Author Topic: 1997 fanzine: predictions, complaints about FurryFandom [Scans, img heavy]  (Read 1838 times)

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These scans are from the May 25th 1997 issue of Huzzah: http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/Huzzah






For me the highlight is:

"the agenda of using "furry" as a vehicle for deviant sexual liberation is on a collision course with the generally sex negative values of the dominant culture of the United States, and in collisions, the more massive object usually wins.
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As a cultural conservative, I am rooting for the American Cultural semi to make roadkill out of that certain brand of furry's hopes for gaining acceptable for their deviant sexual practices, and the vacuous, contentless art it produces.
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In anime Fandom, the  craft of the artist is respected, and if the artist is less than skilled, they will be criticized and urged to improve or step aside.
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Does it hurt more if the artist can only make sales by catering to the fetishes of the most oleaginous perversity, yet cannot tell a story, or even show a piece that make their parents proud?
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Originally this fandom was like the other fandoms, in that it it held a deep interest in the out of such pros as Tex Avery, And Churck Jones, Of Jack Bradbury ... and Walt Kelly
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Limited hedonistic agendas
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Furry is filled with so called artists who have reached stagnant plateaus and have not improved appreciably in years.
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Using elite as an insult is an artefact of tired marxist rhetoric"

Remember, this is from 1997; This is part of the history of "furry", so that's why I've scanned it and put it up here.
then he hent that noble prince by the hand,
and said "welcome my soueraigne King HENERY!
chalenge thy Herytage and thy Land,
that thine owne is, and thine shall bee."

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Jesus Christ, he foresaw Naylor.

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Is your scanner also from 1997?


Anyway, it seems like the typical kind of pseudo-burned fur alarmist stuff that came out of this period. In a lot of ways, it's dead wrong. A sexual undercurrent is exactly what led to a lot of talent coming in to furry, and a lot of people staying, despite having 'clean' alter egos.

I'm kind of slowly learning the more I'm into it, that deep down there is something far more psychologically frightening about an adult who REALLY FUCKING LOVES CARTOON CHARACTERS than one who mostly just pretends to to find some decent porn. And while the best art that comes out of furry is a strange mixture of squeaky-clean , cheesecake and very perverse, the bottom of the barrel is an irrelevant mess of everything from tentacle rape to just stock neko girl emo shit.

If nothing else, the fetishization of furry helped it survive past the nerd hayday of pre-internet times, and really helped it to flourish in member numbers, while probably not degrading member quality. Even if this presents a touch more drama than needed.

I have an American Journal of Anthropomorphics issue from around the same period if anyone wants me to scan that. It has Naylor's profile back then.
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Ahaha, I remember when the 'lifestylers' were the big bugaboo of furry.  They were the ones who 'took it all too seriously'.  Now they've been relegated to the status of that fat goth girl from high school who is so totally into wicca, their status replaced by the fringe fetishists who are now 'ruining furry'. 

I wonder, if we could find something like this from the early 90s, would it speak of 'the great downfall of furry' being caused by all those twinks at Merlino's house?

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Is your scanner also from 1997?
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I have an American Journal of Anthropomorphics issue from around the same period if anyone wants me to scan that. It has Naylor's profile back then.

My scanner is both old and damaged, but just about works. If you do scan the choicest parts of that magazine, I would be very interested to see it. :)
then he hent that noble prince by the hand,
and said "welcome my soueraigne King HENERY!
chalenge thy Herytage and thy Land,
that thine owne is, and thine shall bee."

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The thing is better described as an art book. The AJoA was kind of like the Furnation Gallery of it's day, or an FA for only the "best". There is a little editorial page (which talks about how comic books in general (Marvel and DC) will soon to be extinct, 12 years ago...) which kind of just explains why they can't print anymore...

It just hosts a few choice artists, contact info, commission rates and black and white selects from their portfolios (full page, and constitute 90% of the pages). It says two tiny paragraphs about each and their background. Anything in particular you want to know about the bland history reports on Michele Light, Terrie Smith, Eric Blumrich, Shawtae Howard, Jay Naylor or about twelve other people I don't recognize the names of? Half these people probably just shuffled on from the fandom.

There are some teaser blurbs in the back about some truly awful sounding 'show' Eric Schwartz was thinking of producing, which basically boils down to drawn furries flying around in crappy 1997 3D animation spacecraft.
random gay furry art is broken , when will it be fixed ?

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Anything in particular you want to know about the bland history reports on

Ah. I thought it might have rants or commentary in. I guess it probably wouldn't tell us anything we don't know already or that isn't obvious then, thx. for the offer however.
then he hent that noble prince by the hand,
and said "welcome my soueraigne King HENERY!
chalenge thy Herytage and thy Land,
that thine owne is, and thine shall bee."