Reply to comment
August 2013 Newsbytes archive
Posted by crossaffliction (Brendan Kachel) on Sun 1 Sep 2013 - 14:36 —Contributors this month include crossaffliction, dronon, Fred, GreenReaper, Higgs Raccoon, mailboxbooks, Patch Packrat, Rakuen Growlithe, RingtailedFox and Sonious.
GreenReaper: Condition gets coverage in London, Ontario paper.
GreenReaper: Did you know @GamingFurever writes furry game news? We've added them to our footer.
crossaffliction: TV Guide on bronies. Oh, and Season 4 is Nov. 24.
crossaffliction: Cameron decides to let someone else write the Avatar sequels. Good call, though three?
Fred: Problems in translation: Bengaluru-based VedAtma Animation Studios is/are working on a 90-minute animated feature titled Mahatmaan – the Supreme Being, about a superhero who fights anthropomorphic monsters. Better not call a superhero a ‘Supreme Being’ in America.
GreenReaper: Baby elephants like paddling in the heat, too.
mailboxbooks: DJ Ear joins Rabbit Valley.
mailboxbooks: Rabbit Valley Comics now has over 65 digital items including CD albums, books, graphic novels, and movies - all fandom created.
mailboxbooks: Circles Issue 5 Digital Edition now available at Rabbit Valley Digital Store.
Fred: How many dog videos on YouTube are considered "anti-Islam" by overly-sensitive Muslims?
crossaffliction: Presented sans context: NaNaNANA BATCOW!!!
Higgs Raccoon: August 5th's selection from the archives of The Guardian newspaper is an article from 1960 about Louis Wain and his portrayals of anthropomorphic cats.
GreenReaper: First lab-grown burger has "intense taste".
GreenReaper: Saturday night not the best time to wear a "furry mask" into Walmart.
crossaffliction: Equestria Daily rounds up articles on the Air Force “My Little Pilot” badge.
crossaffliction: And speaking of ponies, Equestria Girls is available on DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital now. Try it.
crossaffliction: M.C.A. Hogarth’s Spots the Space Marine makes a Cracked countdown in a good way.
Patch Packrat: Tropicana ad: "City shut down on account of furries."
dronon: Edo Superstar game - trailer and kickstarter.
GreenReaper: Social dolphins remember friends' whistles for two decades.
GreenReaper: Ratchet to return with Into the Nexus.
RingtailedFox: Kangaroo rescues 7-year-old boy in Australia.
RingtailedFox: Man kills dog by blowing it up, in Washington state.
Higgs Raccoon: This year's Toronto International Film Festival to include The Animal Project, an "eccentric-sounding film about a cast of characters who live their days dressed in furry animal suits".
crossaffliction: Discovery Channel’s ‘Shark Week’ is rightly coming under fire. That Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives was MST3K worthy.
Sonious: Hotel for IndyFurCon 2013, Sheraton, bans fursuiting before the hour of 6PM.
Higgs Raccoon: @Sonious: As I understand it, they can fursuit before 6pm, but not congregate in the lobby.
crossaffliction: The absolute highest quality animation* you’ll ever see.
crossaffliction *That is gay kemono, anyway.
crossaffliction: I was pretty pumped for the Guardians of the Galaxy already, but I just realized the movie will be directed by the guy who directed Slither. Hell, yes!
crossaffliction: Disney’s animated movie for 2016: Zootopia. Thief fox. Bunny cop. Together, they fight crime. Hell, yes, again!
dronon: For World of Warcraft players, The Burdens of Shaohao, a six-part short video series about the last emperor of the Pandaren. Art by Laurel Austin.
Patch Packrat: An out of the ordinary experimenter with furry fiction ... Carlton Mellick III, luminary of the "bizarro" genre.
mailboxbooks: Rabbit Valley® Comics Weekly Update - New items added to the store, top shipped items and upcoming travel.
crossaffliction: Vin Diesel: I am Groot? Still no Rocket Raccoon, though … [Drew McWeeney/Motion Captured]
dronon: The Wombles may be returning.
Higgs Raccoon: Swedish swimmers warned over testicle-biting pacu fish.
Fred: Bright green bees and more.
Fred: Bringing plush animals to life.
RingtailedFox: Costa Rica to free zoo animals!
Sonious: The American Kennel Club writes on its intent to not support the 2016 World Dog Show if held in anti-gay Russia.
Higgs Raccoon: A second or two of footage of Rocket Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy.
Higgs Raccoon: All is safe again for Swedish swimmers.
Fred: “Hopping out glowing green bunnies for science.”
Higgs Raccoon: Rebekah the raccoon (from the recent showering-with-a-raccoon viral video) has been taken away by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
crossaffliction: “I was a lion, of course, because lions are nature's drummers (duh).”
GreenReaper: This dog, however, is not a lion.
GreenReaper: Lost for years in a museum, then tracked down to the cloud forests of South America: a new procyonid, the olinguito.
Sonious: Forbes proves they suffer from confusion as they use Further Confusion's logo on article addressing healthcare law confusions.
GreenReaper: Good thing they're announcing a new one on Saturday.
Patch Packrat: If you're aware of the plight of press journalism, check out the hard hitting work of this animal rights activist.
Patch Packrat: Fur Affinity artist commission prices survey.
RingtailedFox: Chinese zoo disguises dog as lion.
RingtailedFox: Rescued puppies in Manitoba find foster homes.
GreenReaper: Macaque tool use threatened by human development.
crossaffliction: Michael Bay’s TMNT movie delayed. Unfortunately, only for like a week.
mailboxbooks: Rabbit Valley Comics Weekly Update - All kinds of good stuff going on!
crossaffliction: Animal mask featuring horror movie You’re Next’s director also had a great animal-themed segment in The ABCs of Death.
crossaffliction: For media followers: Critics are more likely to pan a movie than audiences, with two odd exceptions: documentaries and “black” comedies.
Higgs Raccoon: Seth MacFarlane indicates a Passover 2015 release date for Ted 2.
GreenReaper: Brown bears airlifted to safety during Russian flood.
dronon: How Finding Nemo could have been a very different and more scientifically accurate film.
Higgs Raccoon: “007? Spider-Pig? Nope, it's GG Bond, China's super pig.”
Fred: One way for scientists to learn more about whales.
GreenReaper: Who wants a belly rub?
GreenReaper: Inkbunny seeks funding for new server.
Higgs Raccoon: Anthropomorphizing animals could help conservation projects.
Patch Packrat: Crocodile's blog "goes deep" about fursuiting.
crossaffliction: Rocket Raccoon rumor: Is Bradley Cooper the voice of The Guardian of the Galaxy’s furry draw?
Higgs Raccoon: “Snails with frickin' LEDs on their heads.”
GreenReaper: Wolves howl more to keep in contact with 'friends' and high-ranking pack-mates.
Patch Packrat: The Last Unicorn big screen tour, remastered print, with author Peter Beagle: 2 shows announced last minute in San Diego this weekend (8/24-25).
RingtailedFox: Apparently, moose get road rage, too!
dronon: Russian museum cat portraits.
Higgs Raccoon: A piece of anthropomorphic taxidermy currently on display at College Green, Bristol, UK.
Higgs Raccoon: (Also in Bristol, but winding down now: Gromit Unleashed.)
RingtailedFox: I've heard of a dog-eat-dog world... but bear-eat-bear???
Rakuen Growlithe: I don't come here for weeks and I miss out on all the good debates. :/ Oh well, here's something about Australian cats and foxes being better than you think.
GreenReaper: Sea otters promote sea grass.
GreenReaper: Inkbunny got that new server (and it's fast).
Patch Packrat: Sleeping man cuddles with fox after mistaking it for his girlfriend.
GreenReaper: Student paper covers growth of furry club at Ball State University.
dronon: Klaw appears to be a French comic about a teen (and son of a mafia don?) who can turn into a tiger-man, and there are others with similar powers, based on the Chinese zodiac.
GreenReaper: You can trust a furry to keep you warm in winter. [tip: Starling]
crossaffliction: The disturbing MLP:FiM panties just got competition. [Zayev]