I think I mentioned before how the idea of a hockey player using the Earth itself as his puck reminds me of this cosmically silly Fantastic Four villain:

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/f.....four/163-1.jpg

Oh brother... But it's right up there with Marvel's other highlights of the 60's. Whoever thought Marvel raised the bar on comics was out of his mind. Give me "Magnus Robot Fighter," "Uncle Scrooge," Army at War," or even John Stanley's "Melvin Monster" any day. Bad dialog, generally awkward and unstylish art, no colours but purple, grey, and green, ridiculous costumes, and villains as preposterous as guys on surf boards or with toasters on their heads. I was going on 14 when Marvel made its comeback, and growing too old for that stuff...

Oh what would the "Rocket" say about this eh!

"Merde! I am not de effing skoonk, you fuckeeng, sheet face, Anglo cock-sookair! Take deese!" (Wam.)

Want some Grecian Formula with that? (Double wam.)

Slapshot! I def gotta get one of these shirts.

They're available now for $20 from --


http://www.offworlddesigns.com/c-46.....icipation.aspx

I love it when furry artists that I know get to put their art out into the 'real' world - still a reasonably closely-related fandom, it looks like in this case, but getting out of purely online... not-entirely-clean art sites is always impressive.

You have to remember that I started in SF fandom, and was part of the birthing of furry fandom, so working outside the box isn't that big a breakthrough for me.

Well, yes, that is true. However, given recent events in the community and on the site, it's nice to be reminded that members of it can have a reasonably normally functional life outside it at all.

A few of us manage to function in the real world. I don't know if that quite includes me, since SF fandom is in many ways a safe haven from reality too.

Has something been happening in furry fandom lately that's more than usually crazy?

More than usual... not really, all things considered :) Someone from the site went on a ghastly daytime talk show and managed to portray the fandom as socially incompetent rejects, thus prompting a hurricane of people from the fandom flooding her page, thereby being socially incompetent rejects.

It's one of those famous questions you can't answer right, like "when did you stop beating your wife." Republicans are really good at asking these questions in front of TV cameras. Otherwise I don't suppose they could win votes anywhere but in Colorado and Mississippi.

I tried clicking on the link and couldnt find the tshirt..is it out of print already?

The outfit that printed them apparently turned all unsold stock over to Anticipation. When I asked about it, they said they had some left, but the impression I got was that the number was extremely limited -- so far as I know, no effort has been made to offer them for sale.

Too bad I can't go into business for myself, but that takes capital and brisk sales.

that sucks. if i had been paying attention back then Id probably have bought one. but that was around anthrocon and I was busy also ive been way behind on FA for many months now. at worst i was like 4 months behind.im 3 now ..slowly making progress..I just watch too many people

All I can suggest is that you go to the Anticipation/Worldcon website, and find a link to contact them -- then ask.

Have you asked into selling stuff through companies such as Zazzle, http://www.zazzle.com/ or CafePress, http://www.cafepress.com/ ? I don't know anything about selling items from these companies so I don't know if this would be expensive or not.

I don't have the money to put into printing t-shirts, regardless of having anywhere to sell them. What I'd need is someone who made and sold them paying me a royalty for designs. Nobody has asked. I suppose if I were more aggressive, I'd be finding t-shirt outfits and asking them -- but then I'd have the hassle of keeping an eye on their sales and having to trust them. My exeperiences in the past have made my distrustful of such arrangements, though thankfully I've suffered no major rip-offs.