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S3 Episode 4 – The Unwritten Rules of the Fandom - Roo and Tugs make it back to the studio to record this deluxe length episode where we explore the unwritten rules of the fandom. What are they? Things we all should know but somehow don't. Things like bat
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Music & Breaks
Opening theme: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Radio Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Musical Break: Dex Dubious - Bubbles in the Wine. USA: Vanguard Records, 2004. Used with permission.
Listener mail segment: Eskadet – Back To Kyoto ; from the album “Solitudes” (Lemongrassmusic, 2010) - www.lemongrassmusic.de - Used under license.
Closing: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Chill Out Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Next episode: Transformation – sometimes known as shapeshifting or polymorphing. Transformation has long been a part of the furry fandom and society in general. For some it’s a turn-on. For others it’s a fantastic myth. Do you like the idea of the sexy Mystique from X-Men? Do you want it forced on you? How would you feel if you woke up completely as your character? Send us your questions and thoughts about transformation and shapeshifting as we explore this facet of the furry fandom. S3 Episode 4 – The Unwritten Rules of the Fandom - Roo and Tugs make it back to the studio to record this deluxe length episode where we explore the unwritten rules of the fandom. What are they? Things we all should know but somehow don't. Things like bat
DailyFurBlog closes after two year run
Starting My Anthromorph/Human/Mythical Writing Experiement, Looking For Characters
Alright, so long story short: I am doing a writing experiment based on a world I have built over the past 10-12 years. Currently, I am working on the earlier years (The gods creating the world, etc) and having art done for characters that eventually appear.
Well, I need some more ancillary characters for this world, characters that I know exist but haven't figured out what they are, or their names. If you would like to have your Fursona in this experiment, please give me the following information:
Species Name General characteristics, personality, all that fun stuff.
I am making no money on this project, so I cannot offer you money for using it, but if you give me a really, really good character, I can offer you a month of gold for being awesome. Also, if your character becomes central character, a few pieces of art will be done for them, and I will give you a copy of all that art (And include you in credits if you desire).
Edit
Okay, someone brought up some valid questions, and said I should include some more information, and as such I will.
Utlimately, my goal is to build a living, breathing world. Not by writing a bunch of 500 page books, but rather by building it almost blog like in a way. There will be larger articles that go into an event, shorter articles on different characters within the world, a bit on their history and their role within the world, and then shorter articles yet as newspapers that will come out once a month, and will get into events in, as of now, 6 plot lines running in tandem. Eventually those shorter articles will become longer and longer thus the sort of living world idea.
This will be run as a website, which will be free to read through. I plan to make no money on this, unless someone really wants to throw a donation or two at me. All the artwork that will be available will be paid for by myself (I have an artist who has done work for Marvel and a number of other comic book companies who will be doing the artwork). All the bandwidth, the hosting, the design, everything will be paid for by me.
Now, as for a bit of backstory: I am going to give you the Reader's Digest version of the beginnings of the world:
Two gods were created with the soul purpose of creating a new world. They were given the ability to visit any world in existence, and continue to have that ability despite being living beings in the world (No sky fairy here, as r/atheism might say). They travelled to hundreds of worlds, some developing, some developed, and found a deep fascination with humans, despite the fact that at the time we were crawling out of caves and just figuring out that if you stick a sharp rock on a stick you could kill something quicker with it. They saw great promise in humans, but they saw a fault: The animals around us had more strength in some ways than humans had. Thus, they combined the two, the abilities of humans with the strength of animals and the first paws walked upon the land.
The gods continued to monitor humans checking on their progress for thousands upon thousands of years. They watched the myths form, they watched the human's gods come and go. One set of myths most intrigued these two gods, and that was those of dragons, gryphons, the great beasts. Now, at this time, there was no way for long distance travel on the Crystal Islands, nor was there a great need for it as at the time the land was small and the residents were not a huge number so as to not over-burden the land. The gods brought dragons into existence, though on a smaller scale then the myths talked about, and with that gave more land to the residents, and the residents began to spread apart.
The gods then, as they began to expand the world, began to look over the Earth's many varied regions, from the deserts, to the great jungles, and began to replicate some of those as they expanded. They avoided the extremes as they did not feel it fair to have their creations end up in the frigid cold of Antarctica, nor the extreme heat of the great deserts. Thus, the population grew, and set up homes in many regions.
The gods also, around this time, decided to give magic to their people. Not what Pagans practice, but magic as it was in the tales. One child was born with innate magical ability, and grew with an innate ability to teach that ability, and thus the first of the two schools was created: The massive magic school which sits upon it's very own island and takes up 30-40 acres of land.
And there I end this tale. I have given enough backstory to explain a bit about the world, yet I leave out the juicy events that occur between these events, and after these events. I have what would be the equivalent of 4 500 page novels worth of stories for this world, and the process of taking them from the notebooks, and bringing them digital is a slow one, slowed down by having to work as well. It is also a great feeling to bring them to a form that can be saved away safely. The process of building the backend to support such an idea is also a slow one, but it too is making process.
TLDR: Read it.
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Storms Over Open Fields now available on Kindle.
Like it says, the sequel to Light on Shattered Water is now available in Amazon's Kindle store. For those not familiar with that, it's the story of a human catapulted into a parallel world inhabited by sentient felines and all the goings-on and shenanigans that entails. If that sounds interesting, you might want to take a look. Storms Over Open Fields is the second book in the series, now with new cover and maps - Storms Over Open Fields
The first book is available here, Light on Shattered Water
If you want to try before you buy, the older versions are still floating around on the net. Just let the Googles do their thing.
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I finally put plastic pen to usb tablet and made an official reference sheet for my fursona. Meet Jacob the Fox!
Anthrocon 2013: Sardyuon Drives the Mach 5
Upcoming furry comics for August 2013 (Previews and Marvel Previews)
‘Top Cat’ theatrical feature coming August 2
Furfunding Week in Review: 7-14-13
For the birds: Birdland and the Gothitropolis “Raven” line.
This week, two Kickstarters focusing on that rarest of birds, the anthropomorphic, well, bird. One’s a graphic novel set in Jazz Age NYC, the other’s six inches tall, plastic, and pissed off. But both have an attention to detail that’s nothing short of amazing. No more bird puns, I promise. Well, one.
And then a bunch of other stuff.
“Jazz, European Classical music and Baroque opera converge to help track a killer in this anthropomorphic 1930 New York City crime noir.” –Kickstarter
Imagine the lush detail, dense and full world realized in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. A world so packed with energy, detail, and scope that it could only exist in black and white–adding color would simply be an overwhelming explosion, a riot that washed away the art. This is the rich, detailed B&W imagery of Shane Murphy’s Birdland, but with a sound track inspired by the fading strains of the Jazz Age, the Roaring Twenties, and a little classical/baroque.
Birdland unrolls a noir detective yarn about Rezno Piano, a man–well, a bird–trying to solve a series of deaths linked by a mysterious piece of music. Music and musical metaphor runs throughout the story, informed by jazz, classical, ballroom, opera…it’s unfortunate that Murphy didn’t include a soundtrack as a stretch goal! “Music,” the author says, “is arguably the main character of Birdland.”
Speaking of characters–it makes sense that in a story that’s about music should be told using a full aviary of herons, raves, doves, peacocks–a city full of birds, reveling in a world caught between the swirl of the 20s and the crash of the Great Depression.
The art of Birdland is amazingly detailed, and completly hand-drawn. I’m most strongly reminded of the illustrator David Macaulay, whose books Castle and Cathedral carried so much fine penwork you could read every line in the brick. The kickstarter has several completed pages from Birdland to look through, and it’s already made goal. Is it too early to be looking forward to pages from Issue #2?
Gothitropolis Raven (and other) Action Figures
To paraphrase a dated commercial, “with a name like Gothitropolis, it has to be dark, brooding, and overwrought.” And we have achieved that goal. It’s just possible that anthro birds aren’t your thing–maybe you’d prefer Anubis or the minotaur lines and hippo/boar/elephant figures from the related series, “Seventh Kingdom.” But if you ARE of the feathery persuasion, and frustrated that you haven’t been able to fill your toy shelf with a collection of strapping, vaguely Egyptian bird warriors, well, carpe that diem.
Four Horsemen Studios has a long and storied career, so far as involvement in the “Action figures for boys who grew up, kind of” market goes. The company’s four chiefs originally worked for Todd McFarlane’s miniatures company, with a hand in the work that defined horror miniatures in the mid-90s–I still have their awesome werewolf set somewhere in my closet. So, these guys have cred. Their strategy lately has been to survey the internet to get fan input on their new lines, which may be why they’ve been sculpting species that are a few steps away from the usual cat girls and warrior tigers.
The “ravens” Kickstarter takes nonstandard and runs with it, with a warrior cardinal, vulture, griffin, phoenix, and a duck named “minotaur” (there’s a joke there that I’m not getting.) In the event that they meet their higher stretch goals, wings, both skeletal and feathery, make their appearance. Each of these figures is filled with little details–fretwork armor, sidearms, and so on. They will absolutely own your toy shelf at work, and put your coworkers’ pictures of their children to shame. However, Four Horsemen tends to work from the “collectible, short time only” model, so these may never make it to a toy store near you, and individual models may be harder to find than others, so the Kickstarter may be the only way to get a complete clutch of these guys.
Audio
Sockweb Werewolf (Ends: 7/22/2013)
8-year-old grindcore artist Joanie and her dad–Sockweb–working on “the only concept album ever made by an eight year old,” all about a girl that made friends with the werewolf under the bed. Oh, and musical screaming.
“The Incredible Hare” (Ends: 7/20/2013)
Illustrated book/ebook project: Harold Hopper, Man to Rabbit to Reality TV Show celebrity. A gentle parody of fame, and a kid-friendly book about fame and the media.
The Dragon Princess (Ends: 8/2/2013)
A princess cursed to be a half-dragon, half-human creature looks for love to lift her curse.
Talonridge: Book II (Ends: 8/5/2013)
Heavily-illustrated young adult series of mice on a mission in a fantasy world, very “Mousegard”
Part two of a planned 63-book series. That’s ambition!
The Tales of Shakespuss (Ends: 8/3/2013)
Stripped-down, lightened up, and retold versions of Shakespeare for kids, live action, theatre, and animated.
Halo Mini Illuminated Pet Collars (Ends: 7/26/2013)
LED-illuminated pet collars with deep color and flash mode.
I know, these are for dogs. But they’d match one of my costumes!
Right to Bear Arms tees (Ends: 8/9/2013)
Tee shirts with long, furry sleeves
Cute tees, unfortunately the shirt slogans aren’t as funny as the concept.
Kings of the Wasteland (Ends: 7/17/2013)
Action, revenge, and anthro dogs and cats in an apocalyptic wasteland
“Not Enough Rings” – A Sonic the Hedgehog Parody Comic (Ends: 7/19/2013)
A side-project of the Bittersweet Candy Bowl folks, a little romp through the wackier side of Sonic the Hedgehog.
Of course, you can already read the webcomic online, but lots of people have already made the book a success!
Dreamkeepers: Prelude (Ends: 7/31/2013)
A bound edition of the Dreamkeepers “prelude” webcomic, with a cast of graceful, stylized and colorful critters.
More artsnstuff on the Dreamkeepers FA account.
The Legend of MonkeyRonin (Ends: 7/31/2013)
A comic series featuring a Monkey King sort of character, very nice illustrations!
Animal Inphantry: Hupsalupa Beginnings (Ends: 8/2/2013)
A team of five critters takes to the street in a war against bullying.
Rabbit (Ends: 8/3/2013)
The graphic novel story of a rabbit working as a bar bouncer (among other things) in a city of carnivores
Sam & Fuzzy – Two Volume Omnibus (Ends: 8/7/2013)
The story of a man and a bear, in a crazy absurdist comic universe, a 1500-page epic comic collection.
World War Kaiju graphic novel (Ends: 8/12/2013)
What if the ultimate weapon that ended World War II didn’t usher in the atomic age, but the Kaiju (giant city-crushing monster) age? Excellent video, great retro propaganda visuals, and bizarre immersive stretch goal toys.
“Furry” is a stretch, but there’s a lot to like here for fans of giant, Tokyo-crushing armadillos.
Of Mice and Madness: Tails from Out There! (Ends: 8/15/2013)
The adventures of the mouse bounty hunter Othello and his trusted if dim cat steed as they travel the galaxy in search of riches.
More galleries and info at ofmiceandmadness.com.
Birdland (Ends: 8/22/2013)
A comic set in New York City, thick with jazz, noir, murder, and anthropomorphic birds
CANterlot, Ontario MLP Con (Ends: 8/9/2013)
Funding campaign for Ontario’s MLP convention in November
DerpyCon South (Ends: 8/14/2013)
Fundraising for Year 1 of DerpyCon South: the New Orleans Brony convention!
Batweasel: The Audacious Animated Web Series (Ends: 7/16/2013)
A loveable nerd falls victim to reality TV and becomes a terrible ass. Until he’s rescued by an evil genetically-mutated batweasel. You know, like you do.
The Taxidermy Wonders of Walter Potter (Ends: 7/17/2013)
A documentary about the man who single-handedly made Victorian anthropomorphic taxidermy a thing.
Razor: The Hipocrisy Eating Hyena (Ends: 7/19/2013)
Comedy/horror/action about a one hyena’s crusade against lies and double-speak. Live action, animation, comedy, and a bit of splatter. And hyenas.
Watch the video on this one :)
The Walking Tedd (Ends: 7/25/2013)
A young 20-something juggles her life, job, romance, and the sudden appearance of a zombie version of her favorite stuffed animal.
Finally, one zombie project reaches out from underneath the pile of hundreds…
“I Was Loved by a Rat” (Ends: 7/29/2013)
A twisted off-broadway fairy tale of a lonely woman, a chivalrous rat shut behind walls all his life, and their ill-fated love.
This theater group has launched some amazing dark comedies, I’m curious to learn more about this one, not a lot of information though…
24 Frames Animated Halloween Special (Ends: 7/29/2013)
A man faces off against an evil rabbit in this scary halloween short.
Animations, reviews, and shorts on 24Frames on YouTube.
Fursona Non Grata (Ends: 7/30/2013)
A play written for the fandom by the creator of American Dragon: Jake Long. What happens when a young woman brings her fiancée home to meet her all-furry family?
“This will be awesome if you can make it to California” seems to be a running joke in the fandom.
Solrac Ventures (Ends: 7/30/2013)
Animated short series for the bronies. Ponies: you can make it happen.
The art on this one’s pretty high quality. Pony fans should definitely take a look!
Cat’s View Feature Film (Ends: 8/21/2013)
A crime thriller filmed from a cat witness’s point of view, along with information about the life of a feral cat, trap/neuter/return projects, etc.
Anthro: Animating the Soul (Ends: 8/27/2013)
A documentary look at beloved anthro characters and their creators.
Stitchfan has broken this project up into a series of small-goal IGGs, interesting model and I hope to see it succeed!
BiPolar Bears (Ends: 9/1/2013)
Animated series about manic and depressive polar bear twins Manny and Preston (orderilies in a psych institute), the Post-Traumatic Puffins, Randolf the Alcoholic Reindeer, and other friends.
Bleah. The promo vid is “join me in my philosophy” rather than “here’s this cool product idea.” That plus very high goal/60-day campaign is a bad sign.
Pelted Primacy (Ends: 8/12/2013)
A Bicycle style card deck with anthro court cards and paw-print pips.
More of the artist’s work on DeviantArt.
Little Moon God Plush (Ends: 7/24/2013)
“A soft huggable little moon god to call your very own!” A tiny little Miyazaki-esque plush.
Gothitropolis Raven Action Figure (Ends: 8/12/2013)
Six action figures of 6-inch anthro birds in gothic fantasy inspired armor, with stretch goals for several more within reach.
Laika Believes: The Sun at Night (Ends: 8/9/2013)
A 2d action platformer featuring Laika, the Soviet space dog. Check the trailer.
Laika’s such a tragic story, I can’t blaim anyone for creating an alternate reality to give her a happy ending…
Questria: Princess Destiny (Ends: 8/18/2013)
A life simulation game with very familiar characters, human versions of the “mane six” from My Little Pony.
Fable Kart (Ends: 9/1/2013)
Multiplayer kart game in which the hare, turtle, and lots of animal friends crash and zoom around as they try to rescue the pages from Aesop’s storybook.
Dustbunny Pictures Comics (Ends: 7/17/2013)
A collection of five web comics, including Popiki’s Island, gearing up for an expansion and relaunch.
The Travelling Unicorn (Ends: 7/29/2013)
“A blog and vlog series about a girl who travels the world in a unicorn onesie.” Travel, interviews, a bit of randomness.
The Pandas Show (Ends: 8/9/2013)
Multimedia web/print/video game featuring…well, various pandas, and parodies involving pandas. It’s a lot of panda.
Trailer slide show here…I’m not sure it helps!
The Cyantian Chronicles (Ends: 8/11/2013)
A funding campaign for an online furry web comic.
I’ll take this entry down shortly, as this is an ongoing every other month fundraiser…
The World of Pokemon (Ends: 8/11/2013)
A rich look at the Pokemon universe, with artistic, scientific, architectural studies. Fascinating stuff! More images on DeviantArt
Naughty Dog Toys (Ends: 7/20/2013)
“new and exciting bedroom toys,” limited information on the IGG itself but you can check out their “Kaiju” model on FA, and more info in their FAQ/Blog.
Kaiju sex toy. Awesome.
Neko Adventures: Real Cat Girl Porn (Ends: 7/29/2013)
DVD/web release of cat girls, free from their imprisonment on DeviantArt and sexing it up IRL. Not just for manga anymore.
Pocket Pussies: The Legend of Seven Purity Seals (Ends: 8/9/2013)
Zelda/Pokemon hybrid exploration/battling seizure monsters game, loaded with cheesecake pokemon, cat girls, and assorted anime-esque hotness.
A Petgirl’s Story (Ends: 8/11/2013)
Petplay meets the children’s book format in a VERY adult and yet charmingly innocent story of a catgirl and her owner.
Okay, “charmingly innocent” is a stretch. Half the illustrations are online already. NSFW seriously. There’s a leather dogboy for canine fans.
Erotic Werebeast (Offbeatr voting period)
For transformation/female bodybuilder fans: a group of women test a formula that turns them into monstrous werebeasts (and soft-core stars).
“Meet the Mascots!” Animation (Ends: 8/18/2013): Relaunch of the “Mascots” project, teen angst with anthro sports mascots. No change to business plan, which already failed once…
Amazon Rage: Curse of the She-Wolf (Ends: 9/6/2013): A Buffy-esque miniseries featuring a female werewolf, possibly from outer space. Mmm, mediocre CGI werewolves are so hot right now.
Wildcast of the World (Ends: 8/25/2013): A web-based interactive resource to spread awareness of the remaining sildcat species.
Save Virachey Park (Ends: 9/10/2013): Campaign to install motion-trigger cameras in Virachey park, Cambodia, to show it’s a worthwhile preserve of endangerd species. Do it for the dholes!
Good Idea, Bad Idea (Ends: 7/17/2013): The New York City “Aniamiacs”-themed burlesque show goes to Minneapolis! Do watch the video, just…not at work…Hellooooo, nurse!
Stories of Bappa (Ends: 8/22/2013): Children’s graphic novel series featuring Bappa and Mushakkraj, an anthro elephant and his mouse steed.
Art Story: An Original Animated Film (Ends: 8/23/2013): Animated feature film: grandson and granddad get dragged into a wild ride through the worlds of famous paintings, by a pair of Disney veterans!
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