Jim Groat

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Jim Groat, known as Rabbi_Tom on FurryMUCK, is a furry artist residing in Madison, Wisconsin, USA with his wife Rebekah and their two children, who are sometimes referred to as the Groatlings. He is a member of the Lake Area Furry Friends.

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[edit] Fandom involvement

Groat is the founder, writer and line artist behind the West Corner Of the Park comic.

Earlier comics of his (in collaboration with Richard Konkle) were published as far back as 1985, featuring the characters Red Shetland and Equine the Uncivilized, which were printed under his independent label GraphXPress. He has also done commercial art for others, including interior artwork for the GURPS version of Bunnies & Burrows.

Jim is known for being a talented caricaturist. In furry zines such as Yarf, he would often publish con reports in comic book format. For a while during the conventions themselves, he made a tradition of destroying plush toy versions of Smurfs or of Barney the dinosaur, a practice that became known as a Groatish Mauling.

Jim was a guest of honor at ConFurence 1 (1990), Albany Anthrocon 1998, and Rocket City FurMeet 2004.

[edit] Real life

[edit] Film

Jim makes a cameo appearance in the 1993 feature film Tombstone, where he played a patron at the Birdcage Theater: at 26:50 into the film, he is thrown out of his seat by one of the Red Sash gang.

[edit] Television

He also appeared in a WKOW television newsclip in August of 2007 about scouring the University of Wisconsin campus for useful and sellable items.[1]

[edit] Controversy

There have been occasional discussions that he has suggested events of a dire nature to encourage others to come to his help and aid.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ One family finds treasure in campus' discarded items, WKOW. Retrieved on Aug. 25, 2010.
  2. ↑ Rabbi Tom in trouble! on macrophile.com. Retrieved on Aug. 25, 2010.

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