Furtopia is proud to sponsor needy children with the help of Furry artists and fursuiters in our "Furtopia Arts for Kids Community Project". The goal of this project is to gather experienced furry artists and talented fursuiters (up to 12 total) to entertain sick children at the local Children's Hospital in Dayton, Ohio (Oct 20th). Housing and modest meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) will be provided to artists/fursuiters who wish to travel and help brighten the day of a needy child. If you think
you would like to help with this project contact WhiteShepherd at admin2@furtopia.org .

NOTE: We are also accepting donations of art (reviewed first and must be POSITIVE G-rated art, humor recommended) for donation to the hospital for hanging in the children's rooms. If you have some art piece(s) you are considering donating please email a preview of the art you wish to send to admin2@furtopia.org and we will inform you if we can use your art. Wish us luck on this important Furtopia charity project!

http://artsforkids.furtopia.org will be the future website of this project (Due up Sep 3rd).

WhiteShepherd

Doodles sent in his upcoming comics list a while ago, and here it is! "The holiday season is coming, and that means the usual flood of Yule-themed titles from the publishers will be hitting the stands. In addition, there will be tons of expensive trade paperbacks and collections coming out to pop up under the tree or get purchased by that $20 Grandma gave you."

Feral!, furry fandom's premier summer camp, is returning to Camp Arowhon after a successful year in 2004! Entering its 8th year, Feral! is excited to announce the dates for next year: August 27th to 31st. Also, the first Guest of Honour has been announced, and it will be 2, The Ranting Gryphon!

Why hello out there fellow travelers! Now that Mephit FurMeet is over with, we thought we would like to remind you that Midwest FurFest is now only a little over two months away. We are getting the hot air balloon* ready for our trip and we are hoping you will be able to join us for a wonderful time November 19th-21st, 2004!

This is our fifth year and are hoping to see our old friends along with many new faces, so we are working hard to make this a wonderful convention for everyone out there. So why not register and let us show you how to go 'Around the World in 80 Days.'

Looking for a fast and convient way to gallery your furry art? For furry Artists who would like an EASY to use gallery and still have the option to add a web page when they are ready, Furtopia web accounts now have a EASY built-in art gallery option with their free web sites for furry artists (art, writing, & music).

With our new listing feature any Furtopia/Dragaoncity web directories that do not have a web page will be listed with thumbnails of all images/artwork in an easy to view gallery format (instead of a plain listing of files). See: http://www.testme.furtopia.org for an example. Descriptions to thumbnails are easily added. Just sort your art in folders you name and upload. That's all there is to it. :)

Furtopia's useful web hosting features (PHP, Perl, MYSQL, CGI, SSI, and more) all remain in full service so you can add/upgrade to a full web site at any time. In fact, if you like the "look" and ease of the Furtopia Web Lister, you can use it by linking from your created web pages as a quick way to add your art.

Feel free to let us know what you think of this new program and any services you may find useful (email and our busy furry forums). Our lister service is newly finished and more features will be comming soon! If you know an Artist who would like to display their furry art but has no web experience feel free to recommend a Furtopia/Dragoncity account. It's EXTREMELY easy to use and the account can be used for a personal art web page whenever the artist is ready!

Furtopia also has a friendly staff for answering the questions of newbies and veterans alike (see forums).

WhiteShepherd & Kada-Ru Furtopia staff