Furry News Network
Newsbytes archive for April 2013
Author: crossaffliction Contributors this month include crossaffliction, dronon, earthfurst, Equivamp, Fred, GreenReaper, Higgs Raccoon, Kakurady, Patch Packrat, Rakuen Growlithe and RingtailedFox. read more Find the full article here: flayrah – furry food for thought Creative Commons: Full post may be available under a free license.
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Furlandia: Portland’s first furry convention overshadowed by MTV controversy
Author: Sonious A convention can be made or broken on one simple principle: communication. It can seem so simple to do, but when the number of people you’re trying to do it with goes up, it becomes a complex issue. In the modern (mis)information era, public relations has changed from a hassle typically tossed to [...]
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Video: ‘Equestria Girls’ is ‘My Little Pony’ minus the ponies
Author: crossaffliction The inevitable My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic theatrical release is coming June 16…kind of. My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, directed by series veteran Jayson Thiessen, begins a limited release June 16 (after a premiere at the L.A. Film Festival on June 15). It is uncertain whether a full release will ever happen. [...]
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‘Rage’ CCG Call of the Sea block leads with Chulorviah deck
Author: fenrislorsrai As Werewolf: The Apocalypse celebrates its 20th anniversary, fans of its spinoff collectible card game, Rage, are still producing free print and play sets featuring art from many awesome furry artists. Call of the Sea brings the battle for the ocean to the Rage CCG. It kicks off with the Chulorviah deck, featuring [...]
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Review: ‘Kairos. T.1/3′, by Ulysse Malassagne
Author: Fred Kairos, volume 1 of 3, has just been published in France. It was announced here last month with an animated trailer from Studio La Cachette in Paris that had me salivating for the album! (Ankama’s catalogue lists a volume title that does not appear on the volume; “His Kingdom”.) Now the book is here. [...]
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KnotCast: Episode 220 – New Con Smell
Author: E-Mail Hidden This week on Knotcast, Savrin Fuzz and Shiva would have liked to have got some con reports from BLFC and Furlandia, but they didn’t get any! So instead we answer emails like normal. Huzzah! Use our coupon code ‘knot’ at Adameve.com for a great deal! Episode 220 – New Con Smell (AAC; [...]
KnotCast: Episode 220 – New Con Smell
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Furry Movie Award Watch: April 2013
Author: crossaffliction Sorry for the delay, folks; I know all five of my regular readers were on pins and needles (hi, mom!). See, GreenReaper emailed to tell me that Fred had linked back to my Cinderella review on the new Cartoon Research site, and just like the time he emailed me about some video game site [...]
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Furry loses home to Moore, Oklahoma tornado
Author: Draconis Misora Rae lost her home in the recent Oklahoma tornado. It was one of many structures destroyed in the EF5 storm. She was fortunate to be at work with her mother at the Oklahoma City Zoo. Many local furs are gathering near a local Walmart to assist Misora in removal of what can [...]
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Fanfic goes mainstream with Kindle Worlds
Author: Huskyteer Interesting news for writers of fanfiction as Amazon announces Kindle Worlds, an e-book platform which invites published and aspiring authors to submit original titles based on licensed properties, to be sold in the Kindle Store. Kindle Worlds titles of 10,000 words and upwards will sell for $ 0.99 – $ 2.99, with royalties [...]
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GoH interview: Chris Savino and Ursula Vernon [FC 2013]
Author: GreenReaper Further Confusion 2013 saw guests of honor Chris Savino and Ursula Vernon on the stage to answer questions from staff and attendees. Here are their responses: Q: Could you give us a brief introduction? Chris: [...rattles off storyboarding, animation, writing and directing credits for shows noted in his Wikipedia article, including Rocko's Modern [...]
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FC-125 Gay Asian Grandpa
Author: E-Mail Hidden (..::XANA::.. Creations) http://furcast.fm/logo.jpg A 5-star episode with an awesome guest, hilarious news stories and loads of laughs. Celebrating the one year anniversary of our most downloaded FurCast episode to date (fc-85) we have a lovely demon voice round-table at the end. :3 P.S. The slight popping in the audio once and a [...]
FC-125 Gay Asian Grandpa
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Review: ‘Doc Rat. Vols. 8-10′, by Jenner
Author: Fred These three pocket-sized books contain the Doc Rat daily (Monday-Friday) comic strips from #951 to #1088 (February 15 to August 25, 2010), #1089 to #1218 (August 26, 2010 to February 23, 2011), and #1219 to #1426 (February 24 to December 12, 2011). Each volume collects approximately six months of the strip, except that [...]
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Retrospective: ‘The Bear That Wasn’t', by Frank Tashlin
Author: Fred Jerry Beck at Cartoon Scoop has posted on Frank Tashlin’s 1946 children’s book The Bear That Wasn’t. In case you are unfamiliar with the famous story, a bear in a forest goes into a cave to hibernate for the winter. He emerges next spring to find that a human factory has been built [...]
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‘Wonderfilled Anthem’ prescribes Oreos for wolves, vampires
Author: Fred Even if it was not anthropomorphic, how could we ignore an animated TV commercial for Oreos from Studio Animal (Barcelona), to a lively tune by Owl City? Fortunately, the 1’30” Wonderfilled Anthem, directed by Martin Allais, is very anthropomorphic, with the Big Bad (Blue) Wolf, the three pigs, vampires, sharks, baby seals, squids, [...]
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Video review: ‘DreamKeepers Vol. 3′ by Dave and Liz Lillie
Author: Isiah Jacobs See more: DreamKeepers, Dave’s Essays, Leon on Youtube – animated intro by Rei Vagan. Find the full article here: flayrah – furry food for thought Creative Commons: Full post may be available under a free license.
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‘Rio 2′ first trailer revealed
Author: Fred Animation Scoop has the first trailer for Blue Sky Studios’ Rio 2, out next April. It’s anthro birds, birds, birds! I just got through reviewing the coffee-table The Art of ‘Epic’ for Animation World Network. (My review should be posted in the next day or two.) In it, director Chris Wedge says that [...]
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FC-123 12345 (European Time)
Author: E-Mail Hidden (..::XANA::.. Creations) http://furcast.fm/logo.jpg May the 4th be with you! But only if you don’t use American date formats. Download MP3 (Right-click, Save) News: ‘Wastelander Panda’ episodes available online on May 27 by Higgs Raccoon Furry Picnic May 19th, Wickham Park, Manchester, CT New Term for (Yiffy) Jiffy Opinion: Street fursuiting is the [...]
FC-123 12345 (European Time)
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2012 Ursa Major Awards voting now closed
Author: Fred The voting for the 2012 Ursa Major Awards, for the best anthropomorphic literature and art of the calendar year 2012, is now closed. Voting took place from March 15 to May 15. 1,696 registrations were received, but only 1,113 people actually voted. The winners will be announced at a presentation ceremony at Anthrocon [...]
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Jill0r – May 2013 Featured Fursuiter of the Month
Talented fursuit builder, convention GOH enjoys giving back By Tim “Kijani” Watanabe Back when Jill “Jill0r” C. was in high school, she had no idea what she wanted to pursue as a career, only knowing that it would be art-related. Little did she know that less than a decade later, she would be the owner [...]
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Announcement: ‘Foodfight!’ is a direct-to-DVD release
Author: Fred Animation Scoop’s Greg Ehrbar reports that Foodfight!, the coming-soon CGI theatrical feature announced ever since 2004, has finally come out – as a direct-to-DVD release, on May 7. This is definitely one for Crossaffliction’s proposed MST3K for bad anthropomorphic movies. Ehrbar reviews Foodfight! as, “It is truly one of the worst animated films [...]
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