Month: August 2016
Furlandia 2016 – Proposal
The Natural World by EZ Wolf
Kimba the White Lion complete series on DVD
I swear I know more furries who seen Kimba than Zootopia, and I would guess this is old news to them. But to the rest of us, especially those of us who actually seen The Lion King. Which is a sore spot among Kimba fans as many claim and rightly so, many aspects of The Lion King were taken directly from Kimba and believe me I know you don’t want me to get into it when if you really want to check this it isn’t more than a search away. Many of those sites go into exact detail scene for scene.
If you want to see what all the controversy is about check out Kimba the White Lion.
Available through many sources and I am sure some place free to watch online.
Furscience
Furries, Fursuiters and Science…what could go wrong
FurScience takes a look at the furry fandom from a more scientific view. Besides offering a free book on the subject I found their site very informative, their material well researched. Affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada you know this is not some hacked together site. With as much details as the site has to offer about the fandom. It is very well worth checking out.
The Greatest Honor any Blogger could Have
When I stated Furry Times back in April 2009, I had no idea what I was doing. I just posted what felt right, and eventually I got views. Oh sure in the past 7 years I made my share of mistakes, and has been accused of lack of Internet Etiquette more than once. One of the reasons I been asking for help for over 5 years and to this day have no takers. What I have gotten instead was spam, more spam and even more spam. What very few comments I get are usually complaints…over a mistake. That is why I have tell anyone who plan on being a blogger prepare for the backlash. But these complaints are few, but I do read them, and do take to heart any serious suggestions. I guess you can say Furry Times has and always will evolve.
Some have even said recently I lean towards what get the most views. My answer with little to no feedback how else am I going to find out what works.
Then on Aug 17 on my Twitter feed I got something that made this all worth this. It was from Tetsudra with an offer I could not possibly turn down. First of all a Furry Newsletter out of all places South Africa wanted to use the same name as my blog. But also have me contribute, oh sure I thought about them using my name for their own gain. But both of us have came to the same conclusion anyone searching for one could find the other. So we decided to cooperate, and I haven’t stopped smiling since.
Furry Times (the newsletter) is making their first issue free, and I have already signed up to get a copy. To where this goes, I have no idea and I think sometimes not dwelling on something is a good thing.
Please sign up and if you can please subscribe to my namesake
Rabbit Valley review
I been seeing Rabbit Valley online for years, and I sadly admit I never ordered from them before. I feel like such an idiot, once you place an order you will get it and packaged almost too well. My order was in no less than 3 envelopes, I did get my order which was Ulster and something I frankly did not expect, but am very delighted getting and that was BLFC con book from 2015, back when the theme was 1984 and Rabbit Valley was the guest of honor. That con book is incredible, there wasn’t a single bit of damage to anything and I had it shipped via media mail.
After thinking about I will be ordering from Rabbit Valley again and again. Yes they converted me.
Ulster comic review
Frankly I would not even of heard about Ulster if I wasn’t so passionate about older furry stuff, and the pedigree on this comic is very unique. Published in 2009 by Dream Field Comics (Who was about to close down operations in 2010) who are frankly better known for Softpaw Magazine. But Ulster is so unique, the artwork is dark and very stark. I want everyone to understand this is clean comic and definitely has no cub. Once you look at the art by T.D. Ward who also wrote it. You will absolutely wonder why you never heard of them. Each page is a work of art reminiscent of Gory. The world is harsh while the characters are soft. Could be an allegory to life itself. This was to be the first issue in the series, too bad we never got a second issue.
The story of Ulster is simple, it’s about a jackalope named Ulster who leaves his forest doomed by man to help his fellow animals. It is when he run into these 2 foxes that we discover life is a fragile thing. It really doesn’t end happily but Tori D. Ward, made it that way because life is very fragile. Only consisting of 30 pages the author make that point quite clear where in the end where we see the forest he tried to save completely destroyed.
Frankly this was nothing like what I expected, I figured I would get a standard furry comic. Not a statement on life that you want to look at it again and again.
If you like both a story and artwork that is very unique search out Ulster from Rabbit Valley. It costs on $5 and worth more than double that price. I will even go on record as saying possibly triple.
Rainfurrest 2015 It’s Legacy
With Rainfurrest now becoming the most infamous con in HISTORY. Proving the old saying if something can go wrong, it will. There isn’t a single con in the entire world that did not take the events that happened there as a wake up call. The one time I was at a Midwest Furfest Board meeting I heard them say, when Rainfurrest imploded they had an emergency meeting. They had no choice but to rethink on how their con was operated. They worked with their hotel resolving any issues. The biggest was a direct line to the Con’s Chairperson if anything happened and the staff didn’t immediately take care of it. It seems they would take direct responsibility to see it was solved.
The biggest change I personally saw at MFF later that same year was an increased number of staff. Tighter rules on conduct, and have you noticed the agreement you have to sign in order to get a badge. If you haven’t it is in reality a code of conduct contract. A legally binding contract. But the unsung heros to this are the furries themselves. Oh sure there is always drinking, and always sex. But the con goers themselves make 100% sure nothing gets out of control. I maybe quoting MFF, but I heard this at other cons, even ones that aren’t furry. For example at this one con, (I will not say which) this couple got into a bad fight. It was the con goers themselves who not only contacted the hotel, but called the cops into make an arrest.
Speaking of badges, everyone checks badges these days. At MFF there are those keeping watch to make sure badges are checked.
Was what happened at Rainfurrest really a good thing? In a way yes, I know that may surprise a few. Look none of us wants are favorite con to implode. But happened at Rainfurrest is a constant reminder of what could happen, if we stopped caring.
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