The year 2016 as you are fully aware has been a majestic shitshow in terms of geopolitics. It's been depressing in many ways but personally it has been very good in some.

I went to 3 cons this year, all 3 of the UK cons. 2016 has been the year I offically became crew for two of the cons and fulfilled a longstanding desire to do con work and put something back into the fandom that has given me so much.

Art wise, I have drawn almost nothing this year which is a disappointment. I've lost the will to even try as it ends up frustrating and never how I'd like it. I did however comission some great stuff, and also recieved some wonderful gift art... now of course including Tealby who feels like a great second charcter and not just a fursuit.

Of course one of the huge fandom moments of this year has been the release of Zootropoloplipiapis, the film about anthrompopmorphic animuls. The fandom was very excited. I was excited. I went to the cinema and as the film played out I sat at the edge of my seat and felt levels of excitement I'd not felt since I was a kid. The film lived up to expectations. Try Everything has become a minor Furry anthem, and that childlike feeling pretty much sums up how the fandom makes me feel. A liberation from the dark world out there. As 2017 begins and we head into an extremely uncertain future, it is reassuring to know that we can spend some time liberated from the shitey mess and escape with each other. Thankyou.