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

There is still time to enter the Furtopia Art and Poetry contests which ends (9-7-04)! A link to the winning entries will be posted on the Furtopia main page! You can find information and submit entries here: http://artcontest.furtopia.org & http://poetrycontest.furtopia.org .

For information contact admin@furtopia.org (http://www.furtopia.org)

SOUTHERN TAILS
The official newsletter of Furry Weekend Atlanta (February 11-13, 2005)
August 2004

In this issue...
1. Furry Weekend Atlanta Art Contest - win free admission!
2. Art Show Announcement
3. Dealers Den Update
4. Hotel Update
5. Programming Spotlight: 2 The Ranting Gryphon
6. Programming Spotlight: First Convention Panel
7. Volunteers Wanted!
8. FWA At Mephit Furmeet

September Newsletter

1. Furry Party at SiliCon
2. Registration pricing increase
3. Travel Assistance Program Announcement
4. Con Book Submissions / Deadline
5. Badge Art Submissions
6. Next FC meeting.

The first issue of DC/Vertigo's three-issue WE3 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely has just hit the comics shops. The U.S. military bioengineers a dog, a cat and a rabbit into intelligent unstoppable soldier/assassins, but they escape and want to "go home". Vertigo's website includes a downloadable art PDF.

Vertigo's publicity describes it as a cross between "The Terminator" and "The Incredible Journey". But since it also says it is the authors' attempt to create a "Western manga", it seems likely that the "WE3" title is a tribute to Osamu Tezuka's "W3" 1960s manga and anime TV series, known in America as "The Amazing 3" (Bonnie Bunny, Ronnie Horse and Zero Duck).

Hello Furs!

The Western Pennsylvania Fall Fur-b-que and Weekend FurMeet will be held Columbus Day weekend, October 9 & 10, 2004. The Fur-b-que will be held again this year at Fireman's Memorial Park, in Aspinwall, PA. (Just east of Pittsburgh)

This CNN news report about Hairboy, whose body is 96% covered with short hair, should be of interest to all those who wish that their bodies were covered with real fur.

Those who attended ConFurences in the 1990s might remember the NitroCoon radio show presentations - an anthro sci-fi tale. The fur behind NitroCoon was Avi Melman. For years Avi hoped to bring NitroCoon to cartoons and was pitching it around Hollywood.

Now Avi has his own animation studio! In this interview Avi talks about his first animated series which features werewolves.

Can your ferret climb through an 18-ft dryer hose in less than six seconds? If so, he or she could have won the gold at the 8th Annual Ferret Olympics. For more info, see this Fox News article.

Boo!

You have 13 days to pre-register for FurFright 2004 at the fiendishly low price of $10! After August 31st, our pre-registration price will go up to $15. To register by mail or online, spook your way to our website at www.furfright.org. While you're there, feel free to haunt the rest of our website as well! We've got lots of things planned: DDR Tourney, masquerade, movies, charity raffle and auction, fursuit games, video/card/RP gaming, and fantastic dealers to whom you can sell your soul!

Are you a dealer or artist? We've still got some slots available for you! Check out our Dealer/Artist registration page (http://www.furfright.org/registration.dealers.html) for more information!

If you are looking to submit art to the convention for our conbook, t-shirt, and badges, the deadline is also August 31st. We are also accepting advertisements for our conbook. Please visit our website for more information on either of these topics. Art submissions: http://www.furfright.org/artsubmissions.html Advertising: http://www.furfright.org/advertisement.htm

Lurk your way this way to FurFright!

*haunting hugs*
K'gra Leopard
Con Cat/Registration Director
FurFright 2004
www.furfright.org

Well, heck. Look what I found, languishing in my email box. Sheesh. Without further delay, here's Doodles: "With halloween coming, many publishers will be focusing on spooky or supernatural topics, as can be seen from this month's listings."

Also look for Treesong's addendum at the end.

Publicity art has just been released on Disney's forthcoming "American Dog", by Chris "Lilo & Stitch" Sanders. It looks great!

A bear raided a campsite cooler and drank 36 cans of Rainier beer, puncturing each with a claw and guzzling the contents before passing out drunk.

He tried one can of Busch and that was more than enough.

The bear was chased off the grounds, but returned for more beer the following day. He had to be baited with a trap containing the usual sweets and... two more cans of beer.

This is the 1st update of the fourth annual Recommended Anthropomorphics List. It has two purposes. Firstly, it is open for all Furry fans to recommend the best anthropomorphic movies, TV series, novels, artwork, games, etc. that they find during 2004. It is for fans who want to know what Furry movies, TV series, novels, etc. are worth looking for. The List is open to anyone to add to, and it will be updated at least three times before the end of the year. If you find any 2004 Furry movies or comic books or comic strips, etc. that are worth recommending, please send your recommendations through the end of 2004 to:

Fred Patten
11863 West Jefferson Boulevard
Culver City, California 90230-6322
fredpatten@earthlink.net

Secondly, this List is to be used as a guide for nominations to the 2004 Ursa Major Award, which will be presented at Anthrocon 2005 for the Best of the calendar year 2004 in the first ten categories. The List was actually started in 2001 as an aid to those fans who said, "The Award sounds like a good idea but I don't have the slightest idea what's eligible to be nominated." Read the List and find out what is eligible for the Best of 2004.

Dressed in a tuxedo, Simba sat at the front of one of Manhattan's newest dining establishments and nodded at people who greeted him. Then he yawned, began to roll on the floor and lick his paws. That's acceptable behavior at the Meow Mix Cafe, a new eatery designed especially for cats and their human owners.

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