-= Morphicon 2010 Picnic - The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly =-
Our deepest thanks go out to all who attended this year's Morphicon picnic at Sharon Woods Metro Park. The day was beautiful, the food was excellent, and the whole day was a blast! For those of you unable to attend, you missed the most successful picnic to date. Photos of the event can be found on Morphicon.org. As for news of what went on, keep reading!

The Good - With the "official" count of fifty furs, attendance grew over 50% of last year's total. Also, while only scheduled until 4pm, the picnic went on well past six. We were able to secure a shelter and many took part in badminton and mock battling. We even had a handful of fursuiters show to make the event more memorable.

The Bad - Our assigned Grill-Meister, Savant, was unable to make it to the picnic. Not to fear, however, as our Con Chair, Jewel, stepped in to fill the gap. In all, he spent the majority of the day grilling fifteen pounds of hamburger and seven pounds of hot dogs to feed all the hungry attendees. Thanks go to him for donating his time to make sure everyone was fed.

The Ugly - Only one real event marred this year's picnic and that was the doffing of Husky's tail. Being Labour Day weekend, there were a few events going on at the park which attracted a number of children with their parents. While many enjoyed seeing the fursuiters, apparently a few took exception to the canine and both pulled of his tail while dislocating the jaw of his suit. While I'm sure a mauling was in order, kudos go to Husky for keeping his cool instead of creating a modern day Red Riding Hood event.

Now with the picnic safely behind us, your dedicated Morphicon staff turns its attention to the actual con, now only seven months away. As for another small gathering in the interim, we shall see. Stay tuned to the newsletter for all updated Morphicon news!


-= 2011 GoH's Announced!=-
After much deliberation (and back-alley dealing?), it has been decided Morphicon 2011 will have two Guests of Honour: Flinters and Roxikat! Both wonderful artists in their own right, we look forward to sharing them with you in person this May.

- Flinters -

MINT.
Flinters hails from the crazy land of rain, coffee, and software, also known as Seattle, WA, where he is a parts logistics manager at Microsoft. A wide variety of past jobs including amusement park ride operator, heavy truck driver, and auto service manager has given him a different look on life which has horribly twisted him forever. Much to everyone's benefit he claims.
This mint-munching addict has been in the fandom for a good 20 plus years and drawing for most of those. Creator of the now retired ROOMIES webcomic that ran for eight years, he is now working on SCAVENGERS, the space-based action adventure comic from Jarlidium Press. Preferring traditional art over digital, he works in pencil, pen, and marker. The artist persona, a kangaroo, can be found online FurryMuck and elsewhere, including FurAffinity that has more than 1000 images and thousands more followers. If you love kangaroos, silliness, and adult art, you will do well to follow this artist.
Oh, and he likes mint too.

- Roxikat -

John "Roxikat" Barrett went to his first furry convention in October 1995. Anxious to meet his friends from FurryMUCK, he safety-pinned pink pajamas around a pair of balloons and was crazy enough to go out in public like this. Even crazier, he's still doing it after more than a decade.
In the '90s, he published Roxikat comics in Furthest North Crew APAzine, exorcising personal demons and doing a Canadian Star Trek parody. At the same time, he was getting work in the Gold Digger Annual from Antarctic Press and drew huge boob comics for Magnificent Milkmaid #1 from White Lightning Productions. Shortly after, he got the okay to do a furry spinoff graphic novel called Gold Digger: Edge Guard from Radio Comix. He later did the art for Radio's Unusual U miniseries before disappearing from the manga scene. In Radio's annual Genus Male, John published homoerotic comics in issues #2-5 where he introduced his Game Boys characters. At FurPlanet, John published the Game Boys Summer Special 2005 where he invented the jackal/ horse hybrid Hossifer. Kind of burnt out of the state of the independent comics industry in recent years, art is more a hobby lately.With the help of his best friend Kamber of onedaystudios.com, he built his own Hossifer fursuit, and is getting used to fursuiting as a guy for a change.
John's stuff can be found on FurAffinity. He's also on Livejournal and Twitter as Roxikat.


-= Still Searching for Artists =-
We are always looking for art for the various publications we put out and that is no exception this month. If you have anything you would like to donate, please don't hesitate to let us know. Submissions can always be sent to publicity @ morphicon.org at any time for nearly anything con-related.

Right now, we are especially requesting art for our Furry Trackers Guide, a booklet for con-goers, showing various locations were one might procure food, access to an ATM, etc. The art should reflect this year's theme of Furries in Wonderland, with a focus on a specific section. Please feel free to send any questions and artwork to Lightpaws. We can't guarantee we can use all the art but your contribution will be mentioned nonetheless.

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