Rowrbrazzle

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Rowrbrazzle #17. Cover art by Mike Kazaleh

Rowrbrazzle, also known as Brazzle, is an amateur press association (APA) magazine devoted to funny animal cartoon illustration, that for a long time was a bulwark for furry fandom. The word is a misspelling of "rowrbazzle!", an exclamation used at times by the characters in Walt Kelly's comic-strip "Pogo".

History

Rowrbrazzle was co-created by Marc Schirmeister and John Cawley in 1983 as a result of the cessation of its predecessor, Vootie, with the first issue being distributed to its first contributors in February 1984. Fred Patten took over as an official editor five years later, and as served in this position for the last 17 years, until he had to step down in 2005 due to illness. Mike Curtis, Edd Vick, Michael Susko and others served as interim editors until the new permanent editor, William Earl Haskell was found.

The first issue was distributed to the association membership in February 1984. It is still published quarterly as of 2012, with the 113th issue having cover date of April 2012.^[1] Rowrbrazzle is always looking for new members. Furry writers, artists, or journalists are invited to contact Haskell or any of the interim editors.

Significance

Fred Patten, onetime editor of Rowrbrazzle, had this view of 'Brazzle's significance:

My thesis is that furry fandom coalesced out of sf fandom and comics fandom, blending elements from both of them and achieving its own critical mass in 1983/1984. The first clear signs of the independent furry fandom were the creation of its first apa, Rowrbrazzle, and the decision by some fans to self-publish furry comic books because there seemed to be enough fans of stories with talking animals to support them (as distinct from earlier attempts to self-publish comics which had to hope for sufficient sales from the general public alone.) ... Rowrbrazzle started in February 1984. Since it was specifically an apa for writing and drawing funny animals as a genre and discussing the new fandom that was forming about them, it is a handy landmark to say that "furry fandom existed at this time"[1]

Known members

Main article: List of members of Rowrbrazzle

See also

• List of Rowrbrazzle issues
• Rowrbrazzle on Wikipedia

References

1. ↑ ROWRBRAZZLE. #106 (2010) (1 copy left) at Second Ed Mailorder website. Retrieved 2012 January 21.

External links

Primary sources

• Rootoon.com sample of pages by contributor Timothy Fay.
• "Rowrbrazzle Lives!" message board thread from SnowBuni.com

Secondary sources

• File 770 Issue 127, November 1998 - section about Fred Patten, "The Fur Frontier", archived 2009 Feburary 28 by Internet Archive Wayback Machine
• Furry Semi-FAQ at nnseek

Booksellers

• Rowrbrazzle at Mile High Comics

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