So are you buff?

I'm mighty-mighty!
Actually I'm just a 40-something stout older guy. Not fat, not skinny, just somewhere in the middle.

What kink did you used to dislike but now you are really into?

I don't think there are any kinks that I disliked before that I've flipped on. There *were* a few that didn't interest me, that I now find much more interesting, (like skinny chicks, and paws, for example). On the other hand there are kinks that I guess I used to just not care about that I've developed a strong disdain for.

Are there any plans for a new Wolf's Sketchbük on the horizon?

Just over the horizon, perhaps. I definitely have plans for a bunch of books, the trick right now is finding the time and place and wherewithal to actually do them (there is a metric fuckton of work involved in making a book, mostly all the scanning and tweaking of the images).

Also what kind of beer do you like?

It depends on what kind of drinking I'm doing: if it's leisurely drinking of "good" beer, I like darker stuff, like Shiner Bock, Newcastle, a good stout or porter. If it's "swillin' beer" I prefer Corona or the like (nearly tasteless and you can guzzle a ton). I'm not big on the heavily hopped stuff.

How often do you and Cougr hassle each other?

Constantly. :)

When was your first artwork done?

Oh wow ... I doubt I still have it, but I have a lot of stuff from that era. I'd have to say my first drawings were some time in the late 1970's.

0.0 my goodness, that long ago? Haha wow, I always thought that you started around the 1990s, so is that when Doug Winger started too? Maybe somewhere around that time? ':-3

Oh no, I'm old, and I'm not even the oldest. I *think* Doug got into the fandom a little after me, but not by much, he was definitely one of that first wave. As time goes by the specifics get hazy.

Oh wow man. I'm only 31 right now and I grew up gazing at yours and his art. It was a good time then too. I loved Doug Winger's style and choice of art, very interesting stuff he made. I loved yours too. I still remember the ones you made in '97 with the lion girl named Zhora. I think that's what her name was.~ :-3

I remember you saying you were excited for Halo 4 in a stream a few years back.
What are your thoughts on what 343 is doing with the series?

I have to admit that I was very disappointed with where the game eventually went under 343. Initially they did pretty well with keeping true to the feel of the Bungie games, while adding in some of their own twists and elements, but the new game (5) is *so* brooding and introspective and ... unheroic. Even in Reach where you were predestined to "lose" and everybody dies, including you, it still felt epic, and heroic. Sure you died, but it was a *good* death (Emile's last words in the game "I'm ready! How about YOU?!" kinda summed it all up.). Four was a little weak in some fashions (Quicktime Events *bad* 343!!) but I *liked* where they were going with it, from the exploration of just who and what Chief and Cortana *were* as thinking beings.
Five is too busy, and complicated in the wrong ways. I think 343 wanted to mix it up and make it "bigger" and maybe confused bigger and more complicated with "grand and epic".

I think that's a perfect way to put it. I actually haven't touched 5 since I was so disillusioned by 4 and the trailers didn't help. It's certainly a matter of overcompensating for a series that was meant to be finished. I did like the interactions between the Chief and Cortana in 4, but overall it just lost its charm.

Is there any particular ladies you like to draw?

Well, the ones I *do* draw, obviously, but I just like them in general!

Why are your buttons so big and candy-like.

I'm *me*, big and shiny are kinda my thing! ;)

What's your opinion of Canadia's current PM? o_o

I don't pay a lot of attention to politics in general, it's so tiresome and depressing these days. Justin Trudeau has the potential to do great things, and seems to be aiming in that direction. He certainly seems to have his father's panache and determination to do things *his* way, which has the possibility of going very well in the long run, or very, very poorly. It's sort of a "time will tell" thing.

Informative answer, thank you!

I have a simple one I'm sure you wouldn't mind answering :p Of all the species of furry ladies out there you've encountered so far, what would you say are your top 5 favorites of them? I'm sure rats and mice might be on the list

Hyenas
Jackals
Mice
Sheep
Rabbits

Honestly though the last three are "what I'm in to right now" and "mice" might be more accurate as "Mice/rats", sheep might be more accurate as "hoofers". My interests vary and wander wildly depending on what I've seen recently and who I'm interacting with currently.

You are very high on my list of artists to get to draw a male-to-female transformation comic along the lines of this: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/12678549/

Or this:

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/12679058/ (and continuing page).

Would you be interested in such a work in the future? :D

I've run across some MtF transformation comics I've really liked but sadly, I'm *not* a comic artist. I've tried my hand at it on and off and I just plain seem to lack the wherewithal to *make* myself focus long enough to do any sort of an extended piece like a comic.

That's cool! I'd still LOVE to get a drawing from you sometime. You were one of my early furry influences back in the mid 90's and it's a bit sad that I haven't had the chance to meet up with you. :3

Well, I don't travel to conventions at all like I used to. But if you ever make it to Texas Furry Fiesta ....

That's a big reason for me to go to TFF rather than FWA next year :3

Aren't lionesses the most awesome? ;)

Lionesses are among the very awesome, there is no doubt, but there this big hyena-girl, y'see and she's waaaaay up there on the "awesome" scale ...so "most awesome"...welll.....

Ah, fair enough. That is some valid reasoning. I mean, I wouldn't want to see what that particular hyena would do with you if you claimed anyone was more awesome than her ;)

...Are you a gamer? Are you on Steam? :L

I game but I don't think I qualify as a "gamer". I've got a Steam account but I'm definitely not "on" Steam.

Is there a fur who has been lost in the mists of time that you miss the work of?

About the only person I can think of who "wandered away" was Dan Flahive, an artist who did a comic called "Space Wolf"; fairly early on in the fandom he ran into personal issues and he opted to stop doing comics and participating in the fandom to concentrate on his family. He made a comeback for a very short period a bunch of years back and then life bit him on the ass again and he disappeared once more.
Sadly, the ones who I truly miss didn't fade away, they're gone; Deal Whitley, Mark Wallace, Mike McMurry ... it's a long list and I'd rather not dwell on it. I'm an old furry and we aren't getting any younger.

What...is your quest?

To find the Grail. And get laid. Whichever comes first.

Do you know any women who are really built like the hot ones you draw? Have you ever based any pics on a person you knew?

I know a surprising number who are close or similar in build, albeit with how exaggerated I draw proportions regularly, expecting anyone to look exactly like that is pretty hopeless. Still, I think I'm very fortunate to have known quite a number of statuesque and gorgeous women over the years.

How big is too big and have you ever reached that limit in your art? >.> And I mean any dimension possible.

Well, it's hard to give dimensions for that, it's kind of a matter of proportions, "too big!" in one circumstance can be slip dangerously into "Hmmm...but it's the same as ... hmmmm..." with the right build and moment.
And yes, I've draw things out beyond my personal "limits", both for others and to push myself artistically.

Cool beans! Thank you for the answer! :D

All I can think of is, "Hey, we cool?" and "Wanna visit, you're welcome anytime."

Sure, we're good. And honestly, unless my finances and work situation change drastically, I pretty much only ever visit three places: My folks in Quebec, Ken in California, and Jake in Colorado.

I getchya, I seem to be going only to Ottawa, Seattle and Orlando.

Where can I find notices for your streaming times/dates?

There's really not much in the way of notices these days. Occasionally I remember to post a Journal, but I'm very distracted with life lately, so streams happen irregularly. I *do* stream pretty much every Wednesday night, starting around 7:00 PM CST. I stream Saturdays on and off, anywhere between about 3:00 PM CST and midnight.

Is there a common link to this? Remembering to try tracking you down's been on my to-do list for a while.

The show runs at http://wolf.tv.macrophile.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTpxeNQfDo4

Which Thing?

The album! I PMed you a few screenshots. :3

You've sent me a bunch, so yes!

I hope you liked them! I should make one of those character sheets for her.

If you could be a character/concept designer for any comic or movie, what would it be and why?

That's a rough question and I don't really have an answer to it. Character and concept design are basically for something that doesn't exist yet. I suppose if it were possible and someone wanted to do an animated series based on C. J. Cherryh's "Pride of Chanur" series, I like to design for *that*.

I've been a fan, and have been following your work since the early 90's and I can only remember seeing a couple of pics you've drawn that were in color. Are there any particular reasons that you stick to monochrome when drawing?

It's actually simple even though it sounds and seems like it would be unrelated: I suck at inking.
My art-style is based heavily in classic comic-book techniques and to color decently you need good inks. I *can* ink, but it's an incredibly slow and tedious affair and I've never been even vaguely happy with the results in general.
So, I can plug along for hours and hours and ink, and then color, and get something I might be kinda, sorta happy with. Or I can spend that time drawing four or five of the ideas that are gnawing at my brain.
There's a couple of things I have in mind that might get me inking and coloring, some of them inexpensive and might work, some of them expensive and might work. All of them are liable to require work-space I don't currently have in my tiny apartment. The whole "suffer for your art" thing actually tends to be a lot more "really annoyed for your art" in my case.

Is there something you miss in the fandom nowadays? (a comic series, an event, an artist, etc.)

I had to think about it for a while, because the more I thought about it, the more things I kept considering.
In the end, aside from friends who have passed away, I can't say there's anything about the fandom that I miss from the "old days".
When I started in the fandom there was *one* furry convention. Two or three furry comic books. At most a few dozen artists and writers. And probably no more than say 1000-2000 fans in total, most of them in the US.
Now there are dozens of furry conventions, we have our own publishing industry, there are thousands of artists and writers, tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of fans, and they come from everywhere in the world. And I've been fortunate to meet a large number of them or at least be in communication with them.

Thanks for your reply! To be fair, I wasn't really focused on the fandom's "evolution" in my question. :) No doubt the internet increased and expanded the concept worldwide, which is something really impressive. I was just thinking if there's any aspect from the past that could be revisited.
But yeah, I agree that the good ol' artists that passed away (and a few that just quit the fandom) are the ones I miss the most.

Oh! When you said "revisited" I did think of one thing: back in the early days of the fandom, because there were so few of us, when someone wanted to publish a magazine (a fanzine, really), they pretty much took whatever was available to them, so publications tended to be a lot more anthologized: "Yarf", "FurVersion" and similar fanzines tended to have a very broad mix of material - comics, stories, articles, reviews, and tended to cover the full range of subject matter from serious articles and drama, humor to erotica.
These days publications tend to be pretty specialized, so if what's on the cover isn't your cup of tea, you just skip buying it entirely. It would be nice to see a monthly or quarterly publication where every issue is likely to have *something* of interest to everyone in the general fandom, and you could run across new writers, new artists, technical articles and so-on.

Squeak? Or SQUEAK!

Oh, "SQUEAK!" for certain, espescially if I can get it to repeat. ;)

You have interest on that? http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7534097/


its like a fan art request