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Does anybody want hugs?  This is a great day to ask your friends!  Especially those who do, but they’re afraid to ask.  Put a #sendhugs message out for them. Two people who deserve it are Fred Patten and David (Poppa Bookworm) for the amazing writing and assistance they give to make this blog. Hugging is such a “furry” thing. […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Second Chance: Furmankind II, by Ted R. Blasingame. (Revised and expanded edition) Raleigh, NC, Lulu.com, May 2015, trade paperback $21.99 (460 pages). This says “Revised and expanded edition”, but if I am reading Blasingame’s production schedule correctly, this was written between June 2012 and June 2014, […]

Belgian, to be accurate.  Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Cerise. T.1, L’Avis des Bêtes, by Laurel. Brussels, Belgium, Le Lombard, April 2012, hardbound €10,60 (48 pages). Cerise. T.2, Smart Faune, by Laurel. Brussels, Belgium, Le Lombard, February 2014, hardbound €10,60 (48 pages), Kindle €5,99. Cerise. T.3, Le Seigneur des Animaux, by Laurel. […]

Many corners of “nerd culture” can be guy-heavy.  A lot of people are predisposed to look down on that (with double standards if you flip the situation – only seeing the shadow side of one gender and the light side of another.)  Recently I shared another writer’s comments about it.  I liked them enough to invite her to submit guest posts.  She sent […]

Headlines, links and little stories to make your tail wag.  Guest posts welcome. Tips: [email protected].  SFGate looked at a map of the “most embarrassing Google searches” in the USA and found me. (Appeared in photo #9.)  “Furries” is supposedly searched a lot in Wyoming. The map also shows who searched for: Bronies, Nickelback Lyrics, Dog Clothes, Meth Recipe… Who knows […]

Article with Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.  Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. “Camp Feral! An all-inclusive furry summer camp where the registration fee covers your food, lodging and activities for the most unique and memorable furry experience of your life! Your fee covers all the coffee you can drink, […]

Article with Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.  Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. “Camp Feral! An all-inclusive furry summer camp where the registration fee covers your food, lodging and activities for the most unique and memorable furry experience of your life! Your fee covers all the coffee you can drink, […]

 Here’s a fantastic guest post by Amanda Riesling. Her blog’s recent post about Furries is highly recommended. – Patch Note: This article concerns itself exclusively with fully animated feature films produced in America and released prior to 2000. The article’s scope is limited so narrowly mainly because it is a blog post and therefore too […]

Part 1:  “If there was a Museum of Furry, theatrical “Panto-Animals” would be a major exhibit.“ Part 2:  Feedback, history and sources roundup. These “Panto-animal” history articles share a discovery of amazing proto-Furry happenings, in an overlooked era of Pantomime theater in Victorian Britain.  Stunning photos show why the topic is worth uncovering.  From those scarce records, a handful of actor […]

Was Furry fandom turned into a freakshow against it’s will in the 1990’s?   Did the founders of ConFurence, the first Furry convention, run an ad in a “gay lifestyle magazine” that ruined everything?   This rumor has circulated for 18 years, but nobody has ever shown a supposed ad.  Now, one Furry made the effort to dig […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. The Island of Dr. Moreau: A Possibility, by H. G. Wells. Frontispiece by C.R.A. [Charles Robert Ashbee]. London, William Heinemann, April 1896, x + 219 [+ 1 + 34] pages, 6/-. This is arguably the first “furry” adult novel, not counting the talking animals of children’s […]

Furries Among Us Book Review – By Vox Fox. A disclaimer: I love this book. That said, I will try my best to give an unbiased review but the reader is hereby warned upfront of just where I’m coming from. Furries Among Us provides a very positive-minded, detailed and understanding look into what furry fandom is […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Yarst! This has gotten really complicated, so bear with us.  These release dates are mostly useless. Yes, the official American release date of Minions was July 10, 2015, but it was released in Indonesia on June 17 and in Australia (in English) on June 18, and […]

Headlines, links and little stories to make your tail wag.  Guest posts welcome. Tips: [email protected].  Anthropomorphics Reading List wants Dogpatch Press reader recommendations!  (via Fred Patten:) “The Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Association (ALAA) has just updated the 2015 Anthropomorphics Reading List.  It now includes all the 2015 anthro titles that anyone has recommended through August 8 as […]

Headlines, links and little stories to make your tail wag.  Guest posts welcome. Tips: [email protected].  “Anthrocon Convention steps out in full fursuits.” The New Pittsburgh Courier revisits the con with a few nice photos. Furry creative expression gets praise from an environmental, travel and style writer. Why Do We Like To Dress Up Like Animals? This introduces furries with much more insight […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Sunset of Furmankind, by Ted R. Blasingame. (Revised & Expanded Edition.) Raleigh, NC, Lulu.com, February 2015, trade paperback $32.99 (727 pages), Kindle $2.99. When I reviewed the first edition (Lulu Press, September 2011) on Flayrah, it was “only” 510 pages. I said, “Ted Blasingame writes long […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. We get mail. In this case, a press release with a cover letter. Hi Fred: Saw that you covered my client Don Oriolo’s Felix Art last year and thought you might like to see our press release from today and possibly cover that?  Let me know […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Roi Ours, by Mobidic. Paris, Delcourt, May 2015, hardbound €18.95 (110 pages), Kindle €13.99. Thanks to Lex Nakashima for ordering this French cartoon album from Amazon.fr and making it available to me for this review. In a prehistoric Mesoamerican world, a human village is ruled by […]

Enjoy Christian Tremblay’s interview with Dogpatch Press below, and help make a cool show happen. The campaign ends 8/22/15:  SWAT-KATS REVOLUTION, by TREMBLAY BROS STUDIOS. Demand from devoted fans is bringing back the Swat Kats TV series for the first time in 20 years.  Fandom kept the show alive since it was canceled in 1994 with only […]

Obama hangs out with furries!  The proof is below.  Mr. President, why are they so sexy?  This tiny subculture has more influence than many members even realize.  The topic grew from a furry influence article that drew extra high traffic: (Mainstream advertising: “More and more, Furries are being hinted at in marketing media.”)  Advertisers covet “street cred”, and subcultures have it.  Even tiny […]