Man, I was 2 years old when you drew this~ :D Good to know furry has been alive and well for so long. ^^

The ancient Egyptian gods. The creatures from Greek myth. The Kimono of Asian lore. The native American spirits. Anthropomorphism is older than history.

*smirks* True enough, but that's not quite the same capacity as I was intending.

Disney, Hanna Barbara, and Warner Brothers cartoons have featured furry characters since their beginning.

Kemono.

A kimono is a type of robe.

And if you want the oldest of the old, illustration-wise, look up the Lascaux Sorciere.

I don't find Fen's desire to distinguish between modern 'furry fandom' and 'fannish' art versus that of ancient religions or corporate animation houses at all difficult to understand.

You mean the Lascaux Cave Paintings? I would not count that as anthropomorphic.

Then you have a poorly consistent idea of what 'anthropomorphic' means. The Sorceror is depicted with a wolf's head and deer antlers. How is that different from, oh, the Egyptian gods you mentioned earlier?

I did not see that one. All I found were the normal animal paintings.

Perhaps you should do some more research, then. It is a very famous piece of anthropological artwork.

I found it. It is not in Lascaux. It is in the Cave of the Trois-Frères.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois-Fr%C3%A8res
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_So.....%28cave_art%29

Mea culpa. It's been a while since I studied anthropology and I got which was in which of my French caves confused.

Still doesn't explain you unnecessarily dropping a rock on Fen like that.

He was quite clearly talking about the fandom. You appear to just be trying to smother that...And not politely...By bringing your presumably great (but clearly not all-inclusive) knowledge of other anthropomorphic renditions in human history to the table.

For several years during the eighties and early nineties at Baycon, FC, and one or two other conventions myself, Gerald Perkins, Baron Engel and a few others did panels on the history of anthropomorphic artwork from the stone age to the present, with Gerry providing a rather nice slideshow.

You have chosen a poor venue to display your knowledge in. This is an online gallery, not a place to snub folks...who are clearly referring to the fandom...by bringing up your abbreviated list of historic precedents.

If you had opened by saying 'It might interest you to know that it's even older than that...' or similar exposition to infer that you really wished to share knowledge, not simply to smother someone else with your own, it might be more excusable.

Please don't behave this way in my galleries again.

I may be blunt but I wasn't trying to snub anyone. People take things too seriously.