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FC-46 The Door Slammers - Back from AnthroCon 2011 and a bit disorganized, we crack down on some interesting news, show off our live interview with Nuka at the con, and have some really fun debates. For two of the hosts being sick not to mention being dis
Back from AnthroCon 2011 and a bit disorganized, we crack down on some interesting news, show off our live interview with Nuka at the con, and have some really fun debates. For two of the hosts being sick not to mention being distracted by the new studio camera system, I think we did a good job in the end. :3
News:- Anthrocon Attendance Up By 160, Raises $11,000 for Toonseum
- SoFurry Announces Public Beta Date, Gains 10k Members in a Month
- Howard Stern Show interviews several attendees at Anthrocon 2011
- Piercing Cats Is Cruelty, Judges Rule
- Anthrocon and the 96.1 Morning Freakshow make Deadspin
- U.S.-Made Pesticide Continues to Kill Off Lions in Kenya
- International Furry Survey – Summer Edition now OPEN
- Seattle Furry nightlife gets a facelift
- Wilfred’s Jason Gann Interviewed – Reports being propositioned for sex by furries.
- Furnetics
- Zachary Pillow – “its been to long”
Interview:
Topic of the Week:
- Anthrocon
FC-46 The Door Slammers - Back from AnthroCon 2011 and a bit disorganized, we crack down on some interesting news, show off our live interview with Nuka at the con, and have some really fun debates. For two of the hosts being sick not to mention being dis
Back from AnthroCon 2011 and a bit disorganized, we crack down on some interesting news, show off our live interview with Nuka at the con, and have some really fun debates. For two of the hosts being sick not to mention being distracted by the new studio camera system, I think we did a good job in the end. :3
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WikiFur Article of the Week:
- Furnetics
Emails:
- Zachary Pillow – “its been to long”
Interview:
Topic of the Week:
- Anthrocon
Yippee Coyote: July 2011 Featured Fursuiter of the Month
Editor’s note: The FNN Featured Fursuiter of the Month is a new profile series written by Kijani. Every month he will choose one well-recognized figure in the fandom’s fursuiting community, offering a unique “behind the mask” look at their characters and lives outside of fursuiting.
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Passion for performing: Furry veteran Yippee Coyote has left his mark on the fandom
Jimmy Chin, July's featured Fursuiter of the Month, poses as a spy for Further Confusion's 2007 theme, 'Fur Your Eyes Only.'
Imagine, if you can, the challenges of being a furry fan before the advent of the internet.
To share their craft with others, artists, writers and animators had to join Amateur Press Association clubs that would collate quarterly submissions, and connecting with fellow fans was equally as difficult compared to today’s ease of online forums, instant messaging and social media sites.
Back in 1990, a young artist holding an engineering degree from the University of Florida named Jimmy Chin, perhaps better known nowadays as Yippee Coyote, attended his first furry event, NecronomiCon, in Tampa.
Earlier that year, the first official furry convention, ConFURence, was held in southern California.
Having been around since the beginning, Chin was able to witness the beginnings of what we know today as the furry fandom.
“Within a few years, ConFURence went from furries seeking and sharing art and stories, to furries meeting each other after conversing online.” Chin explained. “That’s the birth of the community.”
WESTWARD HO
Chin ended up moving to southern California in 1995 to pursue a career in animation, but ended up getting a job in software support for a computer company.
He saw the cross-country trek as a fresh start on life.
“I took the idea of moving west as a reinvention of myself,” Chin said. “Originally when I joined the fandom, I started as a bunny (influenced by Roger Rabbit), but I adopted a coyote fursona.”
He added that particular fursona was actually not Yippee; the character he is best known as today was meant to be a “homeless” mascot character, “an idealized cartoon” he could pretend to be.
Another common misconception is that Yippee’s character design was based of Wile E. Coyote of Looney Tunes fame, rather he was fashioned off the round-muzzle designs found on Disney’s “Coyote’s Lament” cartoon.
Since his creation in 1996, Without a doubt, Yippee has been one of the most well-traveled fursuits in the fandom, attending local community and furry events all across the country and Europe. Yippee was ceremoniously retired earlier this year – and he went out with a bang.
Chin was asked to be the Guest of Honor of Euroference 14 in Germany, and also celebrated a championship run in the Furry Fandom Fursuit Fracas tournament last year.
Finally, he wanted to cap his character’s run by earning a double-doodah award for attending and performing in two Doodah Parades – one in New Jersey and the original parade in Pasadena, creating a full-circle loop that proved to be a fitting end to the coyote’s run.
“I wasn’t sure he’d survive the ceremonial pie toss afterward, I figured that would be a good endpoint,” said Chin. “Yippee went on to attend the original Pasadena Doodah parade at the end of April, the same parade he publicly debuted at in 1996, 14 1/2 years later.”
The character Yippee Coyote, left, was recently retired from performing after more than 14 years. Chin can still be found bouncing around as Twilight Bunny (right) at local events and conventions.
A PASSION FOR PERFORMING
Chin’s passion for mascots and getting into character goes far back, even before the term “fursuit” was coined in the early ‘90s.
“I’d always been fascinated by mascots and theme park characters,” Chin recalled. “Although I tried out for my college mascot, I didn’t get it, but still held onto the interest. When I found furry. I found that people could build their own suits, and in 1994 I built my first fursuit, and wore it to conventions, both furry and local sci-fi cons.”
In addition to creating and performing as a number of different characters in addition to Yippee, Chin also developed quite a professional resume, having performed for Six Flags Magic Mountain, and several major sports organizations in the bay area, including being selected as a guest mascot performer during the 2003 Major League Soccer All-Star game.
Chin, who attends several conventions a year, also enjoys sharing his experience and insight of character performance with others in the fandom.
He hosted a panel discussion on that topic, “The Power of Pretend,” at Anthrocon in 2010 and also Further Confusion in 2011.
“Performing is a kind of transaction between the performer and spectator,” said Chin, who was one of founding members of the character performance group Critters by the Bay. “If the performer can get people to believe in this as a character, to look beyond the costume, then that’s the ‘magic’ in action.”
TIMES ARE A-CHANGIN’
Having been around the fandom as long as Chin has, he noted that the most drastic change the fandom has seen has been its exponential growth, and the acceptance of “furry” in the eyes of the public.
“The public acceptance has changed drastically, though I don’t think we’re out of the woods yet,” he said. “We’ve felt some growing pains with bad publicity, but as conventions get larger, cities take note of the revenue coming in to their downtowns, and it’s in their best interest to paint a more accepting portrait of these gathers.”
Chin admitted that his over two decades in the fandom wouldn’t be the same if it wasn’t for the amazing people he’s encountered and the multitude of memorable experiences he’s been fortunate enough to have baking in a hot, furry animal costume and entertaining others.
“The people I’ve met, the sharing of energies, opinions, experiences,” said Chin on what he enjoys most about the fandom to this day. “People who share this love of performing, and some great friendships I’ve found over the years. That, and the creative energy that is coming from the fandom. I love seeing what people are doing these days creatively, and how much things have progressed over twenty years I’ve been around.”
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Additional Q & A with Yippee
Q: What was your most memorable fursuiting moment?
A: Being onstage as Pinky, with (Guest of Honor) Rob Paulsen at AC07. I’ve been a longtime fan of his character voice work. I was walking on clouds for the rest of my con.
Q: If you could get a chance to meet and spend time with any three people, dead or alive, who would they be?
A: Animator/director Chuck Jones, creator of Wile E. Coyote, Former Philly Phanatic Dave Raymond. He must be full of stories of bringing a fuzzy character to the jaded Phillies fans and winning acceptance. Third… probably Walt Disney.
Review: ‘Amazing Dogs’, by Jon Bondeson
Author: Fred
Amazing Dogs: A Cabinet of Canine Curiosities
Illustrated with contemporary images.
Jon Bondeson (Cornell University Press, May 2011)
Hardcover $ 29.95 (286 pages)
Bondeson is a Cornell University lecturer who has written several books about historical oddities (“The Two-Headed Boy, And Other Medical Marvels”, 2000; “Buried Alive: the Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear”, 2001; etc.). Here he documents examples of headline-making dogs, emphasizing intelligent and “talking” dogs but also including notable meat-roasting dogs, rat-catching dogs, famous people’s dogs, martyred dogs, and more.
The intelligent and “talking” dogs will be of most interest to Furry fans. Bondeson notes that reports of these date back to antiquity, but these “true stories” contain so much obvious fantasy that none of them can be taken seriously. He cites the 18th century as about as far back as contemporary news reports and theatrical posters go.
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Episode 146 - Breaking the 4th Wall
SoFurry Announces Public Beta Date, Gains 10k Members in a month
If you’ve been waiting for it, your wait is almost over. SoFurry posted that they will open the public beta on (or around) July 17th.
Good news! SoFurry 2.0 Public Beta launches at the end of next week, at or around the 17th. Yes, the old site will remain operational for quite some time after that, and no, you don’t need to reupload your art or stories. It’s all gonna be there, on both sites!
In other news, did you know that since our announcement last month, we’ve grown from 150.000 to almost 160.000 users in a single month? Go spread the word, tell your friends and favorite artists about SF 2.0!
We showed you a few preview images from SoFurry last month – there are more images posted in the Dev Journal you can find here.
Bubbles & Gondola
More from Europe, this time from France. We really don’t know how to summarize this; even the title doesn’t exactly make sense. Probably better to let the publisher describe this new full-color hardcover graphic novel by artist and writer Renaud Dillies. Here’s what NBM Publishing put up on Amazon regarding Bubbles & Gondola: “Poetry, fantasy, and Django Reinhardt are woven into a fairy tale about solitude and awakening the creative spirit in this graphic novel. Charlie is a mouse who enjoys his solitude, staying up late nights indoors to listen to records and play his guitar; he experiences the outside world only through the windows of his house. As Charlie begins to stumble with writer’s block, a bluebird named Mr. Solitude arrives to encourage Charlie to search for inspiration outside of himself and his home. Told with a melancholic and heart-warming lyricism, this tender story combines pithy observations with whimsical illustrations to create a simple yet poignant tale for readers young and old.” The book is scheduled for release on October 1st.
image c. 2011 NBM Publishing
Episode 10 – Furry and You - We’ve got a record number of e-mails this time around (4), and as a result, the show is a bit longer than usual! I promise, as we get more e-mails, we’ll cut down on the prattle a bit so that we can tend to your n[...]
We’ve got a record number of e-mails this time around (4), and as a result, the show is a bit longer than usual! I promise, as we get more e-mails, we’ll cut down on the prattle a bit so that we can tend to your needs. After all, that’s what we’re all about!
This time, there are discussions of social awkwardness, the need for consumers, cookies, Kyo’s mom, the Ark of the Covenant, the fact that people being different is good…and something legitimately important, an assault on Tiger Haven, a home for big cats who have been abandoned or mistreated.
Please go here and sign their petition to continue to house their 280+ cats!
Also referenced in the show is a dazzling array of pictures of this great big mudball we live on in all its splendor. Here’s the site if you want to have a look!
Next week’s show is all about how you got into the furry fandom. Did you get introduced by a friend? Did you discover it at random through the internet? Did you simply hear about it and wonder what it was all about? Write in and let us know, and don’t forget, we’re always here to answer your non-topical questions as well!
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Geekologie found Bad Dragon... (Link is SFW)
Art contest, winner gets a demonoid invite [x-post from r/art]
If you don't know, demonoid is the safest and most comprehensive torrent site on the Internet... Which is why you need an invite to join. Only members (like me) can spawn invite codes, so I'll give a gift to the winner of my little art contest here.
The contest-
Draw me a cartoon otter avatar! Something along the lines of A) http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSQEOqVuiPMRI_Oa45jPaa40gIKw2Ff6BDf05r13Ll_pBiBsoCWIQ , B) http://roleplayerguild.com/customavatars/thumbs/avatar25045_4.gif , or C) a combo of both.
Any pose you like, but I sort of envision it as a leaning, crossed arms sort of avatar. Has to be colored. :)
Have at you, reddit!
(and thank you in advance! :3)
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Seattle Furry nightlife gets a facelift
It looks like the Pacific Northwest, and Seattle in particular is getting a lot of furry attention these days. In the past few months, we’ve featured a fursuit maker based in the area, a new t-shirt company is in the area, the “Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits” is based there and Rain Furrest is based there, and now, FurTheRecord…
Fur The Record is a Seattle based event production company specializing (but not limited to) electronic music events.
The company was founded by veteran Seattle rave/club DJ and event promoter, Tigon. Tigon began spinning records it his home in 2003 after 3 years in the electronic music scene. He played his first gig out in 2005 in San Diego and upon his return to Seattle in 2007, began working with one of Seattle’s premiere event production companies. With that company throwing less events and focusing more on being a record label, in 2009, Tigon formed Nu Breed Entertainment (http://nubreed.us) and started down his own path.
After working his second consecutive year as the assistant mainstage events manager for Seattle’s Sakruacon (http://sakuracon.org) Tigon discovered the furry fandom, which was a natural fit (see Tigon’s biography at: http://facebook.com/tigonfur)
Having run a weekly club night for nearly 2 years and having had significant role in the production of close to 50 events some of which pulled 2000-2800 people, Tigon has recently grown tired of the traditional rave scene as he feels the newer generation has grown rude and unappreciative.
In early 2011, after taking up post as the Dance Coordinator for both RainFurrest and FurtherConfusion, Tigon identified a growing demand in the furry fandom. That of a vibrant, amd thriving, nightlife. And in April of 2011, Fur The Record was officially born as Tigon threw “Get Rammed: An Aries Birthday Celebration” for his mate, and several other of their aries born fur friends. The invite only event was held at a small local venue in the SODO district of Seattle. Furs from as far as Florida flew themselves in for this little birthday bash and the tiny venue was packed to the gills as over 100 attendees decended upon it. (http://magelight.org/x/201104-GetRammed/).
Whether it be sponsoring the dances at a convention, or putting on their own productions, Fur The Record is focused on bringing a new level of production value to electronic music events within the fandom. With an already impressive roster of furry DJs and fursuit dancers, and a viral grassroots approach to promotion Fur The Record is intent on proving that nightlife and dance type events are one of the main draws in the fandom, and should not bee seen as an after thought.
http://furtherecord.net | http://furaffinity.net/user/furtherecord | http://facebook.com/furtherecord | twitter: @FurTheRecord
Cairo's Shorouk News article on Anthrocon, translated by Google Translate
- Pittsburgh / Pennsylvania - ReutersGathered thousands of animal lovers of the famous characters in animated films in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to participate in the annual opening of their exhibition, which is known as (Ontherokon) (Anthrocon) and some of them wore a fashion favorite personalities.
The organizers of this exhibition, which opened on Friday, it includes works of art and sell Comics, dances and lessons in the art of moving the brides and discussions about the art of storytelling using the sounds.
And rode many of the pioneers of the exhibition Veola for themselves, and others wore full fashion favorite animal personalities that appear in the animation has been specifically designed them dress up the cost per thousands of dollars.
The Carl Georjensen one of the pioneers of the show, wearing the uniforms of the fur of the animal characters is rooted in his love of the old Looney Tunes characters famous, "I am interested in animation and fun, not one of us likes to watch cartoons?"
Said John Cole, one of the organizers, said he expected that this year's exhibition attracted nearly five thousand people, this will be the largest gathering of lovers of animal characters in animation since the start of the exhibition 14 years ago in Albany, New York.
Book Review: Stitches by Yeaka R.C.
07/08/2011
By: Rainstar
In Yeaka’s book “Stitches,” there is a place known as Angel’s Institution which lies in a land known as Riizaed. The inhabitants of this land are known simply as Rii, a person with animal characteristics (or “Signs) such as a tail or wings – perhaps also known as a MewMew in popular culture. Angel’s Institution is the primary schooling for all Rii – they are responsible for shaping the minds and futures of each of their students. Encircling the entire land of Riizaed is a giant wall that is nearly possible to see over. The purpose of the “Walls” are to protect the Rii from the lesser beings known as Humans and Terri – humans with pointed ears and no Signs.
For young Lor and her brother Jak, life inside Angel’s is blissfully simple; wake up, attend class, go to bed, repeat. Both Lor and Jak have the same Signs, tabby cat ears and a tabby cat tail. Being second-year students, however, proves much less enjoyable. Forced to endure ridicule from older students and perform exhausting physical tasks, Lor finds herself secretly resenting Angel’s system of operation. Of course, Lor would never think such thoughts or vocalize any disapproval – such things are not tolerated at Angel’s and would result in detention. One day, Jak reveals to Lor that he has met a “Visitor” to the Institution. Lor is shocked to find out how many rules Jak broke yet even more astonished at the fact that an outsider was present in Angel’s. After all, the Walls are impenetrable and no one from the outside could enter – that is what she has been repeatedly told after all. Eventually, Lor discovers this mysterious outsider first-hand. Bumping into the kind and gentle Niki the Terri, Lor’s world is turned upside down and her whole world is changed forever.
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I originally found this book when I was stumbling around the Kindle store looking for furry themed books. What originally struck my interest was the title itself. After reading this novel, I find the title extremely fitting. Lor’s world is held together by threads, or stitches if you would, that have been woven into her mind by her teachers and lifestyle. As each stitch begins to unravel, and each lie begins to surface, more and more of Lor’s understanding is plunged into confusion; until finally the whole string is ripped away in a dramatic conclusion. Yeaka does a fantastic job in mixing the dystopian world with the imagination and wonder of adolescence. Things previously unknown and unexperienced to Lor begin to appear and, much to her apparent apprehension, she tentatively begins to explore them.
This book is a fairly easy read, containing simple and understandable dialog enriched with hidden meanings. The characters are relatable with their unrestrained imagination, silly behavior, and general confusion with the world around them. Viewing the world around them as children adds a simplistic touch to this story that I have seen in little in other works of literature. I was a tad confused at the start of the story, but my confusion was quickly dispelled as the book started to pick up its pace. The books construction is streamlined, although the dialog tends to venture off on its own after a while. Certainly not as wordy as other books, but it has its moments.
This book contains many classic elements of dystopian fiction. Some of which include: the tight-fisted control of Orwell’s “1984,” the unknown world outside of their own much like Huxley’s “Brave New World,” and the mystery of Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451.”
All in all, this book is delightful and easy. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good chapter book. You can purchase this book in paperback format from Amazon or digitally from the Kindle Store. Both run at around $10.00.
“Stitches” by Yeaka R.C.: 8.5 out of 10.
Rainstar
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‘Inherit the Earth’ webcomic returns
Author: wyrmkeep
After a nine-month hiatus, the Inherit the Earth webcomic has returned — in full-color, featuring a new story and new artist (Falkurneeze).
If you’re not familiar with Inherit the Earth, visit Wyrmkeep Entertainment to learn about the computer game on which the strip is based.
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Spanish Cats come to America
Jose Fonollosa is a well-known comic book illustrator in Spain. For the past few year’s he’s also been working on an on-line black & white comic strip known simply as Meow, which follows that adventures of two domestic cats and their harried human companions. Cat fans, you can follow the strip at Mr. Fonollosa’s blogspot site. Meanwhile, Meow is being introduced to English-speaking audiences in a new hardcover collection from Kettledrum publishing, which is coming this August. You can order it at Westfield Comics, among other places.
image c. 2011 Jose Fonollosa
Review: ‘Red Sails in the Fallout’, by Paul Kidd
Author: Fred
Red Sails in the Fallout: A D&D Gamma World Novel
Paul Kidd (Wizards of the Coast, July 2011)
Paperback $ 7.99 (307 pages); Kindle $ 6.39.
This second novel in Wizards of the Coast’s “Gamma World” series is considerably Furrier than the first. As before, the setting is 150 years after a Hadron Collider catastrophe has destroyed civilization, creating a world in which “the survivors of some mythical future disaster must contend with radioactive wastes, ravaged cities, and rampant lawlessness. Against a nuclear backdrop, heroic scavengers search crumbled ruins for lost artifacts while battling mutants and other perils.”
“Red Sails in the Fallout” is not just anthropomorphic, it is flamboyantly and bizarrely Furry.
Find the full article here: flayrah – furry food for thought
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