Anthrocon has announced both its 2011 charity and guests of honor.

Joining attendees will be Peter S. Beagle, author and screenplay writer of The Last Unicorn, and Andy Runton, creator of Owly.

The convention's charity events will raise money for the ToonSeum, a cartoon art history museum just a block away from the convention.

Midwest FurFest 2010's guests of honor – Vantid (Amber Hill), Redstorm (Alexis Rudd, aka The Blue Hyena) and Kipper Otter – kindly allowed me to record their answers in the "meet the GoH" panel, hosted by MFF chairman Takaza. So here they are!

Anthrocon has announced their second 2010 guest of honor: children's TV director, producer and puppeteer Jim Martin.

Mr. Martin has worked in a variety of roles since the foundation of his own puppet company, the Pupplets (photos), in 1973.

He became a director on PBS' The Puzzle Place, and went on to become a Sesame Street's muppeteer and director, sharing Daytime Emmy wins for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2009.

In recent years, he has also acted as director and supervising producer of Disney's Johnny and the Sprites, gaining further Emmy nominations.

Anthrocon's first announced guest was James Gurney, creator of Dinotopia.

Morphicon 6: "Inner City Critters" May 15-17, 2009
Holiday Inn Columbus-Worthington, OH
Honoring: Joey Poey

In this issue:
Morphicon Freefall Picnic
New Chair
GOH Selection and 2009 Theme
Morphicon Staff Recruitment Drive!

Furry Weekend Atlanta 2009 has announced the Guests of Honor for the sixth installment of the convention: Matthew Ebel a.k.a. Hali of Firpine and, Moonstalker a.k.a. Richard Foley.^[1]

Manchester-based furry convention ConFuzzled has selected a guest of honour: German artist, DJ, photographer and fursuiter BigBlueFox, known worldwide for his DJ sets and convention videos, and locally for his live DJ'ing at Eurofurence and Mephit Mini Con.^[1] ConFuzzled will be his 26th convention.^[2]

Additional events were also announced, including an instructional panel on filming furries, and a pub quiz based on facts from WikiFur.^[1]

ConFuzzled is to be held June 20-23 2008, at the Manchester Youth Hostel in North West England. A maximum attendance of 144 is planned.^[3] As of December 5, over 40% of those registering had indicated that they were fursuiters.^[4]

The Northeast Anthropomorphic Association and Fur Affinity present fa:United!

FA United 2007 is a furry convention scheduled for August 10-12 in Newark, New Jersey.

Midwest FurFest released information about the convention theme and guests for honor today. The convention also announced its newly-revamped website at www.furfest.org.^[1]

The convention theme is to be "Critters on the High Seas", which could include pirates, sailing ships, and all things nautical.

The Guests of Honor include artists and illustrator Cara Mitten, artist, illustrator, and costumer Jill0r, and author Will Sanborn.

Oklacon
Roman Nose State Park
Watonga, Oklahoma
October 27 - 29, 2006

GUESTS OF HONOR!
Oklacon is proud to announce it's 2006 Guests of Honor will be Goldenwolf and Lightfoot Kyohti. Goldenwolf has eagerly accepted our offer to join us in 2006 as one of our guests of honor! An accomplished and well-known artist in the fandom, Goldenwolf has steadily worked on her style and techniques to include other genres including fantasy, wildlife, and pagan/spiritual themes. Lightfoot Kyohti is a native Oklahoma artist with impressive skill, who also has a black belt in Spaghetti.

2006 THEME ANNOUNCED: RUFFIN' IT
Oklacon 2006’s theme is “Ruffin’ It”, a reflection of the nature of Oklacon, the United States’ only outdoor and most affordable convention. Hosted in scenic Roman Nose State Park, our family of loyal attendees returns every year for our refreshing change of pace from hotel cons. Our Art Director is hungry for your artwork and stories to include on our website or conbook. If you thought about visiting our family this year, or have submissions for our theme, please visit our site for details.

PREREG CONTEST WINNER ANNOUNCED!
Jared Fox is the winner of the first drawing for our preregistration contest! For a limited time, every two to three weeks the Art Director is drawing names of preregistered and prepaid attendees for Oklacon 2006 to win prizes including free conbadge commissions, commemorative Oklacon t-shirts, and other goodies. Visit www.oklacon.com to preregister for Oklacon 2006 for your chance to win!

Midwest FurFest
Hyatt Regency Woodfield
Schaumburg, Illinois
November 17 - 19, 2006

Midwest FurFest is happy to announce that the theme for MFF 2006 will be: Midwest FurFest County Fair!

We are also proud to announce our Guests of Honor for 2006:

We are pleased to welcome the talented artist Heather "Kyoht" Luterman. Kyoht's work has been featured by Australia's National Dinosaur Museum, and Scholastic, the world's largest publisher of children's books and media. You can see more of Kyoht's work at her website, http://www.kyoht.com

We also welcome Whitefox (aka Whitey Fawks), noted costumer and co-owner of Arend Studios (http://www.arendstudios.com). You can find examples of Whitefox's work at any furry convention, and he has created numerous retail, nonprofit, and sports mascots.

Finally, we are happy to be joined by Jen Seng (aka Spunky). Jen is a talented artist and cartoonist whose work has been featured by Sofa Wolf Press, among others. Her work can be found at http://www.toonapalooza.net
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Midwest FurFest is a production of Midwest Furry Fandom, Inc.
For more information go to http://www.furfest.org

Experience...the THRILLS!...the FUN!...the FUR!

Megaplex 2006...the HORROR! It's coming...

Happy Holidays! No matter how you celebrate the season, the Board and staff of Megaplex 2006 hope that your holidays were full of good cheer. We have some good cheer of our own to share, which we'll get to shortly. First things first, however...

Hearken to the call, one and all! Be ye scaled or furred, earth-treader
or bird, sound the call and spread the word: Further Confusion shall
soon come to be; join us for five days of fine revelry. An artist has
been named as our first honored guest; and now with a fair scribe we've
been blessed. And even long before our gathering shall begin, we shall
hold camp -- and a feast!

1.  Picnic & Campout Information
2.  Our Second Guest of Honor
3.  Staff Needed
4.  Pre-Registering for FC
5.  Furry Night Live! returns
6.  Furry Marketplace
7.  FC Film Festival
8.  Conbook Submissions Needed
9.  Membership Badge Art Needed
10. Hotel FAQ for Booking Rooms
11. Further Confusion Masquerade
12. Next Public Meeting

Further Confusion 2006
is proud to announce our second Guest of Honor, Jane Lindskold.

Jane is the author of
Through
Wolf's Eyes,
Wolf's
Head, Wolf's Heart,
and many other works of fantasy. Further Confusion is excited to
have this most wonderful author join us in January 2006.

More information about Jane can be found on her website at
http://www.janelindskold.com/

We would also like the announce that we are sponsoring a Film
Festival, which will showcast animated and live-action short films
with anthropomorphic themes submitted by both fans and film-makers. All
films shown will be judged by a select panel for a 1st place cash
prize.

For further inquiries, or to submit a film, please contact
filmfest@furtherconfusion.org

Morphicon 2006 Convention Preview Newsletter!

Morphicon 2006: "The Food Chain"
May 5-7 at the Radisson Columbus-Worthington

In this report:

Webpage Update!
Theme, Guests of Honor Announced
Changes for Morphicon 2006
Morphicon in the Columbus Pride Parade
What's Next?

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