Dogpatch Press

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer.   SEE BOTTOM: At Fred’s request, a gallery of rare book illustrations from Van den Vos Reynaerde was scanned for this post by the UCRiverside Library. Animal fables traditionally tell morals – this article shows a historically fascinating misuse of anthropomorphism for fascist and Social Darwinist goals. “Dear Patch; This is basically […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Light: A Tale of the Magical Creatures of Zudukii, by T. S. McNally. Syracuse, NY, Bounding Boomer Books, February 2015; trade paperback $9.99 (151 pages), Kindle $4.99. “Magical creatures” are the operative words here. I usually divide anthropomorphic fiction into either furry or funny-animal fiction, depending […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Who Wacked Roger Rabbit?, by Gary K. Wolf. Colorado Springs, CO, Musa Publishing, December 2014, trade paperback $14.00 (306 pages). This is the third “Roger Rabbit” novel by Gary K. Wolf in 30+ years. The first, Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (St. Martin’s Press, October 1981), was […]

Headlines, links and little stories to make your tail wag.  Tips are always welcome.  Documentary: The Anti Mascot. The story of the San Francisco Giants’ Crazy Crab, the most outrageous mascot of them all. The 1984 San Francisco Giants were dreadful. But the team’s ill-conceived “Crazy Crab” mascot endured worse. Shared by Excelsior30 on FurAffinity … a […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Hero’s Best Friend; An Anthology of Animal Companions, edited by Scott M. Sandridge Lexington, KY, Seventh Star Press, February 2014, trade paperback $20.95 ([iv] + 447 pages), Kindle $3.99. Hero’s Best Friend; An Anthology of Animal Companions is a fantasy anthology of “twenty stories of heroic […]

Update: read to bottom for new details of the $185,000 cost! Remember this sad thing? On May 26, 2012, the final New Jersey FurBQ was held for nearly 200 attendees.  It ended seven years of a party loved by a community of friends.  But it didn’t just die – it was killed with controversy and nasty headlines.  The truth was […]

(NSFW – nude paintings below!) In “Furry Good Ideas“, Scale commented on my suggestion about starting a Furry art gallery:  Not sure if the times are ripe for a dedicated furry art gallery, but for what it’s worth I’m having some success entering furry paintings in local art shows… I’m also making a bet that a market […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Escape from St. Arned, by Rose LaCroix Dallas, TX, FurPlanet Productions, September 2014, trade paperback $9.95 (143 pages). This title is a work of anthropomorphic fiction for adult readers only. As LaCroix’s Basecraft Cirrostratus (June 2010) ended, Elor (Prof. Elor Kaya, cougar), Vinz (Vinz Nivariya, wolf), […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Back in August 2013, Rod O’Riley’s In-Fur-Nation brought us the first news of Skynamic Studios’ “True-Tail” Adobe Flash animation series in preproduction.  “A place where six unruly mercenaries must learn to work together … Or succumb to an ancient dark magic.”  The six are Caleb, a […]

Headlines, links and little stories to make your tail wag.  Tips are always welcome.  ____________________________ Mainstream sightings and fandom news _____________________________ VICE parties hard at Fur-eh! The article gets super friendly, and stays refreshingly non-judgemental.  It can be hard to broadly cover an event with immersion in a tight circle of friends, so it’s only a small slice of the […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. I would like to thank Perri Rhoades for giving me the inspiration for this article and for making most of it easy. I used to have a complete set of Hi-Jinx, but when I had a paralyzing stroke in 2005 and was permanently hospitalized, some friends […]

There were lots of reasons to celebrate in Reno, on May 14-17, 2015.  2400 furballs tumbled across the desert to Biggest Little Fur Con, making it the 6th largest con after three short years. I spoke to the Chair, who said that they were very lucky to have the extravagant layout of the Grand Sierra. Happy vibes filled […]

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 established than events that happen once, house parties or informal meets.  Those can be inner-focused, or gather […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Catalyst; A Tale of the Barque Cats, by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough NYC, Ballantine Books, January 2010, hardcover $26.00 (256 [+ 5] pages), Kindle $7.99. Catacombs; A Tale of the Barque Cats, by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough NYC, Ballantine Books, December 2010, […]

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Dude, Where’s My Fox?, by Kyell Gold. Illustrated by BlackTeagan. Dallas, TX, FurPlanet Productions, September 2014, trade paperback $9.95 ( [3] + 115 pages), Kindle $7.99. This is “A Red Velvet Cupcake”, FurPlanet’s eighth “Cupcake” novella for fiction between the short story and novel lengths. It […]

RANT! Sometimes, you don’t know how good it is to have tolerance, until you see it taken away from others. In Vermont, fursuiters were mingling with crowds at a Mardi Gras celebration.  They were high-fiving people and making them feel like they were in magical unicorn-land, like fursuiters do.  Then a town official with a Sequoia up his butt decided that fun […]

To me, street fursuiting is the best, most spontaneous form of “The Most Furry Activity”.  Street fairs are the best place to do it.  So, the start of street fair season is a special occasion. In San Francisco, for at least the past several years, How Weird Street Faire has been first on the list.  After […]

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, [and] all the breakfast lunch or dinner you can […]

Here’s a followup to a previous article – Exchanging Fluids on PBS: Your eyes will bug out at this WTF furry video from 1992!  The artist Biohazard has more details on his page: “Too Hot for PBS”. Biohazard answered my request to talk about this crazy subcultural stunt.  Here’s our Q&A: (Patch:)  The PBS art auction video is epic and classic. […]

Headlines, links and little stories to make your tail wag.  Tips are always welcome.  ________________________________________________________ Furry Force’s surprising Ursa Major Award. ________________________________________________________   Flayrah has the details about all winners.  Furry Force stole an expected win from My Little Pony.  It showed appreciation from targets of the gently teasing “fursploitation” parody.  I suspect two influences made a difference – support from this site […]