Your Guide to the World of Furry Fandom
Fandom Fashions (“By Fans, For Fans”) have really upped their game recently. Their updated web site features many new designs for t-shirts and other handy clothing, with new designs covering many areas of fandom, pop culture, and yes, furry. Brought to you by none other than the artist known as Zhivago. (Whom, you may recall, was Guest of Honor at CaliFur 2015 — and whom you often see at many furry and comic book conventions.) Check it out.
image c. 2016 Fandom Fashions
Very soon (mid-February, in fact) a new Kickstarter campaign will be starting up, looking to finance a brand-new furry-themed card game called Fur vs. Scale. They explain it best on their web site: “Fur vs Scale is a fast-paced tabletop card game for 2-4 players, pitting heroes of rival kingdoms against each other in strategic combat. The game captures the ebb and flow of your favorite arcade fighter, challenging players to construct winning combinations of attacks, blocks, counters, and super moves over four rounds to be crowned victor. Featuring colorful anthropomorphic animal characters with unique special abilities, Fur vs Scale offers a variety of depth that can be enjoyed by kids and adults of all ages. Fur vs Scale takes place in the world of Junea, a land at war. The fragile peace that existed for decades between the Kindgom of Leon and the Kingdom of Wyrm is shattered by the disappearance of a sacred idol, and the quest to solve the mystery sets heroes from both lands on a dangerous collision course. Relive their tales of glorious combat and guide your chosen hero to victory!” The web site includes a link to a YouTube video telling you more about the game.
image c. 2016 WarSpider Entertainment
Cynthia Read goes goes by the name of Sparky in Fandom circles, and fannish conventions are where you are quite likely to find her work. “Sparky’s Stitches is my small home-based business, mostly centered around machine embroidery, although I do dabble in other crafts.” Lots of embroidered patches for lots of fannish pursuits in fact — including fantasy, furry, My Little Pony, and more. In fact more recently she has branched out and created a line of My Little Pony themed hoodies. You can see them on her web site, and also see a big selection of her embroidered patches for sale at her Etsy Store.
image c. 2016 by Cynthia Read
Margaret Trauth is an illustrator (and dancer, of all things!) with a stark, often line-less style that relies heavily on color. (This is not at all a bad thing.) At her web site (“Egypt Urnash”) you’ll find not only examples of her illustrations (on prints, t-shirts, and other such goodies) but also full-color comics that she has worked on, including the adults-only title Five Glasses of Absinthe. Some of this is adults-only, some of it is not, but all of it is quite fanciful.
image c. 2016 by Margaret Trauth
Tiger Brand Clothing Company is a t-shirt creation outfit with some very furry leanings… both in messages and in graphics. Much of it decidedly silly (even the ones not featuring otters), with more new designs behind added all the time. They even sell specialty hangers! They have their own web site where you can purchase their current designs. And of course, keep checking back for more.
image c. 2015 Tiger Brand Clothing Company
She’s an artist who simply goes by Rozga, and her colorful art works include furry subjects, fantasy, and… odd things. Like the picture below. A full-time artist since 2014, besides her presence on several well-known art sites she also has both an Etsy store and a Society 6 site where her work can be found on t-shirts, phone covers, throw pillows, and other such goodies.
image c. 2016 by Rozga
Another artist we found at Further Confusion: Sandy Schreiber, visiting all the way from the mid-west. She paints a variety of human, anthro-furry, and fantastic creature subjects, and she’s even branched out into painting them on china plates and other smooth surfaces. You’ll find her on FurAffinity and Deviant Art, but she also has her own web site that features both her completed full-color works and a selection of her sketches.
image c. 2016 by Sandy Schreiber
Brandon Blankenburg is a writer based out of Seattle, Washington. He has an affinity for natural history… and horror stories. Which he has combined into a series of no-holds-barred animal-based chillers, most of which are available on Amazon for Kindle readers. Two of his most recent are Night of the Killer Roos (speaks for itself, yes?) and Nudibranchs! (“Sex! Aliens! Violence!”). Check out his Amazon page to find out more about his latest projects… but beware!
image c. 2016 Brandon Blankenburg
Caught this one coming out! Fresh and new for 2016, this book describes itself best: “It starts with a chase. When Spencer Plain is pulled out of school in the middle of the day, he never expects to be speeding down the highway with his uncle, trying to outpace the car that’s tailing them. And he certainly never thought he’d find himself fleeing from a bear through the woods. And when he hears the bear say ‘We’ve been expecting you’, Spencer knows he’s just uncovered a whole world he’d never imagined. He’s brought to Bearhaven, a secret oasis his parents created for bears. But there are depths to Bearhaven that Spencer and his new bear cub friend, Kate, start to uncover. Spencer finds out he’s been there before, even if he can’t remember. He also stumbles into a rescue mission being planned, to save a bear in danger. He knows he can help, and he’s desperate to find clues to his parents’ whereabouts, so he and Kate decide to take matters into their own hands – even if they discover a secret that could threaten Bearhaven’s future!” The Secrets of Bearhaven by K.E. Rocha is available now in hardcover and paperback at Barnes & Noble — and check out this review site as well!
image c. 2016 Scholastic, Inc.
