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PublisherGeneral Books LLC
ISBN-101155704118
ISBN-139781155704111
eBay Product ID (ePID)120510634
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Publication Year2010
Book TitleFurry Webcomics : Sabrina Online, Newshounds, Kevin and Kell, El Goonish Shive, Jack, Ozy and Millie
Number of Pages152 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorBooks LLC
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight8.3 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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SynopsisPlease note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 150. Not illustrated. Chapters: Sabrina Online, Newshounds, Kevin and Kell, El Goonish Shive, Jack, Ozy and Millie, 21st Century Fox: Romantic Comedy of the Future, Twokinds, Anema, the Ongoing Adventures of Rocket Llama, Lackadaisy, Sequential Art, the Whiteboard, Digger, Last Res0rt, Freefall, T.h.e. Fox, Faux Pas, Purple Pussy, a Doemain of Our Own, List of Furry Comics, Newshounds Ii, Fur-Piled. Excerpt: Newshounds is a satirical, furry webcomic drawn and written by Thomas K. Dye. The strip is in two parts. The first version, sometimes called Newshounds I, ran between November 1, 1997 to December 8, 2006. A sequel, Newshounds II, started on July 2, 2007. Newshounds I is set in a fictional news broadcasting company in America called KPET, staffed by one human and seven anthropomorphic animals (five dogs, a cat and a rat). The strip satirizes many aspects of news companies and news stories of the day. Although sometimes strips are standalones, most of the stories span several weeks, sometimes months. As well as news gathering, Newshounds satirizes politics, sport and pop culture, with many of the characters satirizing one particular area. Newshounds covers controversial topics such as the war on terror, gay rights, and there are future plans to make a series of storylines about abortion. Newshounds is one of the longest running furry webcomics (longer running examples include Kevin and Kell (1995) and Sabrina Online (1996)). It is hosted on the Internet by the online comics syndicate Keenspot. According to the The Webcomic List, it is listed in the top 1,000 webcomics on the internet. A collection of strips entitled All the Newshounds Fit to Print won the Ursa Major Award for "Best Anthropomorphic Literary Work," and it is currently on the Ursa Major Awards, "Recommended Anthropomorphics List." The comic follows a group of anth...
