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Hey fluffbutts! Today's question:

Does your 'Sona believe in any kind of Paranormal or Supernatural Activity? (You can stretch this definition as much as you'd like) Is there anything normal in your world that would be considered supernatural in ours?

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Do you play an instrument? Have you got anything recorded? Do you pour the cereal before the milk?
If the answers to all 3 were "Yes", then post a link to the music you have recorded!
Here is my own, I play guitar in a band

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Hailing from Miami Florida, Jayro Lantigua is a comics illustrator pumping out some delightfully grotesque and disgustingly unhinged comics right now. Burnt Comix is the story of a foul mouthed, shit eating dog who after becoming tired with his soul crushing depraved existence decides to end it all and commit suicide. Hanging,shooting and poisoning just won’t cut if for this canine. He want’s something unique and memorable working his ways through satanic death cults and and drug filled dog pound orgies along the way until he finally gets his wish. Bookending this are two single page stories ‘Father and Comix’, a dispiriting story of being persuaded not to peruse art as a career and a hilariously tongue in cheek ‘About the author.

Jayro’s grotesque and freakish figures bring to mind the gross early nineties Nickelodeon toons such as Ren and Stimpy, farts and fluids everywhere as they delight in every known vice imaginable. No space is wasted on Lantigua’s pages as skulls, genitals and hypodermic needles litter every panel and more often than not the space between them. The copy Jayro sent me was printed on bright lurid pink paper which only added to the experience.

Until recently Jayro has self published his comics on his own ‘Lunchboxed Press’ imprint, however December will see the first issue of an expanded Burnt Comix released through Creature Entertainment. An entirely different beast to the original lo-fi self published comic, the Creature release will be more of a directors cut, a definitive version as he originally intended.  Bumping up the page count from 16 monochrome too 32 colour it will also include more two page stories as well as a variant cover by Juan Navarro.

Marfedblog: How and when did you start making comics?

Jayro Lantigua: I used to grab a stack of copy paper and staple them together to make comics as a kid in the back of class. Growing up I would continue to draw and write stories but at the time it was more of a hobby. I didn’t start considering making a career with my work until 2012, when I realized it was the only thing I find happiness doing.

MB: Who would you count among your influences?

JL: John Kricfalusi was one of my biggest influences as well as Joe Murray. I used to watch Ren & Stimpy and Rocko’s Modern Life religiously as a kid. Johnny Ryan’s  work was also a big influence as it showed me that there were more to comics than vigilantes beating up criminals while wearing the underwear outside of their pants.

MB: How did working on Burnt Comix with Creature Comics come about, are there any of their comics you currently follow?

JL: Juan Navarro and John Ulloa of Creature opened The Goblin’s Heist, a comic shop in Hialeah, Florida and I would go by and hang out at the shop because they’re friends of mine and we’d joke around and have some beers. I never pitched Burnt Comix to them as I wanted to self publish at first and just get more work done. I gave a few copies to them to sell at the shop and Juan recommended it to John one day, he read it and he asked if I wanted to join Creature. As far as comics I follow goes, I’ve been hooked on “Tommy”.

MB: What are the main differences between the original version and the Creature Comics version? Tweaked or an entirely new beast? How did the experience of working on the two differ?

JL: The original version of Burnt is very different from the Creature release. The self published version is only 16 pages whereas the Creature release will be 32 pages. The extra content features the continuation of the story, as well as more art and a couple more 2 page shorts. Honestly the Creature release is the way I truly envisioned the story and the first issue of Burnt Comix. I couldn’t fulfil it before in the self published version because of costs. The Creature Version  will also have a full colour cover which is sweet. The experience as far as the work itself remains the same, the only difference is that I now have the support of great people with Creature Entertainment and the possibility of realizing my goals with my work are much more possible.

MB: The opening page is close to heartbreaking! Why do you think so many artists have similar dispiriting early experiences in regards to producing comics or art?

JL: A lot of parents don’t understand how lucrative art can be, so when their kid tells them they want to make a career of it, it’s usually discouraged. My parents, particularly my dad was very opposed to the idea and wanted me to be a doctor or a lawyer. Something more conventional that provides a stable income and stability as well as bragging rights to their equally ignorant friends. Yes, a career in comics or art doesn’t always bring a steady check but that doesn’t mean that it can’t.

MB: What’s the best reaction you’ve had with someone picking up your comic and suddenly realizing it’s full of death, swearing and dog pound orgies?

JL: There was a guy that opened the comic and immediately widened his eyes and starting laughing a lot. He really loved the work and later told me how much he wasn’t expecting the comic to be so adult and funny. It was great hearing that kind of positive feedback.

Jayro Lantigua’s work is collected on his website and can be contacted via twitter. The Creature entertainment release of Burnt Comix is released in December and available via their website

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Anyone live near the KC international airport that would want to go see a movie or something? I'm here visiting with my anti-furry parents but they're going to a basketball game so I'm stuck at the hotel. I'm staying that the four points hotel near the airport

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I'd like to preface this by saying that I am by no means a good writer and am typing this up on a phone while on a bus back home. So buckle your seatbelts and make sure you're trays are fastened, cause I've got a lot to say and this'll probably be a long post (1,300+ words). If you're looking for a Tl;dr, skip to the bottom.

I'm a native of Chicago. I've heard of “that furry convention” not known to me as Midwest Furfest for years before joining the fandom. It was always a strange topic as no one I knew really knew what it was about apart from what could be googled. Years passed and, needless to say, when I finally embraced the fuzziness inside, I figured that it would only be a matter of time until I found myself at this convention I had heard about so much. It's basically 30 minutes from home! How hard could it be to get there? I thought. Then life happened and school always seemed to get in the way. Finals always happened to be right around the corner and the responsible half of me couldn't be convinced to hop a bus down the the Hyatt Regency. Then the stars aligned and I finally found my year to go. This weekend, about 5 years since joining the fandom, I finally went to MWFF: my first furry convention ever.

I got on the bus full of anxious anticipation. Would it be like I imagine? I hope everyone's nice… I wonder if people are going to be excessively weird and unfortunately I wonder if that asshole with the chlorine is going to make another attempt were all questions heavy on my mind. I debated whether I really wanted to go. Would this be like meeting your heroes only to realize they're not what you expected? The bus pulled up to O'Hare and I got on the shuttle to the Hyatt with a few others. I spotted some ears in one bag and the tip of a bunny tail poking out from their coats. The shuttle pulled up to the convention and we got first contact. The first suiter. Now I've seen plenty of images but I've never seen a real life fursuiter. Though the anxiety wasn’t placated, I got very excited after seeing this one suiter.

I walked in the doors of the hotel and it was like someone put fluff everywhere. Suits left and right, hats and tails in-between, it seemed like everyone had something fuzzy on! Even the hotel staff was dressed up! What I didn't account for however was the sheer culture shock I got. Little backstory, my family is huge into Irish dancing. Brother’s a world champion and stared at Celtic Fyre at Busch Gardens as well as a bunch of other shows and my sister and other brother also achieved regional or national titles. Why is this important you say? Well it's because the Midwest Regional Championships has been held in that Hyatt about every other year since the day I was born. 20 years of expecting hard shoes, wigs, and solo costumes and instead I've got fursuits, dance music, and artists everywhere. The first two hours alone I just wandered around thinking That place is where I used to play Mario Kart DS with the other non-dancing siblings or This doesn't sound like a Treble Jig… more like house music. amongst other thoughts.

After I sort of got over the shock (and believe me, I'm still not over it), I had already perused the artist's den and did some people watching. Now what? Well I might as well wander and check everything else out right? I thought. Then, out of nowhere, Red Panda suits as far as the eye could see. Super excited (for obvious reasons) I stuck around to watch what I found out to be the Red Panda photoshoot. In this craziness, I ran into the first suit I recognized, Nitram’s He called me over and said that he had the same hoodie that I was wearing! We talked for a quick second and then the photoshoot moved and with it the participants. Well that was nice! I thought as I browsed the convention schedule. I figured that I might as well make my way to a panel, that's the reason for these right? I wandered into “Fursuiter Price is Right” and, despite several technical difficulties, had an absolute blast. After that, I managed to meet up with another Redditer /u/OliveToDie. We shot the shit a bit and went to another panel on reference sheets. After thoroughly enjoying that, me and /u/OliveToDie walked around the con talking about furry stuff, life stuff, etc. We made our way to the Break room (or whatever that room with the soda machine in it was called) to pass some time until the dance started. We continued to shoot said previously mentioned shit until someone approached us wearing the same Red Panda hoodie I was wearing. They went for a high five and I was thinking wow! Another person has this same hoodie! Cool. The other hoodie owner pulled up an invisible chair to our standing table and I mentioned to him, “I ran into Nitram and he told me he's got the same hoodie! Isn't that so weird?” Then I looked down. And I saw a badge. Guess who it was? Yup, you guessed it. I'd been talking to Nitram how I met Nitram…

After a few laughs at my mistakes, Nitram mentioned he was gonna head over to the dance and /u/OliveToDie and I followed. There are a few words I can use to describe the next 4 hours from 10pm to 2am. Sweat works. So does absolutely awesome. I had a blast like all the other events I had attended.

I made my way out of the hotel and over to the train so I could get to my friends house I was crashing at. Before going to bed, I had a lot of time to think about the day. I had gone into this convention worried that it wouldn't meet my expectations and it somehow managed to surpass them tremendously. Everyone was just as ridiculously nice as they are on here and it always seemed like something was happening. But, as this was my first con, I definitely realized that there are a lot of things I should do differently in the future. The most important is probably to take care of life more before coming so I can stay for longer. School unfortunately meant I could only do Friday instead of Fri/Sat which is what I planned on. Second, do not just eat breakfast and expect water and granola bars/roasted peanuts to tie you over… they won't. And the third is to bring friends or at least meet up with them. Due to my nearly exclusively digital relationship with the community, it was a little hard to find people to come with. Thankfully, I got to meet plenty of people there, but going with a group would easily have made the experience so much better.

So I'd like to take a quick second to thank everyone who made my first convention one of the most fun events I've ever been to. The MWFF staff, all the suiters (you convinced me that I absolutely want one asap), and everyone else who attended. I can’t wait to see you all again next year! Maybe by then I'll know a few more of ya prior to coming!

Tl;dr: I was nervous to come, but you all made it with it. The convention was so ridiculously fun that there's no question I'll be back next year for more panels, photoshoots, meet ‘n’ greets, and dancing!

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last issues surprising finale saw the unexpected arrival gender swapped counterparts of both Howard and his one-time cell mate Rocket Raccoon, this along with the success of other gender swapping titles such as the hugely popular Spider-Gwen made had me expecting writer Chip Zdarsky to take a few well intentioned and light hearted jabs at this popular but not unwelcome recent trend in Marvel comics. Instead he continues to constantly surprise, this month crafting the most heartfelt, touching and utterly captivating issue of his Howard the Duck run so far. Instead of the titular fowl, Zdarksy instead centres the action on his new creations Shocket and Linda and delves into the pair’s back story.

This being a Howard-less issue is perfectly conveyed by regular collaboratorJoe Quinones beautiful cover, and with the artist on a break this month art duties fall to Veronica Fish who will also be lending her considerable talents for two issues of Robbie Thompson’s Silk in February. Coming in at a point in the story with new characters and a flashback in makes perfect sense and feels like a natural move to include a guest artist and her cartoony style is a lovely fit for both the characters and the story. Bold and expressive she draws an achingly cute Shocket and Linda in all their short, adorable glory and small moments like Shocket reassuring her sister, muzzle full of corn on the cob make for some amazingly cute and emotional moments. Just when the pages start to seem too regimented and strict in their panel layout, some subtle tricks and touches such as skipping twenty-five years over three panels and literally breaking the borders of the panels shake things up. Although next month marks the return of Quinones, I hope it doesn’t mean the last we will see of Fish on Marvel titles in the future.Steeped in Marvel lore and featuring clones and time travel this is pure comics. Inventive, silly and funny but with a real heart and emotional pull, in equal parts from Zdarksy’s writing and his new created characters. Introduced last issues for a brief single page shock ending, Linda and Shocket are a big reason that this book is so wonderful. The pair’s entire back story is told in this single issue and yet it never seems rushed or cluttered, despite the number of things thrown into the mix. Taking time to define them as unique characters in their own right he develops the sister’s personalities and fleshes them out beyond their seemingly simple gender bent origins, emphasizing both the similarities and differences to their male counterparts. A lot of the issues sweetest moments are to be found in the girl’s unusual but loving family unit with initially reluctant father Dee, who quickly falls for the strange duo. I found myself completely invested over the course of a handful of pages and was left looking forward to seeing their interactions with Howard and Tara next issue. As a writer Zdarsky has become more ambitious in his storytelling and writing. Later in the story, on meeting a younger, angrier Silver Surfer Dee calms the Herald with an impassioned and honest speech about his future, some of the best he has ever written not to mention the issues heart-breaking conclusion.

Between them Fish and Zdarksy have put together an amazing and sweetly touching issue filled with perfect character moments. Howard the Duck continues to be a series I am completely in love with. Both funny and smart, Howard and companies adventures continue to consistently strike the perfect balance between humour and heart.

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OK I've been ticking it over for a while now (just over a year) and I was wondering what goes into a fursuit, as in: finding a good fursuit maker, matierals, how to keep it in a good condition, where to ware it, what happens when people approach you and how much it can actually change.

I know that you have to keep someone with you to guide you and make sure you don't roast but other than that I'm clueless.

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sorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorryi'mlate... Thanks /u/GoldenTerrabyte

The Furry Art Request Roulette master post can be found here for hopefully all the information you need as well as links to past FARR posts.

Art links Requester Artist Summary ... AfonRedrawn rabbitfields single character, inked and colored, background. objects. ... Alouansii Biyorne Fully shaded, full body character art or digital badge ... Anthoren PrettyOkayMrFox cleaned sketch, likely colored and/or shaded, limited background ... CanOfSodah Fearful_Leader Full-body color painting, no or abstract background ... dbj49 Fenrir74 Anything, depending on time available ... DieVergessene Fearful_Leader Full-body color painting, no or abstract background ... elysian_prince woundedkneecap3 Stick figure sketch on engineering paper ... Grimmrj RoyalLlama chibi with flat colours and simple background ... Halfcharge squirrelflight01 digital sketch, no background and no shading ... Horsefucker9000 Jakkor Simple digital sketch, can do basic colours if you want. ... KawaiiKauwi RoyalLlama Flat colours and a basic background. ... KodaKuna Lizardonfire Full body pencil sketch ... KymPerson Blue_Birdhat Half-body. Depending on time, it may be a sketch, inks only, or inks with some coloring. ... Lacriphage HyperWaddleDee full body, color w/o shading, .png w/transparent bg ... Lizardonfire squirrelflight01 digital sketch, no background and no shading ... Luissen squirrelflight01 coloured with basic background ... recursion87 pandf_ traditional sketch of body or bust, scanned ... ricepeas Reikaosu Coloured, no background. ... solidpony45 Featherfell Shaded waist-up sketch, no bg ... stumblinbear SkullRico Lineart, color, no background ... TheQQQQ RoyalLlama flat colours, basic background ... tiger8255 Sat-AM Sketch with some shading, no or very simple background. ... TriggerTheWolf Wakato106 Cel-shaded full body, medium amounts of background ... Verok_the_Dragon squirrelflight01 digital sketch, no background and no shading ... Writerwolfy thebiggestfurry full shade, basic back

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It seems hard to believe that an enterprise as long-lived as My Little Pony hasn’t had a production art book created for it… Thank goodness for Mary Jane Begin, who finally brought us My Little Pony: The Art of Equestria (in hardcover, from Abrams). Rather appropriate that it celebrates (mostly) the latest incarnation of the show: “My Little Pony: The Art of Equestria presents, for the first time, a deep exploration of the art and illustrations from this beloved animated series, Friendship Is Magic. Beginning with the show’s premiere and taking readers through its fifth season, the book offers an amazing collection of the art and design that bring this wonderful series to life. The book takes readers behind the scenes of the show and explores how favorite characters and the landscape of Equestria came to look as they are today. Beyond the television show, My Little Pony: The Art of Equestria also examines the intriguing fan culture—including the fan art movement inspired by Friendship Is Magic. With a rich array of con- ceptual art, episode storyboards, and memorable scenes from the show, My Little Pony: The Art of Equestria is the ultimate guidebook, collector’s item, and fan keepsake.” And you can get it now at Barnes & Noble.

image c. 2015 Abrams