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Author: Rakuen Growlithe

Summercat will be releasing the first issue of his new furry magazine, Anthroview, at Antheria at the end of this month. I got to speak to him about the magazine and touch on some of the other aspects of the furry fandom in which he is involved.

Rakuen Growlithe: You’re planning to release a new magazine for the furry fandom called Anthroview. When did you first get the idea for Anthroview?

Summercat: About three or four years ago, although it’s gone through a lot of changes since then.

RG: What sort of changes are we talking about and why did it take three or four years to get to this point?

SC: The idea started when I got a book of ads in the mail – we’re talking about two hundred pages, full color, hard cover, all ads for companies that do visual design works. The original idea was a furry version of that.

RG: So adverts of various furry artists?

SC: Yup. The reason I didn’t act on it at the time, well, reasons, is that I hardly knew anyone at the time, and I lacked a lot of the basic knowledge to pull a project like that off.

RG: You said the idea has gone through a lot of changes though so what exactly is the current Anthroview going to contain?

SC: It’ll still have the same basic idea; a showcase of work done by the fandom. This incarnation was also inspired by old U.S. science fiction magazines from the 1950s and 60s, which were a mix of stories, articles, and reviews.

RG: Will this all be new content or will it be a collection of items already available online?

SC: New content, actually, and exclusive for a month after release. Content, except where volunteered as an exception, is being paid for.

RG: And I understand there is a cost to Anthroview as well.

SC: Right now, I’m planning to sell hard copies at $4.00 (USD), and e-copies at $2. Any (gross) income from Issue 0 will go towards Issue 1.

RG: Furry content is generally free. There’s no shortage of art sites, forums and news sites available at no cost. You’ve said Anthroview content is only exclusive for one month. Why would people want to pay for it?

SC: To help support the authors and artists involved. I sell art prints at conventions, of art already available for free on Fur Affinity. I’m really just applying the same principle here.

RG: Speaking of conventions, I believe you’re planning to release the first issue at Antheria and the second at Further Confusion.

SC: That is correct. I was originally shooting for a release at Califur, but that fell through.

RG: How frequently will Anthroview be published then? Will it have it’s own schedule or is it going to be tailored to fit with various conventions?

SC: Unless I see a large enough demand, I’d probably stick to conventions as release dates. The ones I’d be selling at happen to fall roughly into quarters, anyhow.

RG: If one couldn’t make it to one of those conventions, how would they get hold of a copy?

SC: I’ve got a Google Checkout set up for orders, I just need to update the website. I can sell an unlimited number of e-copies (Primarily PDF), and a limited number of hard copies.

RG: If one wanted to get involved, submitting content or just helping out how, would they go about doing that? And on a similar note do you have any high-profile furs submitting to this first issue?

SC: Getting involved is as simple as contacting me about it, via email or FA. As for who is submitting in this issue, I’ve got a few people well known on FA’s forums, e-w01f on FA working with me for art, as well as some items from other artists.

RG: I understand you were also involved in another furry magazine project, Rowrbrazzle. How were you involved in that or are you still involved with it?

SC: I was involved in Rowrbrazzle for a year, as a writer. THAT was an awesome experience; Rowrbrazzle is older than I am.

RG: Has that experience proved useful in setting up Anthroview?

SC: In all honesty, not really. An APA [RG: amateur press association] is members only, mostly to gain advice from other members. If I was writing stories for Anthroview, it would help; but I’m trying to avoid that.

RG: This isn’t the only aspect of the furry fandom in which you are involved or have been involved. What all else do you do for the fandom?

SC: For several years I’ve been staff at Califur; I’ve volunteered constantly at FC. I also help administrate Fur Affinity.

RG: Quite impressive. Finally, do you have any future furry projects planned?

SC: I do. Another project that’s adult orientated; as well as a few service-based websites. On a less financial side, I am nearly done with a card game project that is furry-fantasy orientated, codenamed Kazakastango!.

RG: Any idea when we’ll be seeing any of those?

SC: The adult project, I’m shooting for a FC release. The services are hard to say, as I’m solely providing the funding and leadership, not the technical skill. The card game has run into a snag on mechanics in play-testing, and needs some reworking, but I can start making random cards for people at any time.

RG: Thank you for your time

SC: No worries. :3

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An interesting black & white manga that we somehow missed last year… Now it’s being re-published in English by Kodansha Comics and Random House. In Animal Land (written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku) we are introduced to an alternate earth inhabited by only non-human animals. After losing her family to vicious predators, a tanuki (raccoon dog) named Monoko makes an amazing discovery in a river: A human baby! Now this strange, unknown creature will grow up among the animals and will soon begin to display amazing powers. Volume 1 was released in August, and Volume 2 is coming up soon in October. Here’s a review at Good Reads.

image c. 2011 Kodansha Comics

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Author: RingtailedFox

It looks like we can add hyenas to the list of animals that can count. In fact, hyenas can count nearly as well as primates, a sure sign that these carnivorous predators are unusually intelligent. This is caused by their sophisticated, hierarchical societies in the wild.

Hyenas are among the few animal species to have unusually-complex social groupings, to the point where scientists consider them “societies” instead of packs.

Let’s face it, hyena fans: hyenas usually get a bum rap, being called stupid, or “laughing idiots” from their laugh-like barks and calls (some of the blame on this may lie with Ed from The Lion King).

However, researchers have repeatedly demonstrated the cognitive abilities of hyenas rival those of monkeys. New research from Michigan State University suggests hyena intelligence evolved as a means for the spotted & striped predators to keep track of their social groups.

This is where the ability to count comes in: they responded not just to the number of whoops from ‘intruders’, but to the number of unique calls. If this sounds familiar, it should, because wolves use their howls in a similar way: to maintain contact with far-flung members of their packs, and to determine any potential intruders into their pack’s territory. Despite having an outwardly canine appearance (thanks to convergent evolution, as they occupy a similar position in the food chain), hyenas are actually far closer in genetics to mongooses and felines.

The study did not mention if the hyenas were in the process of evolving into gnolls or wereyenas.

 

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I'm thinking about picking up some of the cards for my birthday, because the last con I went to had a tournament and I wanted to participate, but didn't have any cards XD Anyways, do any of you have any experience with this game at all?

Site: http://furoticon.com/ (nsfw site)

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Just curious to see if any furs are going to this relatively new furcon coming up this weekend, :3

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Now you can get your FA fix from your (crappy) Android phone!

Editor's note: I hate Android phones.

A troubled relationship between a Cat and Mouse set in the distant Future.

This week on KnotCast, Savrin, Shiva, and Webster discuss the events of the last little bit, then read a whole load of emails! We have misplaced notes, injured orifices, master/pet shenanigans and more. It's loadsa emails. This weeks track is "Tomorrow Should Have Been Last Night" by Dragonavenger and OA http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02296/ Use our coupon code 'knot' to get 50% off an item and more at Adam & Eve adameve.com Episode 154 - Unexpected Places

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If you’ve been following this season of The Guild – an online Situation/Drama/Comedy that revolves around the lives of a group of gamers as they interact online and in person, you will have noticed a mysterious brown Canine fursuit stalking one of the characters.

In the first few minutes of the new episode, the mystery fursuiter is revealed as WIL WHEATON. Wil Wheaton, former child star from Star Trek: The Next Generation, geek blogger and now adult geek star (currently appearing in Eureka on SyFy) has had an at-times very vocal disdain for the Furry Fandom and fursuiters in particular, stemming from an incident at a convention where a fursuiter violated his personal space in an unwanted way.

I'm seeing enough submissions where people will intentionally upload to imgur and put the original artist's username in the title because they know where it came from, and I personally would prefer to throw up a comment or favorite for the artist specifically without having to dig through sites for someone's gallery, especially if the submission doesn't even have the artist in the title.

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More good fursuit dancing. Enjoy!