Another pre-internet one, though it was a whole group of us. Late at night at NorWesCon 10 (1988), a bunch of us decided to design our own shared universe and publish a 'zine that wasn't in some established mileiu. So we designed this sci fi universe that just happened to have anthropomorphic animals as most of the main characters.
About the time we published our second issue (which the original editor was selling at places like OryCon or NorWesCon) a bunch of fans started writing us "We didn't know any furry fans were publishing stuff!"
Another pre-internet one, though it was a whole group of us. Late at night at NorWesCon 10 (1988), a bunch of us decided to design our own shared universe and publish a 'zine that wasn't in some established mileiu. So we designed this sci fi universe that just happened to have anthropomorphic animals as most of the main characters.
About the time we published our second issue (which the original editor was selling at places like OryCon or NorWesCon) a bunch of fans started writing us "We didn't know any furry fans were publishing stuff!"
"What's a furry fan?" we all asked.
--Gene