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Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. The Stone God Awakens, by Philip José Farmer. NYC, Ace Books, November 1970, paperback #78650, 75¢ (190 pages). “He awoke and did not know where he was. Flames were crackling fifty feet away. Woodsmoke stung his nose and brought tears. Somewhere, men were shouting and screaming. […]

It’s a belief demonstrated with skill by Jill, the highly demanded maker at Jillcostumes.  Her quote appears in The Fursuit of Happiness: High Fashion in Furry Fandom – an article from July 2015 at Racked (a style and beauty industry news site owned by Vox Media). The author is Sydney Parker, a journalist who previously wrote about furries for Splitsider, a news site about […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. The Suspended Castle, by Fred. [Translated by Richard Kutner.] NYC, Candlewick Press/TOON Books, October 2015, hardcover $16.95 (53 [+ 1] pages). The Suspended Castle (Le Château Suspendu) is Book 3 in the Philémon series by Fred (Frédéric Othon Théodore Aristidès, 1931-2013), serialized in the classic French […]

Headlines, links and little stories to make your tail wag.  Guest posts welcome. Tips: [email protected].  Patreon Hacked, Furries blamed, journalist downloads porn for “work”. Patreon user info was compromised by a security breach.  A Twitter user claiming responsibility offered an online-politics grudge motive, and shared claims that Patreon account data was being misused by the “Yiff.party” website.  The prankish claim […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Into Expermia, by M. R. Anglin North Charleston, SC, CreateSpace, July 2015, trade paperback $9.99 (299 [+ 1] pages), Kindle $2.99. M. R. Anglin’s Silver Foxes series is up to four novels now. She began writing it with Silver Foxes, published in April 2008. You can […]

Belgian, to be accurate. Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Une Aventure de Chlorophylle. T.1, Embrouilles a Coquefredouille, by Godi & Zidrou. Brussels, Belgium, Le Lombard, September 2014, hardcover €10,60 (48 pages). My thanks to Lex Nakashima again for this French-language bande dessinée. So they’ve started another Chlorophylle series. Whoop-de-do. Raymond Macherot […]

Headlines, links and little stories to make your tail wag.  Guest posts welcome. Tips: [email protected].  Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race features Fursuiters. I’m told that a minute of air time was recorded during a “furry scurry” in Chicago.  (I’m pretty sure I have heard of such an event, but can’t find it at Lake Area Furry Friends.) I […] Fursuiters on Food Network, and Cosplay celebrity wants a suit – NEWSDUMP (9/30/15)

Discussion of the history of furry fandom with Fred Patten, at ConFURence 9. Fred Patten is the most valued contributor at Dogpatch Press.  He came here during editor down time at Flayrah, seeking a stable place for his reviews and history articles.  (For those who aren’t acquainted with Fred’s impressive resume as a fan historian and curator, he has spent […]

Oklahoma Department of Recreation and Tourism: 405-230-8303 Direct line to Dick Dutton – Executive Director:  405-230-8414 Oklacon sounded like a fantastic event. (Here’s interesting coverage from an independent Oklahoma City news blog.) Now comes sad news that Oklacon is canceled permanently.  The reason appears to involve a tangle of prejudice and bad faith, coinciding with a misbehavior […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. WORD COUNT RECORD: 8266! Patch has been urging me to make a list of my furry book reviews for fans who want recommendations of what’s worth reading. Okay — but that’s a constantly changing situation. There are a very few books like Animal Farm by George […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. The Three Jaguars: A Comic About Business, Art, and Life, by M. C. A. Hogarth. Foreword by Ursula Vernon. Tampa, FL, mcahogarth.org, August 2015, trade paperback $15.99 (vi + 136 [+ 1] pages). M.C. A. Hogarth was one of the first creators in furry fandom. She […]

Headlines, links and little stories to make your tail wag.  Guest posts welcome. Tips: [email protected].  Oklacon canceled permanently in a tangle of prejudice and bad faith, coinciding with a misbehavior incident.   Read more via Reddit. Expect a longer article here soon.  The official website has replaced the front page with a final statement.  Oklacon’s history is at Wikifur. Former FurAffinity Forums taken down […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Chasing the Phoenix, by Michael Swanwick NYC, Tor Books, August 2015, hardcover $26.99 (316 pages), Kindle $12.99. Here is Michael Swanwick’s opening of Chasing the Phoenix: “Third year, summer, first month, of the royal year. The Hidden King killed his brothers so that there might be […]

Headlines, links and little stories to make your tail wag.  Guest posts welcome. Tips: [email protected].  Furries at Burning Man – Amazing fursuit programmed to light up with movement!  Don’t miss the suit at 1:10. (Vid by Vox Fox).   German news article:  “EUROFURENCE In Video – The Furries conquer Neukölln.” The coming 2016 Furpocalypse is getting ridiculous: Netflix announces “Mascots” movie, […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. The Starling God, by Tanya Sousa. Old Hickory, TN, Forestry Press, March 2014, trade paperback $12.50 (269 pages), Kindle $9.99. “Trying to make sense of humanity’s quirky and often devastating behaviors, birds formed a religion complete with mythology, lore and fissured beliefs. “The tenuous world-view of […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Intégrale Chlorophylle 1, by Raymond Macherot. Brussels, Belgium, Le Lombard, October 2012, hardcover €25,50 (208 pages). Intégrale Chlorophylle 2, by Raymond Macherot. Brussels, Belgium, Le Lombard, November 2012, hardcover €25,50 (208 pages). Intégrale Chlorophylle 3, by Raymond Macherot. Brussels, Belgium, Le Lombard, April 2013, hardcover €25,50 […]

Furclubbing: “A repeat/regular nightclub event by furries for furries.”  It’s a New Thing that’s been spreading since the late 2000’s.  This kind of dance party is independent from conventions.  This builds on the growth of cons, and takes things farther. It’s more ambitious than events that happen once, house parties, or informal meets.  Those can stay inner-focused for friends who already […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. L’Épée d’Ardenois. T. 4/4, Nuhy, by Étienne Willem. Geneva, Switzerland, Éditions Paquet, June 2015, hardbound €16,00 (64 pages). This is part of Lex Nakashima’s & my project to bring American furry fans the best of new French-language animalière bandes dessinées. Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of […]

This year, it seems like more great press attention went to Anthrocon than ever before.  Take a look!  (Here’s everything I could find in July.) Why was there rising attention?  One of the big reasons was the fursuit parade.  For the first time in an almost two-decade history, the con took an amazing spectacle seen in private out to […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. The Art of Regular Show, by Shannon O’Leary. Foreword by J. G. Quintel. Introduction by Paula Spence. London, Titan Books, September 2015, hardcover $29.95 (160 pages). Lavish coffee-table animation art books are usually the prerogative of theatrical features from major animation studios like Disney, DreamWorks Animation, […]