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2010 Ursa Major Awards voting underway
Author: PeterCat
Voting for the Ursa Major Awards for the Best Anthropomorphic Literature and Art of 2010 is now open, and takes place until April 17. Anyone may vote, and you are encouraged to ask your friends to vote also — please help spread the word!
There are five nominees in each of ten categories, except where there was a tie for fifth place.
To be eligible, a work must have been released during the calendar year 2010; must include a non-human being given human attributes (anthropomorphic), which can be mental and/or physical; and must receive more than one nomination.
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Link to this post! 2010 Ursa Major Finalists Announced
The finalists for the 2010 Ursa Major Awards, the “People’s Choice” of the fandom, have been announced, and voting has begun. Check the list of the nominees, as well as our Editor’s choice for each category.
Best Motion Picture
Alpha and Omega
How to Train Your Dragon
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
Toy Story 3
The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Editor’s Choice: You gotta go with How to Train Your Dragon on this one, right? Granted, Toy Story 3 is a far superior film, but it’s not a furry film. The other three films in the category are nowhere near as good, despite what certain dragons keep trying to tell me.
Best Dramatic Short Work or Series
Adventure Time With Finn and Jake
“Foxy Bingo”
Mongrels
“Orangina Naturally”
The Regular Show
Wallace & Gromit’s World of Invention
Editor’s Choice: Honestly as long as anything but Foxy Bingo and the Orangina campaign win, I’d be fine. Yes, I know what fox was a dancing machine, and yes, god yes, that gay cougar is hot, but there is no way in hell the fandom should give an award to commercials for gambling and sugar water when some of the smartest written shows on television are in the same category.
Best Novel
Basecraft Cirrostratus by Justin Lamar
Descent by Phil Guesz
Otters in Space by Mary Lowd
Save the Day by DJ Fahl
The Seventh Chakra by Kevin Frane
Shadow of the Father by Kyell Gold
Editor’s Choice: Wow, this is an exciting year for novels, and I can see it being a close race. That said, I’ve got to go with The Seventh Chakra. It’s definitely the most ambitious novel on the list, and Frane pulled off an exciting original thriller, and one of the most unique novels I’ve read from the fandom.
Best Short Fiction
Bridges by Kyell Gold
“False Dawn” by Kyell Gold
“Felis ex Machina” by EO Costello
“Gerty and the Doesn’t-Smell-Like-a-Melon” by Mary E Lowd
The Peculiar Quandary of Simon Canopus Artyle by Kevin Frane
Editor’s Choice: I’m leaning towards Bridges in this category. It was one of those experiments that did something new, even if it was a bit… superfluous. It’s hard to argue the literary merits of writing the same spit-roasting scene three times, but hey, there it is. That said, Simon Canopus also has a cool experimental writing feel to is, as the Cupcake branded books tend to have.
Best Other Literary Work
Furpiled #4 by Leo Magna
Different Worlds, Different Skins edited by Will A Sanborn
Iron Claw Bestiary by Chris Goodwin
i.s.o. #1 by Vince Suzukawa
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by Dave Sedaris
Editor’s Choice: In any other situation I’d automatically say Dave Sedaris, but his latest book is actually one of his weakest, so go for one of the fandom made choices. Furpiled and i.s.o. both are cool for slice of life stuff, and the Iron Claw Bestiary is something that nerds tell me is pretty cool.
Best Graphic Story
Concession by Immelmann
Furthia High by QuetzaDrake
Cruelty by Rukis
Lackadaisy by Tracy J. Butler
Twokinds by Tim Fischbach
Editor’s Choice: Lackadaisy. No question. The others are good, but don;t really compare, except maybe Cruelty for it’s potential. Rukis has the art talent, and if she can tighten up her storytelling I can easily see her winning this award in the future, but not this year.
Best Comic Strip
“Broken Plot Device” by Lis Boriss
“Faux Pas” by Robert and Margaret Carspecken
“Little Tales” by Genesis Eve Whitmore
“Housepets!” by Rick Griffin
“Sandra and Woo” by Powree and Oliver Knörzer
Editor’s Choice: Everyone’s got a favorite, just pick one. They’re all good.
Best Magazine
Anthropomorphic Dreams Podcast by Will A. Sanborn
Heat #7 published by Sofawolf
New Fables Summer 2010 edited by Tim Susman
South Fur Lands edited by Bernard Doove
Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe edited by Gene Breshears
Editor’s Choice: I’m tempted to say go for Anthro Dreams because it might spur an entire Podcast category next year (God knows there are enough of them to warrant it). But there are so many great stories in New Fables that I can’t snub it. Go with that.
Best Published Illustration
Big Red: Lady Sings the Blues by Richard Bartrop
Cenotaph by Susan Rankin-Pollard
The Seventh Chakra by Kamui
Shadow of the Father by Sara Palmer
New Fables Summer 2010 by Mary Mouse
Editor’s Choice: All of these illustrations are fantastic and every one of them is deserving of the award. These are some of the best talent the fandom has to offer. Personally, Kamui’s The Seventh Chakra is one of the most eye catching covers I’ve seen. It also has an array of symbolism that tie it in with the book. Plus it’s bright fucking yellow.
Best Game
Disney Epic Mickey
Furry Basketball Association
Rocket Knight
Sam & Max: Season 3, Episode 1: The Penal Zone
Sonic Colors
Editor’s Choice: There’s only one game on here that is done by the fandom, for the fandom. I don’t care if you like basketball, or like roleplaying, the Furry Basketball Association is a beast that is fueled by talented and dedicated players. Add on to that, it’s fun to follow even if you’re not participating. That’s way cooler than an XBLA game about a franchise everyone forgot about.
Voting for the Ursa Majors ends April 17. Visit the official site to cast your vote.
Review: ‘Pokémon’ evolves a real story with ‘Black’ and ‘White’
Author: crossaffliction
The fifth generation of Pokémon began by announcing a semi-anthro fox over a year ago. Now, Black and White have hit your local video game outlet.
After four generations, Pokémon is a household name. Like the Nintendo DS – hosting five versions of the game, not counting side-trips like the Pokémon Ranger and Mystery Dungeon series – the Pokémon franchise is all but a license to print money.
Add a few critters and upgrades, slap on Pikachu’s friendly face and shove it out the door, right?
Wrong. This generation of Pokémon has evolved.
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Link to this post! Embrace Your Inner Furry: Microsoft Patents ‘Fringe Interests’ Dating Service
via Switched
An ingenious idea: Let those with “incongruous” dating appetites admit their kinks and quirks quietly, and, when no one is looking, have a match service pair them with potentially like-minded weirdos mates. Microsoft filed a patent in 2009 — but made public last week — for its own online dating service, with an algorithm into which users can secretly enter “private affinities,” thus matching up with people of similar “fringe interests” (especially those conflicting with the user’s public persona). The example of “interests” Microsoft refers to is, of course, people who dig comic books. Yeah, COMIC BOOKS. Wink-nudge.
While there’s no news as to whether or not this service will ever become a reality, it’d be interesting to see an online dating system that lets singles be more honest and forthright. The patent reads: “Most users of such conventional systems understand that any affinity (or other information) included in an associated profile or space can be viewed by any third party who accesses that profile. This situation can substantially serve as a chilling effect on self expression or at least result in a profile that is a less accurate or less comprehensive representation of the associated user.”
Basically, if you are worried about how prospective dates might take your taste for cosplaying as a Victorian-era spy, you can discreetly let Microsoft know that period dramas and espionage are kind of your thing, and hope the system will find you another person who digs monocles (and maybe manacles?) as much as you. So, let loose — and hope Microsoft doesn’t tell.
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Link to this post! FC-33 Fox Academy - A first of a new system. Tried, and succeeded, we relax for the second half of the show as we take on some more emails. A great trial, a few bugs, fixing them on our to-do list. Can’t wait for next week.
A first of a new system. Tried, and succeeded, we relax for the second half of the show as we take on some more emails. A great trial, a few bugs, fixing them on our to-do list. Can’t wait for next week.
News (Article – URL): Announcements (Provided by WikiFur.com):- March 11th to 13th Furnal Equinox
- March 17th to 21st Furry Weekend Atlanta
- April 8th to 10th Furry Connection North
- April 15th to 17th I-CON (Sci-Fantasy Conv.)
- April 21st to 25th Wild Nights
- April 28th to 1st Mephit Mini Con
- “Therian”
- “Anthropomorphism in Video Games?”
- “Fursuiters. Talking in suits. Breaking the magic or making it real?”
- “Top 10 Furry Conventions”
- Lily the fox – “hey”
- Jak Shim – “An update and another question”
- Anonymous – “Furries at school”
- Aves Sakkri’Du’Ono Sinarael – “helo this is my first time emailing”
- Zayne Wulf – “no subject”
- WiseNDeadly – “no subject”
- Anonymous – “Confused fox”
- Anonymous – “The heat of fursuits”
- Landon Ookami – “numb feeling”
- FuzzFox – “Relationship Experience & Advice Required”
FC-33 Fox Academy - A first of a new system. Tried, and succeeded, we relax for the second half of the show as we take on some more emails. A great trial, a few bugs, fixing them on our to-do list. Can’t wait for next week.
A first of a new system. Tried, and succeeded, we relax for the second half of the show as we take on some more emails. A great trial, a few bugs, fixing them on our to-do list. Can’t wait for next week.
News (Article – URL): Announcements (Provided by WikiFur.com):- March 11th to 13th Furnal Equinox
- March 17th to 21st Furry Weekend Atlanta
- April 8th to 10th Furry Connection North
- April 15th to 17th I-CON (Sci-Fantasy Conv.)
- April 21st to 25th Wild Nights
- April 28th to 1st Mephit Mini Con
- “Therian”
- “Anthropomorphism in Video Games?”
- “Fursuiters. Talking in suits. Breaking the magic or making it real?”
- “Top 10 Furry Conventions”
- Lily the fox – “hey”
- Jak Shim – “An update and another question”
- Anonymous – “Furries at school”
- Aves Sakkri’Du’Ono Sinarael – “helo this is my first time emailing”
- Zayne Wulf – “no subject”
- WiseNDeadly – “no subject”
- Anonymous – “Confused fox”
- Anonymous – “The heat of fursuits”
- Landon Ookami – “numb feeling”
- FuzzFox – “Relationship Experience & Advice Required”
FC-33 Fox Academy - A first of a new system. Tried, and succeeded, we relax for the second half of the show as we take on some more emails. A great trial, a few bugs, fixing them on our to-do list. Can’t wait for next week.
A first of a new system. Tried, and succeeded, we relax for the second half of the show as we take on some more emails. A great trial, a few bugs, fixing them on our to-do list. Can’t wait for next week.
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News (Article – URL):
- Cougar Extinction
http://www.furrynewsnetwork.com/2011/03/eastern-cougar-finally-declared-extinct-u-s/
- Tails WebComic
http://www.furrynewsnetwork.com/2011/03/web-comic-the-tail-strives-push-furry-mainstream/
Announcements (Provided by WikiFur.com):
- March 11th to 13th Furnal Equinox
- March 17th to 21st Furry Weekend Atlanta
- April 8th to 10th Furry Connection North
- April 15th to 17th I-CON (Sci-Fantasy Conv.)
- April 21st to 25th Wild Nights
- April 28th to 1st Mephit Mini Con
WikiFur article of the week:
- “Therian”
Topics Discussed (copied directly from Google Moderator):
- “Anthropomorphism in Video Games?”
- “Fursuiters. Talking in suits. Breaking the magic or making it real?”
- “Top 10 Furry Conventions”
Emails (Sender – Subject):
- Lily the fox – “hey”
- Jak Shim – “An update and another question”
- Anonymous – “Furries at school”
- Aves Sakkri’Du’Ono Sinarael – “helo this is my first time emailing”
- Zayne Wulf – “no subject”
- WiseNDeadly – “no subject”
- Anonymous – “Confused fox”
- Anonymous – “The heat of fursuits”
- Landon Ookami – “numb feeling”
- FuzzFox – “Relationship Experience & Advice Required”
Artist Alley III (MFF 2010)
03/10/2011
By: CraftyAndy
Music “Dragonfly” by Mr Meeble http://www.youtube.com/user/mrmeeble
Featured artist
Bix707
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/bix707/
http://inkbunny.net/bix707
Morning Grey
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/morning-grey
Hobbes Maxwell
http://hobbes-maxwell.deviantart.com/
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/hobbesmaxwell/
FurryJadeFox
http://www.furryjadefox.com/Main.html
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Swan, in which ballerina Natalie Portman takes her lead role in Swan
Lake WAY too seriously... ;-)
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Episode 132 - Just As Planned
Owners of Fur Affinity, FurBuy clash over auctions
Author: Sonious
The furry marketplace heated up today as FurBuy owner Jurann was “permanently banned” from Fur Affinity for “false threats against users holding auctions on FA instead of furbuy” and “disruption of the community, drama starting and interference with user transactions.”
FA’s Dragoneer gave his opinion of Jurann’s attempts to pressure artists into using FurBuy:
Frankly, I’m sick of Jurann constantly threatening users, encouraging them to “Go to Furbuy…or else!”
In response, Jurann said Dragoneer “[took his] legal advice as a threat,” while maintaining that FTC auction guidelines apply to Fur Affinity:
It’s a simple fact that there ARE rules and guidelines, and they are quite clearly not being followed on FA at present.
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Link to this post! Artist Alley II (MFF 2010)
03/10/2011
By: CraftyAndy
Music “Fine” by Mr Meeble www.youtube.com/user/mrmeeble mrmeeble.com
Featured Artists
Cureineko
www.furaffinity.net/user/cureineko/
Grave Walker
www.furaffinity.net/user/gravewalker/
cheshiresphynx.deviantart.com/
Bloodhound
www.furaffinity.net/user/bloodhound/
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Link to this post! Goldy goes down after weekend fan assault
An irritated fan punched Goldy Gopher in the face during a men’s gymnastics meet Saturday night at the Sports Pavilion.
During the meet, the University of Minnesota mascot sat behind Douglas Dokken, 60, and started “messing with him,” witness Barry Colthorpe said. Goldy tapped Dokken on the shoulder and ruffled his hair.
Colthorpe said Dokken was ignoring Goldy’s antics, but within a couple of minutes, he snapped, turned around and punched Goldy in the face.
Goldy froze, but within moments of the first punch, Dokken wailed another, forcing Goldy to leave the area.
“I think it was clearly amusing — it’s not something you see every day,” Colthrope, 27, said. “It was just two people fighting, but if one of them is dressed up as a 7-foot gopher, then it’s pretty amusing.”
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Link to this post! New Web Comic ‘The Tail’ strives to push Furry mainstream
Hyrax Productions new web comic “The Tail” is about a young Chirran named Ayan, born with no tail, living in a society where your tail is your status symbol. Marked with shame, he and his family are servants and surfs to a noble house within the land. Ayan decides to break with this life and tries to become a knight. When this fails, it leads him to meet Mieu Notra, the Blue Maiden. The girl awakens something within Ayan, and from then on, for better of for worse, their fates are intertwined in a web of love, betrayal, and redemption.
It is with this story line that Al Romero and Hyrax Productions hopes you will become engrossed with Ayan’s story, and that it will become a mainstream hit.
“Furry” is a genre, sub-genre (whatever) that is often looked upon as being on the fringe. Content that is furry tends to hover around two extremes; extremely cute and neuter, or extremely sexualized and containing strong themes of sexual identity, particularly of an off-beat nature. Both extremes are trivialized by the mainstream. “The Tail” is a web comic that attempts to bridge the gap between the off-beat appeal of furry culture, and solid, entertaining story telling that is crucial for mainstream acceptance. — By Hyrax Productions
It will be interesting to see how the mainstream audiance accepts this comic. Ayan, we wish you good luck.
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Link to this post! I thought you guys might enjoy my new subreddit /r/Childhood_Ruination, for images that ruin your childhood. Come check it out!
Eva Braun and the Furries
Eva Braun and friends in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, 1935.
Via Boing Boing
By: Xeni Jardin
Ben Cosgrove at LIFE Magazine writes, “Recently released photographs — all of them rare, some of them unseen for decades — from Eva Braun’s personal photo albums provide a window into an era and a culture that feels light years away, and creepily, even intimately familiar.”
The one where she’s doing Urdhva Dhanurasana nazi yoga by the lake near Hitler’s mountaintop hideaway freaks me out. And the one where she’s in blackface as Al Jolson. And then there’s this one with a dude in a bear wolf suit, 1935.
Here’s the complete photo gallery (in Flash, alas).
(Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images, courtesy LIFE)
Eva Anna Paula Hitler née Braun (6 February 1912 – 30 April 1945) was the longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and for less than 40 hours, his wife.
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Oh My!
Hermes Press have announced they are now the new publishers of Mike Bullock and Michael Metcalf’s well-known (and well-loved) comic book series Lions, Tigers, and Bears. The long-awaited full-color Volume 3 graphic novel is available now in softcover. This is from their press release: “Mike Bullock’s internationally acclaimed, best selling title has a new home with Hermes Press! The long awaited Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Volume 3 arrives in stores March, 2011. ‘Lions, Tigers, and Bears is a remarkable title, with memorable characters, an enchanting concept, and beautiful artwork,’ observed Hermes Press’ Publisher, Dan Herman. ‘We’re really excited about releasing all new adventures of Joey, Courtney, Ares, Venus, Pallo and Minerva as a graphic novel.’” For those who haven’t found it yet, Lions, Tigers, and Bears is the story of a group of kids who discover that their stuffed animal toys have the ability to come to life — as rather large animals — to protect the children in their care from an invasion of other-worldly demons.
