Scott Malcomson

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[[File:Roy.jpg|frame|Scott Malcomson]]
'''Scott Alan Malcomson''',<ref name="1998-official-general"/> also known as '''Roy Calbeck''', and '''Roy Kerensky''' in [[Second Life]], is a [[furry artist]], [[MilFur]], former [[Burned Fur]], and a perennial candidate for governor of [[W:Arizona|Arizona]] under the [[W:Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform Party]] ticket, who lives in [[W:Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix, Arizona]], USA.

== Biography ==

Scott served with the [[W:United States Army|United States Army]]'s [[W:3d Armored Cavalry Regiment (United States)|3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment]] as an [[W:M1 Abrams|M1A1]] tank crewman during [[W:Gulf War#Operation Desert Shield|Operations Desert Shield]] and [[W:Gulf War|Desert Storm]].{{fact}}

=== US Politics ===
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Scott obtained 8,371 votes in [[W:Arizona gubernatorial election, 1998|running for governor]] in 1998 Arizona general election<ref name="1998-official-general"/> on a $1,000 Reform Party campaign by participating in numerous debate forums including the final televised debates. Arizona's biggest newspaper, [[W:The Arizona Republic|The Arizona Republic]], lauded Scott's straightforward approach to politics, stating that:
{{q|...his inability to obfuscate does not portend a bright political future". His campaign motto was, and is, "Ethics, Economy, Education}}
His no-budget campaign failed, but proved to party members his commitment and debating skills. When [[W:Pat Buchanan|Pat Buchanan]] and his followers took over the Reform Party in 2000, Scott became an outspoken opponent of Buchanan, conducting research and writing articles denouncing the conduct of the Buchanan campaign, such as the attempt to stuff the primary ballot box with 500,000 non-qualifying ballots. He served as a [[W:Delegate|Delegate]] to the 2000 [[W:United States presidential nominating convention|National Convention]], representing Arizona.

In 2001, Scott was elected Secretary of the [[W:Reform Party of the United States of America|Arizona Reform Party]]. He represented the state when the party's anti-Buchanan leadership met in Kansas City on the [[W:St. Patrick's Day|St. Patrick's Day]] weekend, and was one of the key contributors to the "''Drive Out the Snakes''" resolution which united the party's normally-fractious factions in opposition to the remaining Buchanan forces.

When the party held its National Convention in 2002, Scott once again represented Arizona as a Delegate, speaking out several times on the floor to denounce Buchananist rule-breaking, and call for a return to the party's original ideals of streamlined government and fiscal responsibility. The Convention ousted the last of the Buchanan holdouts at the national level.

He wrote that he voted for [[wikipedia:Donald Trump|Donald Trump]] in the [[wikipedia:United States presidential election, 2016|2016 United States presidential election]].<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8039236/ My Last Post About Trump -- Calbeck's Journal] posted 2017 January 20 at Fur Affinity website. Retrieved 2017 May 17.</ref>

== Fandom involvement ==
[[File:Royavatar.jpg|right|thumb|Roy Calbeck]]
The discovery of a wealth of [[anthropomorphic]] [[comic]]s in the quarter bins of an [[W:El Paso|El Paso]], Texas, [[comic book]] shop was Scott's introduction to [[furry fandom]] in early 1989. As this was during his tour of duty in the Army, he found the extra cash needed to amass a truly impressive comic collection from the bins, but found that virtually none of the books were still being published, as their creators called it quits when the black-and-white comics market [[W:Comic_book_collecting#Bust_of_the_speculator_market|went bust in the late 1990s]].

A [[horse]] fan at heart, Scott was gratified to find that [[Jim Groat]]'s [[GraphXPress]], publisher of ''[[Red Shetland]]'', was still up and running, still putting out issues, and decided to help the enterprise.{{fact}}

He struck up a correspondence with Jim, eventually meeting at the 1990 [[W:San Diego Comic Con|San Diego Comic Con]] where he pledged $1,000 to the [[Red Shetland Animation Project]], a project to port the comic series into a possible [[W:Animated series|animated series]]. Eventually he was invited to Jim's home in Tucson, where Scott became a regular visitor to (and over the years, a member of) the Arizona [[Tucson Mob]].{{fact}}

Scott Malcomson was the founder and [[chairman]] of the [[furry convention]] [[ZonieCon]]{{fact}} during its short-lived run from 1998-2002. He attempted to resurrect the convention for 2011, but the event was finally cancelled in May of that year.{{fact}}

=== Fursona ===

Scott's choice of [[character]], and [[unicorn]] named Roy Calbeck, was directly meant to be a foil to [[Joy Riddle]]'s [[Harry the Horse|"Harry Horsemage"]]. Where Harry was genteel, self-deprecating, and a clove-smoker, Roy was an ex-military roustabout alcoholic who enjoyed the odd cigar and a hot game of poker.

Roy has served for over a decade as Scott's preferred [[role-playing]] alter-ego, both in and out of furry fandom. Scott's fursona on Second Life is named Roy Kerensky.

=== Convention attendance ===

* [[Further Confusion]] - ?
* ZonieCon - ?

=== Art ===

Joy Riddle is the person to blame for Scott becoming a furry artist. Joy had already become involved in interactive storytelling on the [[BBS]]es of the day, and at one point demanded that Scott join the ''[[Dallas Brawl]]'', home to some fifty [[cartoonist]]s. It was at the ''Brawl'' where all their characters all interacted, usually to the effect of throwing pies or nuclear warheads at each other.

Scott protested, citing his lousy art skills, at which Joy scoffed, remarking that not only did Scott's even lousier puns belong in the ''Brawl'', but that one of the major players drew a stick figure as a main persona.{{fact}} Excuses exhausted, Scott submitted an introductory [[cartoon]] to [[Mel. White]], the editor. At some point he became a member of ''[[Rowrbrazzle]]'', and for a brief period contributed to the fandom's original interactive [[zap'zine]],{{clarify}} ''[[Bizarre Wars]]''.

==== Rising Phoenix Comics Group ====
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Throughout his Army tour, and four years of college following his discharge, Scott continued to assist GraphXpress financially, going so far once as to attempt to create an umbrella corporation backed by "[[W:angel investor|angel capital]]" in order to give a hand up to not only GraphXpress, but also dozens of other independent artists and [[W:Small press|small-press]] publishers.

This attempt, under the working title of '''Rising Phoenix Comics Group''', came close to succeeding: every group of venture capitalists he made his pitch to liked the idea and wanted to see it developed. However, none of them was willing to be the first investor, and Scott was not able to raise the necessary minimum initial capital needed to trigger larger investments. "RPCG" was ultimately shelved when his financial ability to pursue further contacts ran dry.

== Controversy ==
In 2017, Scott sent a [[wikipedia:Cease and desist|cease and desist]] letter to [[Fur Affinity]] for the latter's alleged [[Terms of Service|TOS]] violations and [[wikipedia:Defamation|defamation]] relating to the [[History of Fur Affinity#Hate group bans|September 2017 banning]] of hate groups from the website.<ref>[https://twitter.com/RoyCalbeck/status/997865837506711552 "...I was banned in September for sending FA a cease-and-desist regarding defamation and rules violations by their staff."] - Roy Calbeck on [[Twitter]], dated May 19, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref>

In May 2018, days after several Fur Affinity accounts associated with the [[Furry Raiders]] and [[Alt Furry]] were banned under the rule, Scott filed a civil lawsuit against Fur Affinity's parent company, [[IMVU]],<ref name="Docket">[http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/docket/CivilCourtCases/caseInfo.asp?caseNumber=CV2018-092198 Case number CV2018-092198] docket on the Maricopa County court's website. Retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref> for [[wikipedia:Defamation|defamation]] and [[wikipedia:Breach of contract|breach of contract]] in the state of Arizona. Scott argued that Fur Affinity's associating [[Alt Furry]] members with [[wikipedia:White supremacy|white supremacism]], while simultaneously failing to consider [[wikipedia:Antifa movements|Antifa]] a [[wikipedia:Terrorism|terrorist group]],<ref>[https://archive.fo/WxcGc ''Bombs away.''] - Roy Calbeck on [[Twitter]]. Dated May 18, 2018, archived May 19, 2018.</ref> amounted to [[wikipedia:Defamation#Defamation per se|defamation ''per se'']]. Scott [[Wikipedia:Pro per|represented himself]] in this case.<ref name="Docket"/>

IMVU filed a [[wikipedia:Motion (legal)#To dismiss|motion to dismiss]] the complaint on June 22, 2018,<ref name="Docket"/><ref name="Dismissal">[http://www.courtminutes.maricopa.gov/docs/Civil/082018/m8426782.pdf "Minute Entry"]. Retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref> and on August 27, 2018, the court granted the motion without prejudice, finding that Arizona did not have [[wikipedia:Jurisdiction|jurisdiction]] in the case.<ref name="Dismissal"/>

On May 30, 2019, the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One affirmed the dismissal of Malcomson's suit, agreeing with the superior court that the Arizona courts lacked jurisdiction over the matter.<ref name="AppellateDismissal" />

As recently as August 30, 2018, Scott intended to either file the case in [[wikipedia:California|California]],<ref>[https://twitter.com/RoyCalbeck/status/1035029328277340165 "I'm now going to look into whether or not filing electronically from Arizona is allowed by California. If so, I may be able to continue pursuing this matter without need of financial support."] - Roy Calbeck on Twitter. Dated and retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref> or appeal the case to a higher court in a bid for it to remain in Arizona, where Calbeck lives.<ref>[https://twitter.com/RoyCalbeck/status/1035243314528706560 "Spend last night and this morning going over the Judgment, and it looks like I'll be able to appeal the case to keep it in Arizona. TL;DR: IMVU misled the court by claiming standards that don't apply to a site like FurAffinity."] - Roy Calbeck on Twitter. Dated and retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref> He ultimately decided to appeal the case to the [[wikipedia:Arizona Supreme Court|Arizona Supreme Court]],<ref>[https://twitter.com/RoyCalbeck/status/1073825086585491457 "#FurAffinityPurge Lawsuit Update: my newest filing is now before the Arizona Supreme Court."] Tweet by @RoyCalbeck, dated December 15, 2018, retrieved December 22, 2018;</ref> He also announced, in December 2018, that he is considering filing a second, federal lawsuit related to [[wikipedia:Copyright|copyright]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/RoyCalbeck/status/1073827457340399616 Tweet by @RoyCalbeck]. Dated December 15, 2018, retrieved December 22, 2018.</ref>

== References ==
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<ref name="1998-official-general">[http://apps.azsos.gov/election/1998/General/Canvass1998GE.pdf Elections | Arizona Secretary of State website > Historical Election Information > 1998 > 1998 General Election] (pdf), page 2. "(RPA) Scott Alan Malcomson" "TOTAL" "8,371". (via http://apps.azsos.gov/election/1998/general/ElectionInformation.htm ). Retrieved 2017 May 17.</ref>
<ref name="AppellateDismissal">[https://www.azcourts.gov/Portals/0/OpinionFiles/Div1/2019/1%20CA-CV%2018-0596%20-%20Malcomson.pdf Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One ruling, Scott Alan Malcomson v. IMVU, Inc., No. 1 CA-CV 18-0596, filed May 30, 2019, retrieved May 30, 2019.</ref>
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== See also ==

* [[Ladder Trick]]

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Calbeck}}
* [http://calbeck.tripod.com/royhome.htm Malcontent Central] - Scott Malcomson's official homepage (404 Error)
* [http://calbeck.deviantart.com/ Roy Calbeck] on [[deviantART]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/calbeck Roy Calbeck] on [[Fur Affinity]] (suspended)
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Scott-Malcomson/ Scott Malcomson] on [[VCL]]
* [http://yerf.metafur.org/malcscot Scott Malcomson] on the [[Yerf Historical Archive]]
* [http://forums.furaffinity.net/members/328-Calbeck Roy Calbeck]'s profile on the [[Fur Affinity Forums]]
* [https://twitter.com/RoyCalbeck/ Roy Calbeck] on [[Twitter]] (suspended)
* ''[http://roycalbeck.livejournal.com/ Windmills and Lances]'' - Roy Calbeck on [[Livejournal]]
* [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970645163 Roy Calbeck] on [http://steamcommunity.com/ Steam]

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