Steve Martin

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:''This page is about the member of the furry fandom. For the comedian, see [[Wikipedia:Steve Martin|Wikipedia's entry]].''

'''Steve Martin''' is a [[greymuzzle]] member of the [[furry fandom]]. Since the early 1980's, he has made a reputation for himself both with his painting skills, and his work's extreme adult themed content. Originally involved in Los Angeles-area anime and cartoon fandom, he became involved in furry fandom through such various individuals as [[Mark Merlino]], [[Fred Patten]], [[Bob Hill]], [[Wendell Washer]] and [[Marc Schirmeister|Marc "Schirm" Schirmeister]], who were also involved in the same SF, cartoon and anime circles.

Martin was a member of ''[[Rowrbrazzle]]'' ([[Wikipedia:Rowrbrazzle|see also wikipedia]]) for many years, contributing comics such as ''[[Space Mouse]]'' and ''[[Christian Critters]]''. His trademark works were elaborate airbrushed paintings, usually of adult subjects, which he would then make photo prints of for sale. More recently he's moved into producing CD-Rom collections of his work. His professional publication credits include ''[[The American Journal of Anthropomorphics]]'', ''[[Wild Side]]'', and ''[[Demi's Wild Kingdom]]''.

His house has hosted a number of artists over the years, receiving the now popular nickname of ''[[Hotel Yorba]]'' or "Casa Martin". These included [[Robert Guthrie]] and [[Doug Winger]]. Often, these artists collaborated with him on his various projects. At the present time, Martin continues selling his original artwork and prints at the many furry [[convention]]s hosted around the United States, specially [[Further Confusion]] and [[AnthroCon]], while also working as a non-Furry freelance artist for such companies as Mattel, Playmates, WB Toys, Disney Consumer Products, Disney Imagineering, Uncle Milton, Playstorm Toys, and JM Productions.

He currently resides in Santa Ana, California, USA.

==Controversy==

* Now a classic story, during a job interview at Warner Bros. TV Animation in 1991, he supposedly showed [[Wikipedia:TazMania|TazMania]] director [[Wikipedia:Douglas McCarthy|Douglas McCarthy]] adult furry artwork during the course of a portfolio review, wrongly assuming that the director would share Steve's appreciation of cartoon spooge. Many of [[furry fandom]] detractors have use this incident to bolster the "alleged" [[furry blacklisting]] within the animation industry.

* Martin was arrested at the Canadian border in 2002 while on the way to [[AnthroCon]]. He was charged with trying to bring taxable goods into Canada without declaring them. He was held two days but was released on bail after the confiscation of most of his merchandise. In fact Steve was merely passing through the country with his art, to join [[Taral Wayne]] in Toronto to drive the rest of the way by car.

An inaccurate version of this incident have him detained for smuggling adult material in general. While a personal dislike of the art may have influenced the arresting officer, the charges were based stictly on tax issues, and for making a false declaration. Much of the seized material was later returned, and the remainder released after penalties were paid.

'''Did you know?''' The purple giant [[Rabbit]] monster on [[Eric W. Schwartz]]'s [[Red Shetland]] animation project is a parody of Steve Martin.
*[http://www.randelshofer.ch/animations/anims/eric_w_schwartz/FinalShet.PartoneVE.html Eric W. Schwartz's Red Shetland (Part #1] &
* [http://www.randelshofer.ch/animations/anims/eric_w_schwartz/FinalShet.PartoneVE.html Eric W. Schwartz's Red Shetland (Part #2)]

== External links ==
* [http://www.mauvette.net/ Mauvette.net] - Personal website

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