Rowrbrazzle
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Rowrbrazzle is an Amateur Press Association magazine devoted to funny animal cartoon illustration.
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[edit] History
Rowrbrazzle was founded in 1983 by Marc Schirmeister. He published the first issue in February 1984, and performed the duties of Official Editor for the first fourteen quarterly mailings.[1] Fred Patten then served as the Official Editor from February 1989 through February 2005 when he retired due to poor health.[citation needed] Since then, the mailings were produced by interim editors. As of issue 94, William Earl Haskell has become the Official Editor.[2]
The first Rowrbrazzle was distributed to the association membership in February 1984.[3]
Number 95 is due the Autumn of 2007, in a continuing uninterrupted run of 24 years.
[edit] Significance
Fred Patten, onetime editor of Rowrbrazzle, had this view of Rowrbrazzle'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.)
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- "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]
[edit] Further reading
- ^ Fred Patten, ed. (February 2006). Furry! The World's Best Anthropomorphic Fiction. iBooks. ISBN 9781596873193.
- ^ Rowrbrazzle Issue 94
- ^ Fred Patten. YARF! Chronology. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
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