Published between July 2000 and June 2008 with a total of 10 issues. To the reasons why this magazine was printed, is best quoted by Wookie (one of the contributors to the effort).
Yes I was a contributor for the first magazing with my ‘Hitting the Showers’ comic (as seen in my gallery here on FA). Not much to tell except that the magazine was created as a way to help pay for the servers that ran the FurNation webhosting site. Nexxus (the original creater of FurNation) did not want to charge furry artists for hosting services so the magazine was both a way for some artists to showcase their work and a way for him to pay for the server hosting so web page hosting would remain free for everyone.
The magazine was also a way of showcasing the ‘print on demand’ furry artists could use to have their own comics and art books published. No longer did furry artists have to fork up thousands of dollars to have their comics published but instead just submit the art and start making profits off their hard copy comics instantly.
Nexxus did not like the fact that other stores were gouging artists with higher percentage cuts and not allowing them to sell their works in multiple stores. FurPlanet did not bind the artists down to restrictive contracts and allowed artists to sell the same content in any web store while making more money for themselves.
It’s Legacy
With the last issue published just 5 years ago, some might find it hard to believe many of the writers and artists who were well known at the time have completely disappeared from the furry scene. Then there are others such as Graveyard Greg have quite famous in there own right. This also includes Ursula Vernon , Taurin Fox, Colbalt, Kadath , and finally David Little
Of course there are others that still involved with both there writing and art to thank them here is a list of links to their current pages.
Bayson
Chris Sawyer
Cyberclaw
Demonpuppy
Fuzzwolf
Grrrwolf
Ian R Soulfox
K-9
Krahnos
Trejaan
Werepuppy
Furry Times 