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PeterCat's Furry InfoPage: The FAQs About Furries ![[InfoPage Logo copyright 2001 Peter J. Kappesser]](http://home.twcny.rr.com/petercat/Images/infopage.gif) Revised June 12, 2008Send comments toinfopage@tigerden.comPeterCat's Furry InfoPageOne of the top sites about furries on Google!  Welcome to furrydom! Here's where you can find out more about "furries" -- a term which has come to be used both for furry characters, and for the fans of them.Welcome especially to those seeking info after seeing somethingabout furries on TV. Several shows, includingBack to You,CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Jimmy Kimmel,The Man Show,ER, Drew Carey, and specials on MTV and HBO have featured furries. However, these depictions have largely been alongthe lines of "lookit the freaks" and are not a fair representation offurries or furry fandom in general. Have you ever noticed in TV coverageof a football game, how the camera often focuses on the few fans (out ofa stadium of tens of thousands) who have painted their bodies in theteam colors? Yes, furry fandom has its share of colorful characters --but most of people who are fascinated by furries are not that differentfrom the people you know at school, work or church who enjoy sports,gardening, arts and crafts, cooking, collecting, games, or any otherhobbies.What Are Furries?You've probably seen many: they're the stars of greeting cards, TVcommercials, comics and movies entertaining millions of young and oldalike. In short, folks with fur... characters in literature, film,TV, comics, or roleplaying who aren't quite human. Examples inpopular media include cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny; mythicalcreatures such as werewolves and dragons (the possession of fur isnot a requirement of being "furry"); or aliens such as theWookies and Ewoks of Star Wars.But for some folks, the furries appearing in popular media aren'tenough... so they seek out independent comic books like Steve Galacci'sAlbedo and Mike Curtis's Shanda the Panda. Theselong-running series deal with mature subject matter: the former, thepersonal and physical devastations of war; the latter, the ecstasies,agonies, and intricacies of adult relationships. And in fact, the onlycomic ever to win a Pulitzer Prize is furry: Art Spiegelman'sMaus, chronicling the experiences of his father in NaziGermany, with cats cast as Nazis and mice as Jews.The newsgroup alt.fan.furry is where you'll finddiscussion of all aspects of furry fandom; in many respects similar toscience fiction fandom, but "furry" is a "meta-genre", since it cutsacross traditional genre classifications of SF (the Wookies of StarWars), Westerns (Feivel Goes West), heroic quests(Watership Down), and even sports (Animalympics). TheLynx/Greywolf Furry FAQ explains the basic topics aboutfurries and furry fandom. Note that some a.f.f. posters tendto bicker; the contentiousness found on this newsgroup is notrepresentative of furries in general.Finding Furry StuffThe vast bulk of furry material is available from other furry fans-- self-published fanzines and artists' portfolios, or stories andpictures archived at FTP and Web sites. Lynx's Incomplete Listing of Zoomorphic Publications has details about fan-produced publications. Cap'n Packrat keeps track of independently published comics: A Not Quite Complete, but None the Less, Very Thorough Furry Comic Book List has dozens of entries. Publishers Address List tells you where to get them. You can also get many comics and zines by mail order: The Rabbit Valley Comic Shop (formerly known as Mailbox Books) P.O. Box 540568, Waltham MA 02454-0568 The premiere furry mail-order distributor. You can browse their catalog of current furry comics, portfolios, and merchandise, and order online by credit card, or send for a printed catalog. Historical Note: This company did business for years as Mailbox Books. The original Mailbox Books was founded by Ed Zolna, who retired in 1998 and sold the company's assets to Sean Rabbitt (who acquired the name Mailbox Books) and Matt Henry (who started "Bronzebear Media Distribution" to sell Ed Zolna's backstock). In spring 2001, Mr. Henry decided to return to college to pursue a master's degree, and began liquidating the business; at Anthrocon 2001, Mailbox Books acquired Bronzebear's remaining inventory. In September 2001, a company called Education Center, Inc. filed suit alleging trademark infringement: it had begun using "The Mailbox Book Company" in its marketing of classroom materials to teachers, even though Mr. Zolna's and Mr. Rabbitt's use of "Mailbox Books" predates it. Rather than face a lengthy and expensive legal battle, Mr. Rabbitt decided to change the name of the company and get on with business. Second Ed As the old saying goes, "You can't keep a good man... gathering no moss" or something like that. Ed Zolna came out of retirement in 2003 selling comics, folios and CDs by top furry artists and publishers from around the world, via a free Genuine Paper Catalog with monthly updates. Commercially Available Dave Farrance's Furry Novel List includes science fiction and fantasy books featuring furries. Thyromane's Furry Films List compiles movies and video releases. The Furry Anime list of Japanese animation featuring furries.Fandom Info WikiFur is an online encyclopedia devoted to furry fandom and related topics. Flayrah.com is a site reporting the latest news on comics, movies, conventions and other doings of interest to furries. Watts Martin's Funny Animal Liberation Front was founded to preserve furry fandom's roots in anthropomorphic animal stories, films and art by promoting knowledge of the fandom's history, although the site is not being maintained. Yarf! fanzine's Furry Fandom Chronology by Fred Patten recounts the development of furry fandom. Terry Knight's "You Know You're A Furry Fan When..." Ross Smith's The Code of the Furries Rich Chandler's essay on Sketchbooks and follow-up addenda to it Matt J. McCullar What to Take to a Con gives helpful advice for those planning to attend a convention.Conventions and Large Gatherings ConFuzzled - Manchester, England: June 20-23, 2008. Anthrocon - Pittsburgh, PA: June 26-29, 2008. Currently the largest furry convention; 2007 attendance: 2,849. FA: United - Newark, NJ: August 1-3, 2008. Feral! - near Toronto, ON, Canada: August 24-28, 2008. A summer camp for furries! Eurofurence - Suhl, Germany: August 27-31, 2008. Mephit Furmeet - Memphis, TN: August 29-September 1, 2008. RainFurrest - Seattle, WA: September 26-28, 2008. Oklacon (formerly Festival of the Feral) - Near Oklahoma City, OK: October 23-27, 2008. FurFright - Waterbury, CT: October 17-19, 2008. Midwest Furfest - near Chicago, IL: November 21-23, 2008. RBW - London, England: November 27-30, 2008. FURther CONfusion - near San Francisco, CA: January 22-26, 2009. Furry Weekend Atlanta - Atlanta, GA: March 19-22, 2009. Furry Connection North - near Detroit, MI: April 24-26, 2009. CaliFur - near Los Angeles, CA: usually May. Ohio Morphicon - Columbus, OH: usually May. Rocket City FurMeet - Huntsville, AL: usually May. Rocky Mountain Fur Con - Denver, CO: usually May. Megaplex - Orlando, FL: July 24-26, 2009. International Anthropomorphic Festival - Montreal, QC, Canada: summer 2009. A list of smaller gatherings, and science fiction conventions with a furry presence, canbe seen on WikiFur's listing of Upcoming Events.Historical Note: ConFurence (or, the International Anthropomorphic (Furry) Convention/Exposition, for short) was the premiere furry convention,founded in 1989 and running annually until 2003. CF0-10 were organized by The ConFurence Association. From 2000-2003,The ConFurence Group produced the conventions.Media CoverageThe growth of furry fandom has attracted media attention, so much so that there's aLiveJournal community devoted to sightings of furries in the media.Here's an article from the Tri-Valley Herald in the San Francisco Bay area:http://www.xydexx.com/anthrofurry/trivalley.htm,another from Jim Hill Media:http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/roger_colton/archive/2003/02/03/887.aspx,and from the Philadelphia-area paper Wayne Suburban:http://www.xydexx.com/anthrofurry/furries.htm.Pressed Fur is a site that collects media mentions about furries andfurry fandom, as well as essays, critiques, and views of how others seethe fandom, but it hasn't been updated since 2002.For a good, impartial overview of furries and furry fandom, check out theWikipedia entries onfurries andfurry fandom.The Lion KingOne of the best furry films of recent memory, so since I'm a biglion fan, it gets its own section. And in fact, if you also go to theFurry Search site,you'll find a lot more Lion King links! Tracking |
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