrageous situation to the next I come to understand how he came to be the friend I know him as today. We discuss discovering sexuality, how cops are viewed by minorities and what it means to have representation in the furry fandom.

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Once again, they keep giving us titles that we just can’t top! Lizard In A Zoot Suit is a new full-color graphic novel written and illustrated by Marco Finnegan. “Los Angeles, 1943. It’s the era of the Zoot Suit Riots, and Flaca and Cuata have a problem. It’s bigger than being grounded by their strict mother. It’s bigger than tensions with the soldiers stationed nearby. And it’s shaped like a five-foot-tall lizard. When a lost member of an unknown underground species needs help, the sisters must scramble to keep their new friend away from a corrupt military scientist—but they’ll do it in style.” Lizard is available now from Lerner Publishing.

image c. 2020 Lerner Publishing

点击这里，读中文报道 UNITED STATES (DOGPATCH PRESS) – In light of recent events regarding the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the police, activist movements have tried to raise awareness of the racial injustices which are still happening in today’s society. The issue of racial inequality has once again been brought to light by these […]

English report here 临近年底，新冠疫情仍在发展。今年的兽展取消趋势也是如此。 然而，众多对新冠肺炎“第二波”的担忧进一步引起了周围的关注。《福布斯》最近报道，法国顶级科新冠肺炎科学顾问认为，未来几个月，北半球 “极有可能 “出现第二波新冠肺炎，这可能 “比第一波大得多”。 这导致日本兽展Japan Meeting of Furries（JMoF）最近推迟至2022年——这是2021年首个被取消的兽展。该展在一份声明中提到，即使日本的疫情局势逐渐趋于平静，但关于何时能完全控制的预测 “寥寥无几”，专家们 “都认为要为下一次爆发做准备”。 即使2021年的一个兽展没有了，不过就在最近，有一个活动已经决定将在明年的展会上完全虚拟化。 在美国，位于威斯康星州的兽展FurSquared正是如此。兽展工作人员之一Firr在最近的公告视频中表示，此举是考虑到与会者的安全，同时可以给举办团队 “尽可能多的时间 “来规划虚拟活动。 有些人可能会说我们玩得太过安全了，但我们宁可在最后显得我们反应过激，也不愿意让一个参会者或酒店工作人员处于危险之中。很多人可能会说我们叫得太早了，但我们宁愿给自己尽可能多的时间来举办一个虚拟活动。 Firr FurSquared工作人员 更多有关其线上兽展即将到来。 FurSquared 2021将定于明年2021年2月24至26日以虚拟形式举行。 兽展最新情报 关于疫情与兽圈，本周没有兽展被取消。不过，有2个兽展已被取消，他们是FursonaCon（美国弗吉尼亚州）及Furry Takeover（美国北卡罗来纳州）。这两个在6月中旬宣布取消的展会今日已在本台的电子表格上更新了。 因此，今年共有77个兽展被取消，4被延迟，20将在今年举行。

点击这里，读中文报道 As we are approaching the end of the year, the COVID-19 pandemic still develops. So does the trend of furcons cancelling for this year. However, numerous fears of a ‘second wave’ of COVID-19 has further raised concerns around. In a recent report by Forbes, top Covid-19 scientific advisors in France believe a second wave […]

Okay, so, they’re back! Should we feel silly that we didn’t catch them the first time? Anyway, here’s what Alterna Comics has to say: “Readers of all ages rejoice! Fan favorites Mr. Crypt and Baron Rat are back in an all-new series! In this issue, the friendly duo search for a mysterious creature in the woods that has been terrorizing the local townsfolk. Expect the unexpected!” This new three-issue miniseries is written by Troy Vevasis and illustrated by Aleksandar Jovic.

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Link Roundup:

• The Fandom Film articles
  • Post Gazette
  • Flayrah
  • Cartoon Brew
  • Chipfoxx’s Tweet about Netflix Suggestions
• Virtual Anthrocon ends with zero attendees but two fursuiters
  • Virtual Anthrocon Closing Ceremonies
  • Firr Tweet 1
  • Firr Tweet 2
  • A few still showed up
• Socialist Teeth
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• JayGryphon’s VRChat Piloting lessons
• There’s a new Twitch rival by Tencent but should you trust them?
• BNA came out
  • Benjamin’s Tweet
  • Netflix’s Tweet
• Megaplex Online
• VirtualFurence
• AFCI canceled
• Lil Nas X wants a fursuit?
• Tampa Florida furmeet under fire for meeting during COVID
• Somerville MA becomes the first city to recognize polyamorous domestic partnerships
  • ChosenFamilyLaw Tweet
  • TMZ Article
• Hard Times making fun of furries
• Artist who was stolen from asking for help on KoFi, from Tinka
• RedWulf on Twitter draws an art thread on their COVID-19 experience
• New taur league of legends character
• San Francisco introduces CAREN act to prevent racial motivated 911 calls
• New camping BIPOC run furry con coming 2022
• Chrome & Firefox are getting the new AVIF image file format
• Bandanimals from Nomad back in stock
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• Trash Cat Dani had a bad week everyone give them a hug
• French Parliament passes porn age verification legislation
• Bearly Furcasting feat. Taebyn interviews Kyell Gold

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• Loose Cows block Michigan Highway
• This Blowjob Machine Designed For Teslas On Autopilot Is A Terrible Idea But Probably Not Why You Think
• ESPN Doesn’t think NBA Players can last a few weeks let alone 3 months without sex
• Fans of Horror and Disaster Films are more Capable of Handling the Pandemic

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This week, fragile furries want to speak to the Moon's manager, the FGC's me too continues to spread, Texas cancels everything, and maws are socialist.

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This week we spend time with furry author Kyell Gold, Taebyn teaches a squirrel how to chase his tail, and another episode of This or That. Spend an hour with Bearly and Taebyn. 

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A conversation about the furry documentary "The Fandom" really got the ball rolling down inequality at furcons whether it be within staff or panels on the floor. It was a pleasure to chat with Jason Blade and get his perspective, and personal insight into the funny ways sexuality happens. Okay, most people don't get started from Typhlosion x Tyrannitor smut, but I digress. 

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If you thought you couldn’t get away from that song before… check out what we just found on Animation World Network: “Nickelodeon is expanding the underwater world of Baby Shark with the greenlight of a new animated preschool series, Baby Shark’s Big Show! (working title), based on the world-famous pop culture phenomenon. Co-produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and SmartStudy, the 2D-animated series (26 half-hour episodes) will follow Baby Shark and his best friend William as they journey on fun-filled comedic adventures in their community of Carnivore Cove, meet new friends and sing original catchy tunes along the way… Baby Shark’s Big Show! will debut with an all-new original holiday special this December, with premieres rolling out across Nickelodeon’s preschool platforms in spring 2021. Following the U.S. launch, the series will roll out on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels internationally… Baby Shark launched on YouTube in November 2015 and amassed 5.7 billion views, becoming the second most-watched video in the platform’s history.” Just in case you needed to be reminded of that.

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