Rowrbrazzle

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Rowrbrazzle is an Amateur Press Association magazine devoted to funny animal cartoon illustration, that for a long time was a bulwark for furry fandom. The word is a misspelling of "rowrbazzle", an exclamation used at times by the characters in Walt Kelly's comic-strip "Pogo".

1 History
2 Significance
3 External links

[edit] History

Rowrbrazzle was founded by Marc Schirmeister in February 1984, who performed the duties of Official Editor for the first fourteen quarterly mailings. Fred Patten then served as the Official Editor from February 1989 through February 2005 when he retired due to poor health. Since then, the mailings have been produced by interim editors.

The first 'Brazzle was distributed to the association membership in February 1984. Number 93 is due the Spring of 2007, in a continuing uninterrupted run of 24 years.

Some of the artists, writers, and publishers who have been members in the past include Juan Alfonso, Kjarton Arnorson, Greg Bear (not the SF writer), John Cawley, Richard Chandler (not the 19th. century writer), Will Faust, Dan Flahive, Ken Fletcher (not the tennis champ), Steve Gallacci, Jim Groat, Garrett Ho, Mike Kazalah, Paul Kidd, Micheal B. Kelly, Steve Martin (not the comedian), Lex Nakashima, Fred Patten, Lance Rund, Ken Sample, Lou Scarborouigh, Ted Sheppard, Joe Strike, Ronn Sutton, G. W. Thomas (yes, the horror writer), Edd Vick, Mark Wallace (not the cricketeer), Stan Sakai, Taral Wayne, Deal Whitley, and Jeff Wood (not the race driver).

[edit] Significance

Fred Patten, onetime editor of Rowrbrazzle, had this (biased) view of 'Brazzle's significance:

"My thesis is that furry fandom coalesced out of sf fandom and comics fandom, blending elements from both of them and achieving its own critical mass in 1983/1984. The first clear signs of the independent furry fandom were the creation of its first apa, Rowrbrazzle, and the decision by some fans to self-publish furry comic books because there seemed to be enough fans of stories with talking animals to support them (as distinct from earlier attempts to self-publish comics which had to hope for sufficient sales from the general public alone.)

"...

"Rowrbrazzle started in February 1984. Since it was specifically an apa for writing and drawing funny animals as a genre and discussing the new fandom that was forming about them, it is a handy landmark to say that 'furry fandom existed at this time.'"[1]

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