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[[Image:Vootie-0.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Vootie #0]]<br />
'''Vootie''', "the [[fanzine]] of the Funny Animal Liberation Front" was a cartooning [[APA]] with a [[funny animal]] theme. It was founded in April 1976 by [[Wikipedia:Minneapolis|Minneapolis]] residents [[Reed Waller]] and [[Ken Fletcher]]. They edited 37 issues before the publication's dissolution in February 1983. The title "Vootie" was a reference to a running gag uttered by a chimp in ''MAD Magazine'' in the 1950s.<br />
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[[Taral Wayne]] claims responsibility for writing a letter to the editor Waller asking "why isn't there more sex in funny animals?". Waller responded by publishing the first episode of ''[[Omaha The Cat Dancer]]'' in ''Vootie'' #8.<br />
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Vootie's cessation led directly to the founding of the ''[[Rowrbrazzle]]'' [[furry]] APA one year later. The transition between ''Vootie'' and ''Rowrbrazzle'' is traditionally considered to be when [[funny animal fandom]] became [[furry fandom]].<br />
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== Chronology and cover artists ==<br />
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*0 - Reed Waller/Ken Fletcher (only Waller credited on contents page) - 10 April 1976 (Larry Becker, editor)<br />
*1 - [[Tim Boxell]] - 27 June 1976<br />
*2 - [[Ray Allard]] - 27 November 1976<br />
*3 - [[Nunzio Solo]] ([[Jim Schumeister]]) - 5 February 1977<br />
*4 - [[Richard Larson]] - 14 May 1977<br />
*5 - [[Dan Steffan]] - 16 July 1977<br />
*6 - [[Al Sirois]] - 17 September 1977<br />
*7 - [[Larry Becker]] - 20 November 1977<br />
*8 - [[Marc Schirmeister]] - 15 January 1978<br />
*9 - Ray Allard - 2 April 1978<br />
*10 - Tom Foster/Ken Fletcher - 3 June 1978<br />
*11 - [[John C. Cosgriff]] - 13 August 1978<br />
*12 - [[Denis Kitchen]] - [[:File:Vootie-12-Cover.jpeg|Scan of cover]] - 15 October 1978<br />
*13 - [[Brad W. Foster]] - 3 December 1978<br />
*14 - [[George Erling]] - 4 February 1979<br />
*15 - [[Michael Yonkers]] (''this is the all-cover issue; Larry Becker may have switched covers around…'') - 8 April 1979<br />
*15 1/2 (art jam) - [[Richard Larson]] - undated<br />
*16 - [[Larry Becker]] - 3 June 1979<br />
*17 - [[Richard Bruning]] - 5 October…or... August 1979 (''that's what it says…'')<br />
*18 - [[Al Sirois]] - 7 October 1979<br />
*19 - [[Dennis Wolf]] - 2 December 1979<br />
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*20 - [[Ray Allard]] (mistakenly labeled as #21 on cover) - 10 February 1980<br />
*15 1/2 #2 ([[Wikipedia:Minicon|Minicon 16]] art jam; aka "Deja-Vootie", aka [[:File:Vootie-15-Half-Cover.jpeg|"Vootie 15 1/2: The Movie"]] - Ken Fletcher - 5 April 1980<br />
*21 - [[Rick Larson]] - 13 April 1980<br />
*22 - [[Teddy Harvia]] - 8 June 1980<br />
*23 - Richard Bruning - 3 August 1980<br />
*24 - [[Joan Hanke-Woods]] (mistakenly labeled as #22 on the cover) - 12 October 1980<br />
*25 - John Cosgriff - 7 December 1980<br />
*26 - [[Michael Butler]] - 18 February 1981<br />
*Raging Voot (Minicon 17 art jam) - Ray Allard - April 1981<br />
*27 - Larry Becker/Ken Fletcher - 12 April 1981<br />
*28 - Larry Becker - 7 June 1981<br />
*29 - Reed Waller - 2 August 1981<br />
*30 - [[Timothy Fay|Tim Fay]] - 18 October 1981<br />
*31 - Dennis Wolf - 6 December 1981<br />
*32 - Denis Kitchen - 7 February 1982 (Garth Danielson, editor)<br />
*33 - Jerry Collins - April 1982 (Reed Waller, editor)<br />
*34 - Reed Waller - 6 June 1982<br />
*35 - Ken Fletcher - 1982 (somewhere between August and October)<br />
*36 - Reed Waller - 1982 (previous issue called for collation to be 3 December)<br />
*37 - Michael Butler - February 1983<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19451351/ Pre-Vootie flyer] by [[Ken Fletcher]] on [[Fur Affinity]]<br />
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24496324/ Vootie recruitment flyer] by [[Jim Schumeister]] (pencils) & Ken Fletcher (words)<br />
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