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Oh, Isn’t That Kieud?
After years of studying fashion design, the artist Kieu Le currently works in the licensing department for Blizzard Entertainment (home of World of Warcraft and so much more). In her copious (?) spare time she also has a thriving business on her own designing cartoonish 2D art prints as well as cartoonish 3D plush animal toys. All of which can be found on her personal web site, which besides examples of her work also includes links to various on-line stores where you can buy it all.
image c. 2016 by Kieu Le
The Lions of Chile: Franko
Thousands of years after the fall of man, a young lion stalks the deserts of Chile…
Kickstarter ending 4/28/16
[Note from the editor: Franko’s “Fables” is safe for work and none of the links in this post go directly anywhere that would raise an alarm, but they’re all one click away from some deep awkward.]
I hope my mate doesn’t catch wind of me writing this. He’s a hyena. They have a thing about lions. But I had to write about this one, because…
Because Franko is really cute.
There are other reasons. It’s an appealing character with a nice design; the artist, Cristóbal Jofré, consistently brings me joy when I see his work on FurAffinity; if I see the graphic novel in translation maybe I’ll finally learn what that damned squiggle on Franko’s chest is about; Franko’s friend Shin is really, really hot; every three or four hours a different picture of Franko and Shin turns up on my monitor, and I remember that I promised I’d write this one. Because, again, Franko really is that cute.
So, what’s it about? Besides lions in statistically insignificant amounts of clothing?
Franko: Fables of the Last Earth, published originally in Spanish in 2013 (That recently? huh!) is the story—well, stories—of the young lion Franko, his friend Shin (about whom see above, or here, or here…), and the various people, demons, spirits, and other strange things they encounter in their distant-future Chilean wilderness. The stories are framed as fables, little mythologies with messages. This is a storytelling mode that reaches as far back in time as the stories do forward: a modern mythological journey.
Obligatory name-drop: Franko is the work of writer Ángel Bernier and artist Cristóbal Jofre. Thanks to a lifeline thrown me by Sofawolf, I can say that Bernier is a writer and editor, working with comics and fanzines since 2006 (“Tinta Negra,” “Informe Meteoro,” and others.)
Of the latter, Jofre has worked on several titles, including the fascinating but frequently NSFW virtual anthology comic “Blanco Experimental,” art-mag/comic “Solar Storm,” and some previous work for Sofawolf. He’s been bopping around the fandom for quite some time, as Franko just celebrated his tenth birthday on FA (and here’s the original Franko! I love seeing how he’s evolved over the years!)
I’d love to know if there’s any common traits among the anthro artists in South America and Spain. Of course every artist has a unique style, but I’ve been so impressed by Juanjo Guarnido‘s stunning Blacksad, Oscar Martin’s dark Solo, and of course Jofre’s Franko…do they draw from a common well? Franko’s a different category, of course, charming rather than gritty.Helpfully, the upcoming translation of Franko will have some cultural notes to help unpack the story for its English readers.
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I’ve read that paragraph a few times now, and it just sounds worse each time I read it. Life goes on.)
Franko’s current Kickstarter and upcoming graphic novel in translation are both the work of the Kickstarter veterans at Sofawolf Press. They’ve had remarkable success with established product, with Vernon’s Digger and Bruton (et al)’s Dark Desires. Products which, interestingly, all incorporate some really powerful mythic elements. Does one of the happy canines at Sofawolf study Comparative Mythology? I hope so.
Sofawolf’s campaigns tend to be pretty generous on the physical reward front, and this one’s no exception. Plushies, a bandana-mask, stickers, and other oddments. Amazingly, there’s still a few pieces of original artwork left, for backers with only modestly deep pockets. There’s a chance that these aren’t moving as well as, say, the recent Anubis project did, since Jofre still occasionally takes commissions and is fairly approachable. And in fairness, it’s hard to compete with the combined star power of Dark Natasha, Bruton, Smith, Light, Miles, and Stein. (Whew!) But Franko’s absolutely delightful, and I’m so glad Sofawolf took a chance on him! Maybe we’ll see the second graphic novel, “Stories in Glorious Black and White,” at an upcoming con.
As of this writing the title is about $2000 under it’s 8K goal. The team can easily close this distance in the two weeks remaining, but it looks like it’s been a slow road to success. Unfortunate, I’d love to see the hardcover book happen, but the softcover translation alone is going to be a treat.
There are several ways to follow the illustrator. A few months ago Jofre (AKA Negger) kicked off a Patreon, but it never really got much traction, and seems to be inactive at the moment. You can get regular art updates from him on Tumblr (right this second worksafe, unless you scroll down a lot), FA (not remotely worksafe, you have been warned), and DeviantArt (Slightly more worksafe than FA but really that’s not saying much). Log on, +watch, and show some lion love!
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TigerTails Radio Season 9 Episode 39
Sondaggio Furry Italiano
[Articolo di JM. Le note del traduttore sono tra parentesi quadre in corsivo.]
Il furry è un fenomeno internazionale, e l’inglese è il linguaggio predominante. Tutte le nostre convention più larghe, da Anthrocon, a Eurofurence, al Meeting of Furries in Giappone, a Russfurence, sono pensate per un pubblico inglese. Partecipate a qualunque di queste e troverete furry che usano l’inglese come seconda, terza o quarta lingua, che comunicano e si divertono in questo linguaggio comune.
Per chi è nato in paesi che usano questa lingua è facile non fare caso a quella parte del mondo furry che non lo parla. Ma quella parte esiste, e per quanto ne sappiamo, le due maggiori lingue furry dopo la nostra sono il russo e l’italiano.
Siamo molto orgogliosi di presentare qui, per la prima volta, i dati di un sondaggio furry italiano che è stato condotto tra 2012 e 2013. Il sondaggio era interamente in italiano, e fino ad adesso i risultati erano stati pubblicati solo in italiano. Grazie al nostro collaboratore MrMandolino (che è italiano), possiamo presentarle qui in inglese.
(ripubblicheremo anche i risultati, e una traduzione di questo articolo, in italiano). [che è quella che state leggendo, ndt. In italiano.]
Non è facile capire perché l’italiano sembri più comune nel furry di, per esempio, il francese. Francia e Italia hanno una popolazione simile (66 vs 60 milioni) e simili livelli di conoscenza del’inglese.
Il Furry Survey [la versione angloamericana, ndt] è disponibile solo in inglese, quindi non possiamo stimare direttamente la percentuale di altre lingue. Siamo però in grado di intuirla osservando la differenza tra risposte al Furry Survey e attività online.
Dal Furry Survey, possiamo vedere che meno dell’1% dei partecipanti vive in Italia:
Questi dati vengono dal Furry Survey 2013, che ha avuto 7159 risposte. Il numero di italiani era 23, cioè il 0.3%. Questo risultato è consistente coi risultati di tutti i sondaggi dal 2009 al 2015.
Prevedibilmente, il sondaggio è dominato da furry di paesi di lingua inglese.
Possiamo stimare la prevalenza di lingue non inglesi nel mondo furry guardando ai dati di Wikifur. Wikifur, come Wikipedia, supporta praticamente qualunque lingua riusciate a nominare:
La differenza tra il numero di italiani che hanno risposto al Furry Survey (in inglese) e il numero di pagine di Wikifur (in italiano) suggerisce che ci sia un significativo numero di parlanti italiani nel furry. (stiamo anche dando un’occhiata all’altro gruppo che spicca per numero, i russi).
Questa è solo un’ipotesi, ovviamente. Il fatto che un significativo gruppo di furry parlanti italiano esista è ancora tutto da provare, e mentre MrMandolino è in contatto con i furry italiani, le dimensioni della comunità stessa sono estremamente difficili da stabilire.
Il Sondaggio Furry Italiano è un lungo sondaggio con 37 domande, e potete leggerlo interamente qui (link). Sotto potete leggere i punti principali.
Il Sondaggio Italiano è durato da fine 2012 a inizio 2013, ed ha ricevuto 103 risposte. Non è tantissimo, ma abbastanza da poter avere una buona idea delle demografiche del gruppo. Come per il Furry Survey, è impossibile controllare persone che non hanno risposto al sondaggio, quindi non possiamo misurare l’eventuale effetto di selezione [selection bias, ndt].
Per compararlo, ho inserito il risultato del Furry Survey (inglese) del 2013, che ha avuto 7159 risposte.
Sesso
Il Sondaggio Italiano chiedeva il sesso, ma non il genere [gender – identità sessuale differente dal sesso biologico o dall’orientamento sessuale, ndt]. I risultati suggeriscono che il gruppo italiano è (ancora) più dominato da maschi di quello inglese.
Il Sondaggio Italiano era stato condiviso su forum online, un medium che non è sempre rinomato per essere accogliente verso le donne. È possibile che questo influisca sui dati riguardanti il sesso. Altre demografiche mostrano forti similarità con il sondaggio inglese, come vedremo.
Età
Il gruppo italiano e quello inglese hanno una distribuzione di età molto simile.
La natura “saltellante” della distribuzione italiana è dovuta al campione ridotto di risposte. È facile vedere come campioni di piccole dimensioni abbiano larghi livelli di incertezza: un piccolo numero di (esempio) persone di 36 anni può creare un’eccezione che sembra (ma non è) significativa.
Come regola generale non pubblichiamo variazioni di incertezza [uncertainty range, ndt] qui ad [a][s]. Preferiamo semplicemente mostrare dati grezzi, per lasciare le cose semplici (per un lettore non specializzato) ed evitare di oscurare i dati stessi. Per tutti questi risultati, vi prego di tenere a mente che i dati italiani sono soggetti a molta più incertezza di quelli inglesi.
Studenti
La percentuale di studenti nel furry, di nuovo, è simile tra I due gruppi (statisticamente, questi due risultati possono essere definiti “identici”). L’età è ovviamente un fattore fondamentale.
Orientamento sessuale
È notevole osservare come il gruppo furry inglese e italiano mostrino simili distribuzioni di orientamento sessuale. Questo pattern – in cui gruppi etero, gay e bisessuali sono presenti in proporzioni quasi identiche – è insolito.
È un risultato sorprendente perché ci sono significative differenze nell’atteggiamento culturale verso l’omosessualità tra i due gruppi. Più dell’80% degli italiani sono cattolici, e al momento in cui scrivo quest’articolo è l’unico paese in Europa occidentale che non riconosce unioni civili o uguaglianza di matrimonio. [come cambia in fretta il mondo! ndt]
Il fatto che il gruppo italiano mostri le stesse demografiche di orientamento sessuale di quello inglese suggerisce che ci sia qualcosa riguardante il mondo furry che attrae un simile gruppo. È molto difficile arrivare a una qualche conclusione definitiva sul furry, perché siamo un gruppo vario e decentralizzato. Questi risultati suggeriscono che la nostra relazione col sesso e la sessualità sia importante per comprendere interamente il furry.
Ci sono molti, molti risultati affascinanti da esplorare nel Sondaggio Furry Italiano. Potete leggere l’intero sondaggio, che include discussione e commento, qui.
Questo articolo e il Sondaggio Furry Italiano sono anche disponibili in inglese.
Sondaggio Furry Italiano: Data from an Italian Furry Survey
Furry is an international phenomenon, and English is our predominant language. All our large conventions, from Anthrocon to Eurofurence to Japan Meeting of Furries to Russfurence, cater to English speakers. Attend any of these and you’ll find furries with English as their second or third or fourth language, communicating and participating in our lingua franca.
For a native English speaker, it’s easy to overlook non-English-speaking furry. But it exists, and as best we can tell, the next two biggest furry languages are Russian and Italian.
We are really pleased to be able to present here, for the first time, data from an Italian furry survey (Sondaggio Furry Italiano), that was open over 2012/13. The survey was entirely in Italian, and the results to date have only been published in Italian. Thanks to [a][s] contributor MrMandolino (who is Italian), we can present them here in English. (We’re also republishing the results, and a translation of this article, in Italian.)
It’s not easy to understand why Italian appears more common among furry than, say, French. Italy and France have a similar population (60 vs 66 million) and similar levels of English-speaking (ref).
The Furry Survey is published in English only, so we’re not able to estimate the proportion of other languages directly. However we can infer by looking at the difference between responses to the Furry Survey and activity online.
From the Furry Survey, we can see that less than 1% of the respondents live in Italy:
This data is from the 2013 Furry Survey, which had 7159 responses. The number of Italians was 23, which is 0.3%. This result is consistent with results from all surveys from 2009 to 2015.
Not surprisingly, the survey is dominated by furries from English-speaking countries.
We can guess at the prevalence of non-English languages within furry by looking at Wikifur metrics. Wikifur, like Wikipedia, supports pretty much any language you care to name:
The disparity between the number of Italians responding to the Furry Survey (in English) and the number of Wikifur pages (in Italian) suggests that there might be a significant Italian-speaking furry group. (We’re also looking at the other obviously large group, the Russians.)
This is just guesswork of course. The evidence is far from definitive that a significant Italian-speaking furry group exists, and while Mando is in touch with the Italian furs, the size of the community itself is extremely hard to judge.
The Sondaggio Furry Italiano is a long survey with 37 questions, and you can read them in full, in English, here. Highlights are given below.
The Sondaggio Italiano ran from late 2012 to early 2013, and received 103 responses. That’s not a lot, but it is enough to get a good feel for the demographics of the group. As with the Furry Survey, it’s impossible to poll people who don’t fill in the survey, so we can’t measure any inherent selection bias.
I’ve provided the (English) Furry Survey results from 2013 for comparison, which had 7159 responses.
Sex
The Sondaggio Italiano asks for sex, but not gender. The results suggest that the Italian group is (even) more male-dominated than the English-speaking group.
The Sondaggio Italiano was shared on online forums, a medium not always known for being welcoming towards women. It’s possible that this informs the sex breakdown. Other demographics show strong similarities with the English Furry Survey, as we shall see.
Age
The Italian- and English-speaking groups have a very similar age distribution.
The “jumpy” nature of the Italian distribution is due to the smaller sample size. It’s easy to see here why small sample sizes have larger uncertainty ranges: a small number of (say) 36 year-olds can create an outlier that looks (but isn’t) significant.
As a general rule we don’t publish uncertainty ranges when we present data here on [a][s]. We prefer to simply show raw data, to keep things simple (for a lay reader) and to avoid obscuring the data itself. For all these results, please keep in mind that the Italian data is subject to a lot more uncertainty than the English data.
Students
The proportion of students in furry, again, is similar between the two groups (statistically, these two results are said to be “identical”). Age is obviously a contributing factor here.
Sexual Orientation
Remarkably, the Italian and English furry groups show a very similar distribution of sexual orientation. This pattern—where straight, gay, and bisexual groups are in mostly equal proportion—is unusual.
This is a surprising result because there are significant differences in cultural attitudes towards homosexuality between the two groups. More than 80% of Italians are Catholic, and at the time of writing is the only major country in Western Europe that does not recognise either civil unions or equal marriage.
For the Italian-speaking group to show the same sexual orientation demographics as the English-speaking group suggests that there is something about furry that attracts such a group. It’s very difficult to draw any definitive conclusions about furry, because we are such a diverse and decentralized group. This result suggests that our relationship to sex and sexuality is important to understanding furry as a whole.
There are many, many more fascinating results to explore in the Sondaggio Furry Italiano results. You can read through the full set of results, which includes commentary and discussion (translated into English) here.
This article and the full Sondaggio Furry Italiano results are also available in Italian.
Before Choosing a Teaching Career, Here Are Some Things to Consider
I hope you are doing well. I've been meaning to write you for a while, if nothing else but to check up on you. You have been in my thoughts and prayers and I haven't forgotten how kind you have always been to me in my letters. This next one has some positive vibes for a change! My parents have started to relent and are even going to anthrocon 2016 with me and three other friends whom I've swayed. The rest of this email is a little serious however, but there's no problem this time I promise.
I love the fandom, but could it get in the way of a potential career in the future? This coming fall I will be attending Iowa State University to pursue a degree in education. I am a bit antsy about college but definitely am ready for something new. With my future plans, there come some necessary questions. Since educators are one of the most trusted disciplines in the world aside from nursing, teachers are expected to possess that air of professionalism and have the record to prove it. Teachers are role models of the school district and the communities they work and live in. With all the scrutiny that will come from both my peers and the people around me, if the question somehow arises of me being one of those "furry people", could this be potentially problematic for me? I think this is a question that takes some consideration, given my chosen line of work. I believe myself perfectly capable of handling people with standard questioning of the fandom. You know, the kind we've all heard before. Heck if I were to mention being a furry right now at school, everybody would immediately send fifty text messages to everybody else and I'd get yiff thrust into my face with incredulous exclamations of "you're into this???" before I had even finished explaining what a furry was. To be clear, I don't plan to be openly furry. That business has no bearing in my work and doesn't belong there at all. If I have my way, nobody will even know. I don't intend to hide it, I just plan to be strictly business and being furry is part of my personal life that does not and should not influence my job. The potential problem I see however, is faculty or a parent googling me and raising some drama with what they find. We can assume anything they find is clean. There is no explicit content in my name or of my character and there never will be any that is of my knowledge. Because of this I do not fear serious repercussions, trying to terminate me on claims of my simple interests-especially one that is harmless and kept professional-causing loss of public trust could be borderline discriminatory and the school likely wouldn't use that against me. But all it takes is some gossiping for my name to get purposefully dragged through the dirt. Part of it could be people thinking they are more buddy buddy with me than they actually are. Part of it could be being rude for the sake of being rude because they don't get it. What do you think? Will I just have to watch myself, or should I consider looking at other options?
Thank you again for being yourself. If there is ever anything I can do for you, please hit me up and I would jump at the chance to give back and pay your kindness forward.
Your friend,
Zanda
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Hi, Zanda,
I’m glad that things are improving with your parents—good news! Thanks for sharing.
Okay, on to teaching…. Teaching is one of the noblest professions, and I think it’s wonderful that you wish to help others learn. I’m going to have to say some things that you might not like, however. It’s really not so much about being a furry as it is the state of our current educational system.
I have known several teachers in my life. All but one of them got so frustrated with the job that they quit or retired early. One was even a teacher-turned-principal. He was fired from a Catholic school when they found out he was gay (private school, so they can do that). Another teacher was white in an all-Hispanic school. In an interesting case of reverse discrimination, the administrator there made his life so absolutely miserable that he retired early for the sake of his sanity. A third teacher quit because he got so tired of parents running to the principal because he had given Little Johnny or Mary a bad grade, and then the teacher backing up the parent instead of him. He was a young teacher and quit the profession in two years. American teachers live in a system where the students are passed from grade to grade even though they fail the course, where they are forced to stick religiously to a teaching plan and actually berated by administrators if they, God forbid, teach something that is not explicitly allowed. The self-esteem of students takes precedence over actual learning. Learning methods are absurd to the point of being counterproductive (especially true in current math-teaching methods). Add to this restricted or diminished budgets that are so bad many teachers (except in rich districts) end up buying their students’ supplies, and the fact that some teachers have even been attacked or poisoned (in one case I know of personally, even murdered) by their own students, and you can kind of see why some teachers freak out and are caught on camera letting loose on a student (not forgivable, but understandable).
I want you to be aware of some of these things before you decide to go into teaching, because from what I’ve learned from those in the field, it is a thankless profession, at least in public schools. This might be different in private schools. I don’t know, although the case of my friend who worked at a Catholic school shows that it’s not a good situation there, either. Now, if you want to teach at the university level, that can be a bit more calm; however, my sister is a successful professor here in California and it is very frustrating for her, too. More and more, professors are taking on administrative tasks to the point that she and her colleagues joke that “teaching is something we do in our spare time.” She loves to teach, but, sadly, has little opportunity to do so. Add to this the bureaucracy (she was once in charge of a committee that spent two years compiling a report only to have the university president decide, when it was done, “Naah, I decided not to do that”; two years completed wasted) and she has also told me she would love to retire early.
I would not be a teacher if you offered to pay me double what I make now. It would not be worth my sanity.
But that’s just me. If you don’t care about any of the above because you have a burning passion in your heart to teach, then go for it, and God bless.
Okay, so let’s say you’ve gotten your degree and you’re now a teacher at PS 39 in Brooklyn, working at a lovely historic building. Super duper. I would keep my personal furry life completely separate from my professional life, if I were you. Do not associate your real name and real life in any way with furry, and you might get by. When you are a teacher, or cub scout master, or baseball coach, or any such job where you work with kids you are subjected to a standard different from that of the ordinary working world. My friend Tycho Aussie works in an office surrounded by adults and they accept his furry work and even enjoy it, no worries. But when you’re associated with the fandom and are around little kids, you will be subjected to incredible ignorance, fear, and suspicion from administrators, colleagues, and parents living in a hypersensitive world in which everyone believes that a pedophile lurks around every drinking fountain and teachers’ lounge. They won’t care if you keep your nose clean, because it will be guilt by association. To use an over-the-top example, it would be like someone who is in the KKK saying, “Well, I never burned any crosses.” Doesn’t matter, you’re in the KKK, and as far as many are concerned the fandom is a haven for pedophiles, perverts, and pagans (oh, my!) True? Of course not, but you’ll have a bear of a time convincing people otherwise once word is out, and once you are outed you can never go back.
I’m sorry, this is not a very upbeat reply, but I want you to be prepared for the worst. If you are, anything better will be happy news. This is also not to say that things can’t change. I’m hopeful my book will help clear things up, and I also know that there are others doing similar work, both in book and movie versions. As well, the fandom is growing by leaps and bounds all around the world, and I think that, as it does so, it will seem less and less like a clandestine, deviant society and more like something that is mainstream and out in the open, like comic book fans (this is why I strongly agree with those who say we should not ever talk to the media). The articles I’ve been reading of late that are published by mainstream presses are much more understanding and honest than they were in the 1990s and 2000s. And movies like Zootopia help, too, actually. It might be that, by the time you finish college, things could be very different from what they are now.
I can’t tell you what you should do with your life, nor would I want to, but it’s best to go into something with your eyes wide open and cleared of all naïve and idealistic notions of what you think it’s all about. If you can do that and forge ahead anyway because you love the idea of teaching a new generation about the world, then I am your sincere fan.
Blessed Be,
Papabear
Fred Patten Presents: What the Well-Read Furry Should Read – early 2016 Update
Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer.
Back in September 2015, Fred Patten gave us his list of anthropomorphic books Furries should read, all of which he has reviewed. But even that list only scratches the surface. So after many months, Fred gives us an update featuring over 100 new entries, listed by author and title, plus over 20 special articles he has written during that time. Enjoy sinking your teeth and claws into some new reading obsessions. For those who missed out, here’s the original including Fred’s Top Ten.
BY AUTHOR
Akins, Gary Who Killed Kathleen Gingers?
http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/11/who-killed-kathleen-gingers
Alvarez, Jennifer Lynn The Guardian Herd: Stormbound
http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/25/guardian-herd-stormbound
Anglin, M. R. Into Expermia http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/02/into-expermia
Arenas, Reinaldo The Doorman http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/09/the-doorman-reinaldo-arenas
Ayroles, Alain & Masbou, Jean-Luc De Cape et De Crocs, t. 11 http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/13/de-cape-et-de-crocs-2
Barrett, Neal, Jr. The Prophecy Machine http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/29/the-prophecy-machine
Barrett, Neal, Jr. The Treachery of Kings http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/29/the-prophecy-machine
Barrett, Nicholas Fledger; A Novel http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/06/fledger
Begin, Mary Jane My Little Pony: The Art of Equestria
http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/02/my-little-pony-art-of-equestra
Bellamy, Francis Rufus Atta; A Novel of a Most Extraordinary Adventure
http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/25/atta-bellamy
Black, Juneau Shady Hollow: A Murder Mystery http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/23/shady-hollow-a-murder-mystery/
Blasingame, Ted R. Blue Horizon: Book 2 http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/05/blue-horizon-book-2
Blasingame, Ted R. Second Chance: Furmankind II
http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/10/second-chance-furmankind-ii
Blasingame, Ted R. Sunset of Furmankind (expanded ed.)
http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/21/sunset-of-furmankind
Brrémaud, Frédéric & Turconi, Stefano Léonid, t. 1
http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/22/leonid-les-deux-albinos
Buller, Jon see Schade, Susan & Buller, Jon
Buzzati, Dino The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily
http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/19/bears-famous-invasion-of-sicily
Campbell, Ryan Koa of the Drowned Kingdom
http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/14/koa-of-the-drowned-kingdom
Chenoweth, Russ Shadow Walkers http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/20/shadow-walkers
Chesterfield, Sadie Minions: The Deluxe Junior Novel
http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/07/five-juvenile-novelizations
Clement, Hal Needle http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/14/needle-hal-clement
Clement, Hal Through the Eye of a Needle
http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/14/needle-hal-clement
Crowder, Austen The Painted Cat http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/22/the-painted-cat-by-austen-crowder-book-review-by-fred-patten
Davis, Nancy C. Cats on the Prowl, Book One http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/26/cats-on-the-prowl/
Davis, Nancy C. Cats on the Prowl, Book Two http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/26/cats-on-the-prowl/
Davis, Nancy C. Cats on the Prowl, Book Three http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/26/cats-on-the-prowl/
Dickson, H. Leighton Swallowtail and Sword; The Scholar’s Book of Story and Song
http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/14/swallowtail-and-sword
Douglas, Carole Nelson The “Midnight Louie” series http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/30/cat-crimebusters
Elkin, Chris & Elkin, Cooper Trap Me!: Finally, a Happy Gay Furry Adventure http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/16/trap-me-happy-gay-furry
Epstein, Adam Jay & Jacobson, Andrew Circle of Heroes http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/19/the-familiars
Epstein, Adam Jay & Jacobson, Andrew The Familiars http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/19/the-familiars
Epstein, Adam Jay & Jacobson, Andrew Palace of Dreams http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/19/the-familiars
Epstein, Adam Jay & Jacobson, Andrew Secrets of the Crown http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/19/the-familiars
Farmer, Philip Jose The Stone God Awakens http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/08/the-stone-god-awakens
[Fawcett, Bill, ed.] By Tooth and Claw: Clan of the Claw, Book 2
http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/21/by-tooth-and-claw
Fouquart, Agnès see Morvan, Jean David et al.
Francis, Suzanne Planes: Fire & Rescue: The Junior Novelization
http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/07/five-juvenile-novelizations
Fred The Suspended Castle http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/06/suspended-castle
Fred The Wild Piano http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/27/wild-piano
Galford, Jim Bones of the Empire http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/28/bones-of-the-empire/
Geusz, Phil The Book of Lapism http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/19/the-book-of-lapism
Godi & Zidrou Une aventure de Chlorophylle. T. 1 http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/01/chlorophylle
Goh, Jonathan Eludoran: The Legend of Lorelei in a Geste of Grave Misperceptions
http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/03/eludoran-the-legend-of-lorelei
Gold, Kyell Dude, Where’s My Fox? http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/15/dude-wheres-my-fox
Gold, Kyell Losing My Religion http://dogpatch.press/2016/03/02/losing-my-religion
Grahame, Kenneth The Wind in the Willows http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/11/the-wind-in-the-willows
Graveyard Greg Lifeless http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/22/lifeless-by-graveyard-greg/
Gray, Pat The Cat http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/15/the-cat
Griffin, Rick Housepets! Will Do It For Free (Book 6)
http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/05/housepets-will-do-it-for-free
Hahn, Harriet James, Fabulous Feline: Further Adventures of a Connoisseur Cat http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/20/james-connoisseur-cat
Hahn, Harriet James, the Connoisseur Cat http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/20/james-connoisseur-cat
Hall, Renee Carter Huntress http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/09/huntress
Harington, Donald The Cockroaches of Stay More http://dogpatch.press/2016/03/01/the-cockroaches-of-stay-more
Hearst, Dorothy Spirit of the Wolves http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/23/spirit-wolves
Hogarth, M. C. A. The Three Jaguars http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/24/the-three-jaguars
Hosler, Jay Last of the SandWalkers http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/02/last-of-the-sandwalkers
Howl, Thurston, ed. Furries Among Us: Essays on Furries by the Most Prominent Members of the Fandom http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/27/furries-among-us
Hughes, Devon Unnaturals: The Battle Begins http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/20/unnaturals-the-battle-begins
Iserles, Inbali Foxcraft: The Taken http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/22/foxcraft-book-one-the-taken
Jackson, Hugo Legacy http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/17/legacy-hugo-jackson
Jacobson, Andrew see Epstein, Adam Jay
Jan College Catastrophe http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/10/college-catastrophe
Jan Swords and Sausages http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/28/swords-and-sausages
Jenner Doc Rat, vols. 13 and 14 http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/06/doc-rat-vol-13-and-14
Julius, Jessica The Art of Zootopia http://dogpatch.press/2016/03/05/the-art-of-zootopia/
Kidd, Paul GeneStorm: City in the Sky http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/09/genestorm-city-in-the-sky/
Kidd, Paul GeneStorm, Book 2: Fort Dandelion http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/23/fort-dandelion-paul-kidd
Kidd, Paul A Whisper of Wings (Kitsune Press ed.) http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/30/a-whisper-of-wings
Krambo, Ramah Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/11/guardian-cats
LaCroix, Rose Escape From St. Arned http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/23/escape-st-arned
LaCroix, Rose The Vimana Incident http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/10/vimana-incident
Laurel Cerise t. 1-3 http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/09/cerise-by-laurel
Leek, Miranda Twisted http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/15/twisted-by-miranda-leek
Lowd, Mary E. In a Dog’s World http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/27/in-a-dogs-world
Lowd, Mary E. The Necromouser and Other Magical Cats http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/17/the-necromouser
Lowd, Mary E., ed. ROAR volume 6 http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/23/roar-vol-6
McCaffrey, Anne & Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann Catacombs
http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/16/catalyst-and-catacombs
McCaffrey, Anne & Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann Catalyst
http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/16/catalyst-and-catacombs
McGowen, Tom Odyssey from River Bend http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/03/odyssey-from-river-bend
Macherot, Raymond Intégrale Chlorophylle 1-3 http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/17/integrale-chlorophylle
McNally, T. S. Light: A Tale of the Magical Creatures of Zudukii http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/30/light-a-tale
Magrs, Paul Mad Dogs and Englishmen http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/16/mad-dogs-and-englishmen
Malassagne, Ulysse Kairos, t. 3 http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/14/kairos-tome-3
Meenan, R. A. The Stolen Guardian http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/09/the-stolen-guardian
Mobidic Roi Ours http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/19/roi-ours-by-mobidic
Morvan, Jean David, Tréfouël, Séverine, Fouquart, Agnès Ocelot: Le Chat Qui N’en Était Un
http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/09/ocelot-jean-david-morvan
Nagle, Pati Pet Noir http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/31/pet-noir
O’Kun, Tempe Windfall http://dogpatch.press/2016/03/10/windfall
O’Leary, Shannon The Art of Regular Show http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/11/the-art-of-regular-show
Patten, Fred, ed. Already Among Us https://www.flayrah.com/4357/review-already-among-us-edited-fred-patten-watts-martin
Patten, Fred, ed. Anthropomorphic Aliens
https://sophssnufimicalalreliple.wordpress.com/2014/09/22/anthropomorphic-aliens/
Patten, Fred, ed. Five Fortunes http://clawandquill.net/2015/01/five-fortunes/
Patten, Fred, ed. The Ursa Major Awards Anthology https://www.flayrah.com/4242/review-ursa-major-awards-anthology-edited-fred-patten-watts-martin
Patten, Fred, ed. What Happens Next https://www.flayrah.com/5398/review-what-happens-next-edited-fred-patten
Potter, Daniel Off Leash http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/01/off-leash
Pryce, Trevor Amphibians’ End: A Kulipari Novel http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/04/amphibians-end-a-kulipari-novel
Pryce, Trevor The Rainbow Serpent: A Kulipari Novel http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/10/the-rainbow-serpent/
Repino, Robert Mort(e) http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/09/morte-by-robert-repino
Ritner, Amelia Fuzzy Business 3: End Game http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/21/fuzzy-business-3-end-game
Roberts, Christa Rio 2: The Junior Novel http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/07/five-juvenile-novelizations
Rocha, K. E. Secrets of Bearhaven, Book One http://dogpatch.press/2016/03/04/secrets-of-bearhaven-book-one
Ross, James Daniel The Echoes of Those Before http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/03/the-echoes-of-those-before
Rukis The Long Road Home http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/19/the-long-road-home
Sandridge, Scott M., ed. Hero’s Best Friend: An Anthology of Animal Companions http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/27/heros-best-friend
Sawyer, Robert J. Far-Seer http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/13/far-seer-fossil-hunter-and-foreigner-by-robert-j-sawyer-book-reviews-by-fred-patten
Sawyer, Robert J. Foreigner http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/13/far-seer-fossil-hunter-and-foreigner-by-robert-j-sawyer-book-reviews-by-fred-patten
Sawyer, Robert J. Fossil-Hunter http://dogpatch.press/2015/11
/13/far-seer-fossil-hunter-and-foreigner-by-robert-j-sawyer-book-reviews-by-fred-patten
Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann see also McCaffrey, Anne
Schade, Susan & Buller, Jon Scarlett: Star on the Run
http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/05/scarlett-star-on-the-run
Schnee, Kris Thousand Tales: How We Won the Game http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/23/thousand-tales-book
Schnee, Kris 2040: Reconnection; A “Thousand Tales” Story http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/27/2040-reconnection
Schoen, Lawrence M. Barsk; The Elephants’ Graveyard http://dogpatch.press/2016/03/11/barsk-the-elephants-graveyard
Smith, Thorne The Stray Lamb http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/08/the-stray-lamb
Sousa, Tanya The Starling God http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/18/the-starling-god
Sturm, James Birdsong: A Story in Pictures http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/29/birdsong-a-story-in-pictures
Swanwick, Michael Chasing the Phoenix http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/22/chasing-the-phoenix-by-michael-swanwick-book-review-by-fred-patten
Tamm, Henrik Ninja Timmy http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/04/ninja-timmy
Tigrox, Ocean, ed. Inhuman Acts: A Collection of Noir http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/11/inhuman-acts/
Tréfouël, Séverine see Morvan, Jean David et al.
Truss, Lynne Cat Out of Hell http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/04/cat-out-of-hell
Vincent, Cindy The Case of the Cat Show Princess http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/12/buckley-and-bogey-cat-detective-capers
Vincent, Cindy The Case of the Clever Secret Code http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/12/buckley-and-bogey-cat-detective-capers
Vincent, Cindy The Case of the Crafty Christmas Crooks http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/12/buckley-and-bogey-cat-detective-capers
Vincent, Cindy The Case of the Jewel Covered Cat Statues http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/12/buckley-and-bogey-cat-detective-capers
Vlach, Heidi C. Tinder Stricken http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/20/tinder-stricken
Weasel Patterson, ed. Typewriter Emergencies, 2015 edition
http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/22/typewriter-emergencies
Wells, H. G. The Island of Dr Moreau: A Possibility 
http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/28/the-island-of-dr-moreau
West, Lydia Wild Dog City http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/05/wild-dog-city
West, Tracey Penguins of Madagascar: Movie Novelization
http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/07/five-juvenile-novelizations
Willem, Étienne L’Épee d’Ardenois, t. 4/4 http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/15/lepee-dardenois-t-4/
Willis, Jeanne Paddington: The Junior Novel http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/07/five-juvenile-novelizations
Wolf, Gary K. Who Wacked Roger Rabbit? http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/29/who-wacked-roger-rabbit
Wolf, Ianus J., ed. Trick or Treat, vol. 2 http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/05/trick-or-treat-volume-2
Zidrou see also Godi & Zidrou
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Already Among Us https://www.flayrah.com/4357/review-already-among-us-edited-fred-patten-watts-martin
Amphibians’ End: A Kulipari Novel http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/04/amphibians-end-a-kulipari-novel
Anthropomorphic Aliens https://sophssnufimicalalreliple.wordpress.com/2014/09/22/anthropomorphic-aliens/
The Art of Regular Show http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/11/the-art-of-regular-show/#more-18099
The Art of The Good Dinosaur http://dogpatch.press/2016/03/03/the-art-of-the-good-dinosaur
The Art of Zootopia http://dogpatch.press/2016/03/05/the-art-of-zootopia/
Atta; A Novel of a Most Extraordinary Adventure http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/25/atta-bellamy
Une aventure de Chlorophylle. T. 1 http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/01/chlorophylle
Barsk; The Elephants’ Graveyard http://dogpatch.press/2016/03/11/barsk-the-elephants-graveyard
The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/19/bears-famous-invasion-of-sicily
Birdsong: A Story in Pictures http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/29/birdsong-a-story-in-pictures
Blue Horizon: Book 2 http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/05/blue-horizon-book-2
Bones of the Empire http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/28/bones-of-the-empire/
The Book of Lapism http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/19/the-book-of-lapism
By Tooth and Claw: Clan of the Claw, Book 2 http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/21/by-tooth-and-claw
The Case of the Cat Show Princess
http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/12/buckley-and-bogey-cat-detective-capers
The Case of the Clever Secret Code
http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/12/buckley-and-bogey-cat-detective-capers
The Case of the Crafty Christmas Crooks
http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/12/buckley-and-bogey-cat-detective-capers
The Case of the Jewel Covered Cat Statues
http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/12/buckley-and-bogey-cat-detective-capers
The Cat http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/15/the-cat
Cat Out of Hell http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/04/cat-out-of-hell
Catacombs http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/16/catalyst-and-catacombs
Catalyst http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/16/catalyst-and-catacombs
Cats on the Prowl, Book One http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/26/cats-on-the-prowl/
Cats on the Prowl, Book Two http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/26/cats-on-the-prowl/
Cats on the Prowl, Book Three http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/26/cats-on-the-prowl/
Cerise t. 1-3 http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/09/cerise-by-laurel
Chasing the Phoenix http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/22/chasing-the-phoenix-by-michael-swanwick-book-review-by-fred-patten
Circle of Heroes http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/19/the-familiars
The Cockroaches of Stay More http://dogpatch.press/2016/03/01/the-cockroaches-of-stay-more
College Catastrophe http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/10/college-catastrophe
De Cape et De Crocs, t. 11 http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/13/de-cape-et-de-crocs-2
Doc Rat, vols. 13 and 14 http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/06/doc-rat-vol-13-and-14
The Doorman http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/09/the-doorman-reinaldo-arenas
Dude, Where’s My Fox? http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/15/dude-wheres-my-fox
The Echoes of Those Before http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/03/the-echoes-of-those-before
Eludoran: The Legend of Lorelei in a Geste of Grave Misperceptions http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/03/eludoran-the-legend-of-lorelei
L’Épee d’Ardenois, t. 4/4 http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/15/lepee-dardenois-t-4/
Escape From St. Arned http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/23/escape-st-arned
The Familiars http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/19/the-familiars
Far-Seer http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/13/far-seer-fossil-hunter-and-foreigner-by-robert-j-sawyer-book-reviews-by-fred-patten
Five Fortunes http://clawandquill.net/2015/01/five-fortunes/
Fledger; A Novel http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/06/fledger
Foreigner http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/13/far-seer-fossil-hunter-and-foreigner-by-robert-j-sawyer-book-reviews-by-fred-patten
Fossil-Hunter http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/13/far-seer-fossil-hunter-and-foreigner-by-robert-j-sawyer-book-reviews-by-fred-patten
Foxcraft: The Taken http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/22/foxcraft-book-one-the-taken
Furries Among Us: Essays on Furries by the Most Prominent Members of the Fandom
http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/27/furries-among-us
Fuzzy Business 3: End Game http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/21/fuzzy-business-3-end-game
GeneStorm: City in the Sky http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/09/genestorm-city-in-the-sky/
GeneStorm, Book 2: Fort Dandelion http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/23/fort-dandelion-paul-kidd
Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/11/guardian-cats
The Guardian Herd: Stormbound http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/25/guardian-herd-stormbound
Hero’s Best Friend: An Anthology of Animal Companions http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/27/heros-best-friend
Housepets! Will Do It For Free (Book 6) http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/05/housepets-will-do-it-for-free
Huntress http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/09/huntress
In a Dog’s World http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/27/in-a-dogs-world
Inhuman Acts: A Collection of Noir http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/11/inhuman-acts/
Intégrale Chlorophylle 1-3 http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/17/integrale-chlorophylle
Into Expermia http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/02/into-expermia
The Island of Dr. Moreau: A Possibility http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/28/the-island-of-dr-moreau
James, Fabulous Feline: Further Adventures of a Connoisseur Cat http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/20/james-connoisseur-cat
James, the Connoisseur Cat http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/20/james-connoisseur-cat
Kairos, t. 3 http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/14/kairos-tome-3
Koa of the Drowned Kingdom http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/14/koa-of-the-drowned-kingdom
Last of the SandWalkers http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/02/last-of-the-sandwalkers
Legacy http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/17/legacy-hugo-jackson
Léonid, t. 1 http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/22/leonid-les-deux-albinos
Lifeless http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/22/lifeless-by-graveyard-greg/
Light: A Tale of the Magical Creatures of Zudukii http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/30/light-a-tale
The Long Road Home http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/19/the-long-road-home
Losing My Religion http://dogpatch.press/2016/03/02/losing-my-religion
Mad Dogs and Englishmen http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/16/mad-dogs-and-englishmen
A Menagerie of Heroes http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/14/a-menagerie-of-heroes
The “Midnight Louie” series http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/30/cat-crimebusters
Minions: The Deluxe Junior Novel http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/07/five-juvenile-novelizations
Mort(e) http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/09/morte-by-robert-repino
My Little Pony: The Art of Equestria http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/02/my-little-pony-art-of-equestra
The Necromouser and Other Magical Cats http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/17/the-necromouser
Needle http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/14/needle-hal-clement
Ninja Timmy http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/04/ninja-timmy
Ocelot: Le Chat Qui N’en Était Un http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/09/ocelot-jean-david-morvan
Odyssey from River Bend http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/03/odyssey-from-river-bend
Off Leash http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/01/off-leash
Paddington: The Junior Novel http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/07/five-juvenile-novelizations
The Painted Cat
http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/22/the-painted-cat-by-austen-crowder-book-review-by-fred-patten
Palace of Dreams http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/19/the-familiars
Penguins of Madagascar: Movie Novelization http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/07/five-juvenile-novelizations
Pet Noir http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/31/pet-noir
Planes: Fire & Rescue: The Junior Novelization http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/07/five-juvenile-novelizations
The Prophecy Machine http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/29/the-prophecy-machine
The Rainbow Serpent: A Kulipari Novel http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/10/the-rainbow-serpent/
Rio 2: The Junior Novel http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/07/five-juvenile-novelizations
ROAR volume 6 http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/23/roar-vol-6
Roi Ours http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/19/roi-ours-by-mobidic
Scarlett: Star on the Run http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/05/scarlett-star-on-the-run
Second Chance: Furmankind II http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/10/second-chance-furmankind-ii
Secrets of Bearhaven, Book One http://dogpatch.press/2016/03/04/secrets-of-bearhaven-book-one
Secrets of the Crown http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/19/the-familiars
Shadow Walkers http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/20/shadow-walkers
Shady Hollow: A Murder Mystery http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/23/shady-hollow-a-murder-mystery/
Spirit of the Wolves http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/23/spirit-wolves
The Starling God http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/18/the-starling-god
The Stolen Guardian http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/09/the-stolen-guardian
The Stone God Awakens http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/08/the-stone-god-awakens
The Stray Lamb http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/08/the-stray-lamb
Sunset of Furmankind (expanded ed.) http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/21/sunset-of-furmankind
The Suspended Castle http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/06/suspended-castle
Swallowtail and Sword: The Scholar’s Book of Story and Song http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/14/swallowtail-and-sword
Swords and Sausages http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/28/swords-and-sausages
Thousand Tales: How We Won the Game http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/23/thousand-tales-book
The Three Jaguars http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/24/the-three-jaguars
Through the Eye of a Needle http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/14/needle-hal-clement/comment-page-1
Tinder Stricken http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/20/tinder-stricken
Trap Me!: Finally, a Happy Gay Furry Adventure http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/16/trap-me-happy-gay-furry
The Treachery of Kings http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/29/the-prophecy-machine
Trick or Treat, vol. 2 http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/05/trick-or-treat-volume-2
2040: Reconnection; A “Thousand Tales” Story http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/27/2040-reconnection
Twisted http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/15/twisted-by-miranda-leek
Typewriter Emergencies, 2015 edition http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/22/typewriter-emergencies
Unnaturals: The Battle Begins http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/20/unnaturals-the-battle-begins
The Ursa Major Awards Anthology https://www.flayrah.com/4242/review-ursa-major-awards-anthology-edited-fred-patten-watts-martin
The Vimana Incident http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/10/vimana-incident
What Happens Next https://www.flayrah.com/5398/review-what-happens-next-edited-fred-patten
Who Killed Kathleen Gingers? http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/11/who-killed-kathleen-gingers
Who Wacked Roger Rabbit? http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/29/who-wacked-roger-rabbit
A Whisper of Wings (Kitsune Press ed.) http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/30/a-whisper-of-wings
Wild Dog City http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/05/wild-dog-city
The Wild Piano http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/27/wild-piano
The Wind in the Willows http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/11/the-wind-in-the-willows
Windfall http://dogpatch.press/2016/03/10/windfall
FRED’S OTHER ARTICLES
Anthropomorphic Animated Features, 2015-2016
http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/26/anthropomorphic-animated
Camp Feral!, Part 1 http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/12/camp-feral-fifteen-years
Camp Feral!, Part 2 http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/03/camp-feral-1998-2012-part-2
Camp Feral!, Part 3 http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/04/camp-feral-1998-2012-part-3
Cat Crimebusters 1 http://dogpatch.press/2015/10/30/cat-crimebusters
Cat Crimebusters 2 http://dogpatch.press/2015/12/04/cat-crimebusters-part-2
Cat Crimebusters 3 http://dogpatch.press/2016/02/13/cat-crimebuster-part-3
Cats and More Cats press release http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/13/cats-and-more-cats
The César Awards http://dogpatch.press/2015/07/15/the-cesar-awards
A Complaint http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/18/furry-fan-publishing
Did the Axis Have Any Funny Animals? http://dogpatch.press/2015/06/01/axis-funny-animals/
Don Oriolo’s Felix the Cat Art http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/20/don-oriolo-felix/#more-15820
Fred Patten discusses adult and mature cartoons before Zootopia http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/26/fred-patten-mature-cartoons-zootopia
Fred Patten presents http://dogpatch.press/2015/09/29/fred-patten-presents
Furry convention history call for information http://dogpatch.press/2016/01/11/furry-con-history
Hi-Jinx and the Hepcats http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/20/hi-jinx-and-the-hepcats/comment-page-1
Movie Novelizations http://dogpatch.press/2015/08/07/five-juvenile-novelizations
True-Tail http://dogpatch.press/2015/05/22/true-tail-animation/
The Worst Anthropomorphic Movie of the Decade http://dogpatch.press/2015/11/24/worst-anthropomorphic-movie
Zootopia http://dogpatch.press/2016/03/09/zootopia-review-by-fred-patten/
Animals Real, Fantastic, and Odd
Devin Elle Kurtz is a professional illustrator and visual development artist. Her full-color paintings specialize in animals real and un-real with more than a splash of personality. She also brings the same touch of whimsy (and yes, at times weirdness) to her line of pet portrait commissions. She has released some of her work as prints, available at her web site, and we hope she brings out more soon.
image c. 2016 Devin Elle Kurtz
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ep. 115 - Motor City FurCon LIVE!!! - Uncle Kage, Huscoon, Serathin, & Draggor join Xan…
Uncle Kage, Huscoon, Serathin, & Draggor join Xander & Alkali live at MCFC!! And guess what? There's going to be a lot more of us! Stay tuned for the annoncement at the end! Also, sorry for the "non-ending," Alkali kinda launched into the non-recorded charity story! ep. 115 - Motor City FurCon LIVE!!! - Uncle Kage, Huscoon, Serathin, & Draggor join Xan…
Best of FWIW – ©opyright and the Fandom (S5E9) - Due to a technical problem, we lost our FanX episode right before export! :( In place of the FanX episode, here is a Best of Fur What It's Worth. It has some fresh Space News, including a SPECIAL GUEST! and
NOW LISTEN!
For the original show notes page check: http://www.furwhatitsworth.com/?p=2493 Best of FWIW – ©opyright and the Fandom (S5E9) - Due to a technical problem, we lost our FanX episode right before export! :( In place of the FanX episode, here is a Best of Fur What It's Worth. It has some fresh Space News, including a SPECIAL GUEST! and
Magical Creatures: Collect Them All!
“I’m Lorelei Lee, the owner and proprietor of this odd little shop. I live here with my two daughters and together we care for all the lost faerie creatures that come our way. You see, the Menagerie appears to have been built upon a rather large tear in the ether that separates our universe from that of the Faerie Realm. We tend to get a lot of unusual visitors here.” That’s the story behind Lee’s Menagerie, created by Stefani Lee Scoggan. It takes several forms, including an on-line comic (illustrated by Jacob Saucedo and Erik Scoggan), an upcoming series of fantasy novels for young readers (coming later this year), and even a line of original 3-D sculptures of various fantastic creatures — crafted by Stefani herself. Find all this and more at the Lee’s Menagerie web site.
image c. 2016 by Stefani Lee Scoggan
Episode 309 - Bi Everything
Episode 310 - Kangawhats
The revenge of the furries
Here is an article in the Boston Globe, about the rise of the furry fandom:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2016/04/07/the-revenge-furries/NbZLZBTgh3z39JtZziMp8M/story.html
Furries — those most maligned members of the geek tribe — are finally having their moment. Last month, when a fur convention was held at a Vancouver hotel that was also serving as a temporary shelter for Syrian refugees, the world beheld Syrian children giggling in delight at adults dressed as lynxes and ocelots. And of course there’s “Zootopia’’ — the hit animated film featuring an anthropomorphic fox, which Disney cannily marketed directly to the furry contingent.
What is a furry? They are, roughly speaking, people with an abiding interest in, identification with, or yen to dress up as, animals. For some, there’s an erotic component; for others the thrill is more spiritual. Either way, furries have been bashed ever since the Internet discovered their previously underground community. Humorist Lore Sjöberg famously placed them below “Trekkies Who Get Married In Klingon Garb” and “Pokemon Fans Over the Age of Six” in his Geek Hierarchy flowchart all the way back in 2002.
But furries are unfairly scorned. An interest in other animals is nearly a defining trait of human beings — we’re far more likely than other predators to connect with nonhuman species, a trait that may have been a key part of our evolution as social beings. People have literally been dressing up like and identifying with animals for hundreds of thousands of years. The conservationist and children’s writer Thornton Burgess wrote in 1922 that “[t]his interest is instinctive,” going back to the “dawn man,” and modern science has backed him up. Vanessa LoBue, a researcher at Rutgers, found in a 2012 paper that children prefer live animals — even snakes and spiders — over inanimate toys.
In donning furry masks and creating fursonas, furries are just expressing the same urge of trans-species empathy that has powered countless iterations of human culture, from Stone-Age animism to the animal-headed gods of Egypt to the fables of Aesop and legends of kitsune and werewolves. It’s something those Syrian kids immediately recognized — inside those fursuits, the furries of Vancouver were simultaneously less, and a lot more, human.
The revenge of the furries
Here is an article in the Boston Globe, about the rise of the furry fandom:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2016/04/07/the-revenge-furries/NbZLZBTgh3z39JtZziMp8M/story.html
Furries — those most maligned members of the geek tribe — are finally having their moment. Last month, when a fur convention was held at a Vancouver hotel that was also serving as a temporary shelter for Syrian refugees, the world beheld Syrian children giggling in delight at adults dressed as lynxes and ocelots. And of course there’s “Zootopia’’ — the hit animated film featuring an anthropomorphic fox, which Disney cannily marketed directly to the furry contingent.
What is a furry? They are, roughly speaking, people with an abiding interest in, identification with, or yen to dress up as, animals. For some, there’s an erotic component; for others the thrill is more spiritual. Either way, furries have been bashed ever since the Internet discovered their previously underground community. Humorist Lore Sjöberg famously placed them below “Trekkies Who Get Married In Klingon Garb” and “Pokemon Fans Over the Age of Six” in his Geek Hierarchy flowchart all the way back in 2002.
But furries are unfairly scorned. An interest in other animals is nearly a defining trait of human beings — we’re far more likely than other predators to connect with nonhuman species, a trait that may have been a key part of our evolution as social beings. People have literally been dressing up like and identifying with animals for hundreds of thousands of years. The conservationist and children’s writer Thornton Burgess wrote in 1922 that “[t]his interest is instinctive,” going back to the “dawn man,” and modern science has backed him up. Vanessa LoBue, a researcher at Rutgers, found in a 2012 paper that children prefer live animals — even snakes and spiders — over inanimate toys.
In donning furry masks and creating fursonas, furries are just expressing the same urge of trans-species empathy that has powered countless iterations of human culture, from Stone-Age animism to the animal-headed gods of Egypt to the fables of Aesop and legends of kitsune and werewolves. It’s something those Syrian kids immediately recognized — inside those fursuits, the furries of Vancouver were simultaneously less, and a lot more, human.
Explicit 'furry' podcast airs on US radio after 'hack'
Here is an article on the BBC News site, about the recent hacking of a repeater station used by Denver-area FM station KIFT 106.3:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35995893
Several US radio stations played out an explicit podcast to listeners after an apparent hack.
The Furcast group says the 90-minute podcast went out without its knowledge and it is "deeply sorry".
Two Texas stations were among those which broadcast the material, aimed at "furries"- people interested in animals that are given human traits.
Broadcasters have been advised to change passwords on the hardware many of them use.
Barix streaming boxes are popular with broadcasters and PA professionals.
Furcast said that multiple server requests for its content during the incident were in the name of "Barix Streaming Client" and that many of the individual boxes involved were visible on Shodan, a search engine for devices connected via the Internet of Things.
The BBC has contacted Barix for comment but the problem appears to be with security settings not being updated by the box owners.
"Someone is attacking Barix Boxes," wrote a member of the Alabama Broadcast Association.
"Several radio stations and at least one radio network have been compromised. The Barix receiver is pointed to an obscene podcast and its password changed so it can only be reset manually."
Furries are people who have a fascination with anthropomorphism and often dress in animal costumes.
The furry group Furcast describes itself as "an improv comedy-themed furry podcast with no censor" and denies that its main aim is to create sexual material.
"Our content is discovered by individuals who specifically seek what we produce, and they do not normally come into contact with it via public means," they wrote.
"We have no interest in being discovered by a mainstream audience."
'Unknown source'
Texas radio station KXAX found itself broadcasting Furcast's podcast on Tuesday.
"At about 9am we were notified that a programme was playing on the station that did not originate from this studio," the station wrote on Facebook.
"We found out that our equipment had been hacked and was broadcasting a podcast or a stream from an unknown source.
"We were able to eventually get the problem resolved. But still want to apologise to anyone who may have heard the programming."
KXAX general manager Jason Mclelland told Ars Technica there did not appear to have been a reason for the hack.
Another station affected, KIFT, said in a statement that it had only been able to regain control of its output when an engineer physically went to the site of the hacked remote transmitter.
"We are working with equipment manufacturers and auditing the security of our own systems to avoid any repeats of this incident," it said.
Explicit 'furry' podcast airs on US radio after 'hack'
Here is an article on the BBC News site, about the recent hacking of a repeater station used by Denver-area FM station KIFT 106.3:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35995893
Several US radio stations played out an explicit podcast to listeners after an apparent hack.
The Furcast group says the 90-minute podcast went out without its knowledge and it is "deeply sorry".
Two Texas stations were among those which broadcast the material, aimed at "furries"- people interested in animals that are given human traits.
Broadcasters have been advised to change passwords on the hardware many of them use.
Barix streaming boxes are popular with broadcasters and PA professionals.
Furcast said that multiple server requests for its content during the incident were in the name of "Barix Streaming Client" and that many of the individual boxes involved were visible on Shodan, a search engine for devices connected via the Internet of Things.
The BBC has contacted Barix for comment but the problem appears to be with security settings not being updated by the box owners.
"Someone is attacking Barix Boxes," wrote a member of the Alabama Broadcast Association.
"Several radio stations and at least one radio network have been compromised. The Barix receiver is pointed to an obscene podcast and its password changed so it can only be reset manually."
Furries are people who have a fascination with anthropomorphism and often dress in animal costumes.
The furry group Furcast describes itself as "an improv comedy-themed furry podcast with no censor" and denies that its main aim is to create sexual material.
"Our content is discovered by individuals who specifically seek what we produce, and they do not normally come into contact with it via public means," they wrote.
"We have no interest in being discovered by a mainstream audience."
'Unknown source'
Texas radio station KXAX found itself broadcasting Furcast's podcast on Tuesday.
"At about 9am we were notified that a programme was playing on the station that did not originate from this studio," the station wrote on Facebook.
"We found out that our equipment had been hacked and was broadcasting a podcast or a stream from an unknown source.
"We were able to eventually get the problem resolved. But still want to apologise to anyone who may have heard the programming."
KXAX general manager Jason Mclelland told Ars Technica there did not appear to have been a reason for the hack.
Another station affected, KIFT, said in a statement that it had only been able to regain control of its output when an engineer physically went to the site of the hacked remote transmitter.
"We are working with equipment manufacturers and auditing the security of our own systems to avoid any repeats of this incident," it said.