Flayrah.comFlayrah.comFC2009 - May Newsletter- May 24, 2008 In this issue: 1. FC 2009 Campout and Picnic 2. BayCon Party 3. Announcing our Charities 4. Hotel News 5. FC09 Video Room wants you! 6. Next Staff Meetinghttp://www.flayrah.com/Article2449.html Upcoming furry comics for July 2008 (Previews only- May 24, 2008 This was delayed a bit by a trip to Morphicon. Nice little (but growing) convention, well done 'Hooray for Furrywood' theme, some fine fursuits, not much for me as a mostly comic-book furfan. I'll probably try again next year, though. A number of notable nonpamphlets this month, like Chumble Spuzz and Flight, and some equally notable nonfurry stuff like a trade paperback of new Halo & Sprocket stories, yay!http://www.flayrah.com/Article2448.html 2007 Ursa Major Award results- May 20, 2008 The 2007 Ursa Major Awards have been presented at Morphicon 2008.http://www.flayrah.com/Article2447.html Heathen City to launch at Anthrocon- May 20, 2008 Volume One of Heathen City, a new graphic novel from Bad Dog Books, has been announced with a release date of June 26 2008, to coincide with Anthrocon. Heathen City is a modern, urban, gritty erotic thriller intended for mature audiences, written by Alex Vance, illustrated by Ayato, Distasty, Krahnos, Charha and Fel, with cover art by kamui, and will be sold at the FurPlanet table at Anthrocon.http://www.flayrah.com/Article2446.html Webcomic Secret Summer 2008- May 11, 2008 Creators of comics, may I have your attention The Webcomic Secret Summer is now accepting participants! "What is the Webcomic Secret Summer" you may ask. A Secret Santa is a type of exchange in which each participant gets one randomly assigned recipient and the gift-giver's identity remains secret until an assigned time when she presents the gift to the recipient. The Webcomic Secret Santa is an exchange of webcomic gifts using the same concept. Creators submit their comics to a..http://www.flayrah.com/Article2445.html Disney goes Bollywood- May 9, 2008 Disney is co-producing an animated CGI Bollywood film called Roadside Romeo which will be released in India on October 24th. Other than the Disney influence and similarities to Lady and the Tramp, it seems to be a mostly Indian production from Yash Raj Films, one of India's largest film companies. This is apparently their first foray into animation. In a recently-released trailer, Romeo acts out scenes from other Bollywood films.http://www.flayrah.com/Article2444.html RCFM May Newsletter - Only 3 weeks to GO!- May 9, 2008 RCFM FREE PRESS Issue 8, Vol. I May, 2008 MEWS FROM THE HEAD CAT Hey Y'all, It's been an eventful month, in many different ways. I have good news, bad new, and just plain news.http://www.flayrah.com/Article2443.html We're LIVE! Western PA Furry Weekend! 103-508- May 9, 2008 Im proud to announce the Western Pennsylvania Furry Weekend, http:www.wpafw.org, is being held the weekend of, October 3-5, 2008, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This years Featured Artist is artist and illustrator MehndiX who is a great friend and one of the regions local talents.http://www.flayrah.com/Article2442.html Upcoming furry comics for June 2008 (Previews only)- May 2, 2008 Upcoming furry comics for June 2008 (from Previews)http://www.flayrah.com/Article2441.html Baby Birds Babble- May 2, 2008 MIT researchers have discovered that baby birds have something in common with baby humans: they first "babble" to learn to speak. In this case, the "speech" of a bird is the adult bird's song. The parallel between bird and human may lend insights into the mysteries of human language-learning. The full story is available at Discovery News.http://www.flayrah.com/Article2440.html |