Joe Strike - Furry Planet - A World Gone Wild: Includes History, Costumes, and Conventions

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Joe Strike

Furry Planet - A World Gone Wild: Includes History, Costumes, and Conventions

Inglese · Copertina rigida

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"An immersive entry into furry fandom, with an insider's look at the timeless human instinct to identify with animals, as well as the creations and communities of furs worldwide. Furs are the creative subculture of people who anthropomorphize animals, taking on an animal identity and often attending furfests, wearing fursuits, and embracing fur-friendly media and art. In Furry Planet, long-time furry Joe Strike dives deep into this compelling subculture to share its appeal and rewards. Strike and a wealth of interviewees trace the history of the subculture and its various iterations today, in the process delving deep into conventions, media, art, storytelling, community resources, costume creation, and advice for newcomers, and addressing stigmas and misconceptions head on" --

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Introduction: What, Me Furry?
 
1. It’s a Furry World
2. Mainstream Anthropomorphic Movies and Television

3. Meetings with Remarkable Furs
4. Mainstream Anthropomorphic Literature

5. Suits Me Just Fine
6. Mainstream Anthropomorphic Theater
7. Author! Author!
8. Mainstream Anthropomorphic Sculpture
9. I Dig a Brony
10. Mainstream Anthropomorphic Art
11. Pretty as a Picture (Furry Art)
12. Furry After Dark
13. Mainstream Anthropomorphic Performance Art
14. Is Everybody Happy? (Well, Not Quite)
15. Music to my Furry Ears (and Eyes)
16. Mainstream, Here We Come (Maybe)
17. The Furry Future

Afterword
Acknowledgments
Notes


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Joe Strike is a long-time furry and an expert on the subculture. He is the author of Furry Nation and has been interviewed about the furry subculture on CBS’s The Doctors and by the New York Post, Slate, CNN, and a wide range of other outlets. Professionally, Joe is a writer and producer who has spent his career immersed in comic books, cartoons, and sci-fi and fantasy worlds. He has created hundreds of TV promotions for channels including Bravo and Sci-Fi, and worked with talents like Stan Lee, Ralph Bakshi, and the cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Joe produced and hosted Interview with an Animator, a series of events held at New York’s Society of Illustrators and the Paley Center for Media, and was a writer for the Nickelodeon TV series Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! He lives in New York City.


Riassunto

From a veteran fur comes an immersive entry into the world of furry fandom, with an inside look at an amazing subculture, the timeless human instinct to identify with animals, and color images of furry costumes, art, and conventions.

Furs are the creative subculture of people who identify with animals. You can find them at furry conventions, furfests, around the world—tens of thousands of people donning their most elaborate fursuit. In costume, at conventions, with friends or alone, furries unleash the animal within, letting their inner beasts roar and their inner cats purr, aware of the power—and joy—to be found in bringing forward one’s animal side and encouraging others to do the same.

In Furry Planet, long-time furry Joe Strike dives deep into this compelling subculture to share its appeal and rewards. Strike and a wealth of interviewees trace the history of the subculture and its various iterations today, in the process covering conventions, media, art, storytelling, community resources, costume creation, and advice for newcomers, and addressing stigmas and misconceptions head on.

An unprecedented in-depth guide, Furry Planet is sure to inform and delight the ever-growing furry fandom and anyone who has ever been curious about it. Inside you’ll find:


  • Insight into the natural human impulse to anthropomorphize animals

  • A fascinating history of furry fandom

  • A detailed look at furcons around the world

  • Inspiration for fursuit costume creation

  • Color images of costumes, art, and conventions

  • Much more!

Prefazione

Perfect for cultural, general interest, and fan-specific, endemic media: Furry Planet has a built-in audience and will intrigue a wide range of media, through text and visual excerpts, Q&As, and features geared toward TV, print, digital, podcast, and radio outlets. Outlets to include the likes of Vice, BuzzFeed, Rolling Stone, New York Times, New York magazine, and more.

Expert author with media track record: Strike is the go-to expert on all things furry and has been interviewed by CBS’s The Doctors, the New York Post, Slate, CNN, and a wide range of other outlets, and written for the New York Daily News, Fur Affinity, Animation World Network, and more. He will be easy to book follow-up interviews with or op-eds around pub.

Features interviews with dozens of artists, musicians, writers, and furries, including designer Rob Roth, performer Jason Martin, artists Sophie Ryder, Margit Brundin, and Anthony Ausgang, and authors Kyell Gold and Mary E. Lowd.

In-person events in author’s NYC hometown and around comic-cons and furcons nationwide: Strike can do signings and other promotional events in and around his New York City home and at New York’s Comic-Con, as well as in or near furcons throughout the US, such as those in Chicago, Pittsburg, Atlanta, Dallas, and Orlando.

Trade media outreach: Pitch for coverage by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal, Booklist, and Shelf Awareness. Book is well-written and should receive positive reviews. The Midwest Book Review gave a “high recommendation” and glowing review for Strike’s first book.

Social media, influencer, and BookTok coverage by author, interviewees in the book, and influencers: