Identity
- Full name
- Joe Strike
- Location
- New York, NY
- Interests
- Cartoons, cartoons and more cartoons (both animated and drawn). Also sci-fi/fantasy films and detective novels
- Occupation title
- Writer
- Species
- Alligator
- Biography
Animation journalist, longtime fur and author of Furry Nation: The True Story of America's Most Misunderstood Subculture.
I'm the real-life 'kid in a candy store' - the one my parents ran in Brooklyn until I was 13. I was marinated in the pop culture stew of comic books, Warner Bros & Fleischer cartoons on TV and kids' matinee films I saw every weekend. I've always had a love of animation and of characters like Bugs and Pepe LePew, and often wished I could join them in their world - a sign of incipient furriness right there.
I worked for years in TV promotion at Bravo and then Sci-Fi Channel before going freelance. Since then I've written about animation and sci-fi/fantasy films for mainstream publications and scripted an episode of the Nick Jr. TV series Wow Wow Wubbzy!
I blog under the name "The Miscweant" on the animation industry website awn.com. I've written the kids'/furry novel "The Incredible Hare" and host occasional audience-attended conversations with animation professionals at various NYC locations under the umbrella title "Interview with an Animator"
I didn't discover furry so much as furry discovered me via a flyer I received in 1988 out of the blue for a 'furry party' at the Philcon sci-fi convention. No one had to explain it to me - I knew exactly what I was looking at and that I belonged there. I contributed to the furry 'zine Rowrbrazzle for years & now post on Fur Affinity as "Comus". I also fursuit as the dapper but sinister Komodo dragon "Komos."
So yeah, I've been part of the fandom since its earliest days - but don't call me a 'greymuzzle' or I'll punch you in *your* snout.
Instant messaging
- Other information
Please Email me at joestrike[at]gmail[dot]com if you want to IM - I'm almost never on Skype or Yahoo IM but will sign on if I'm expecting hear from you.
- Skype
- JoeStrike.NYC
Links
- Homepage
- https://www.joestrike.com
- Instagram account
- https://www.instagram.com/joestrike7827/
- Twitter account
- https://twitter.com/joestrike
- WikiFur article
- https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Joe_Strike
- Facebook profile
- https://www.facebook.com/joestrike
- YouTube account
- https://www.youtube.com/user/strikejoe
History
- Member for
- 12 years 42 weeks
Recent stories
Rating averages
- Received on comments
- 4.54 (235 votes)
- Received on submissions
- 3.74 (54 votes)
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