Abe Groter

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'''Abe Groter''' (b. 1982) is a former [[furry artist]] who was active in the fandom between 1997 to 2004, during the height of the [[Burned Fur]] involvement with the fandom. A prolific and talented 15 year old artist at the time he started, by many public accounts of the era, specifically [[alt.fan.furry]], he had an account on [[Yerf]] from February 5, 2001 to June 22, 2004, and briefly attended [[ConFurence 8]].

He maintained close friendly ties with some members of the Burned Fur movement, including [[Squee Rat]], as well as being a trusted friend within the [[Betty Roget]] and [[Sonny Windstrup]] group (on whose server, [[kobot.net]], he maintained a private website, http://www.kobot.net/~abe/, no longer operational.)

== Fandom disinvolvement ==

By the late 1990s, Abe Groter had withdrawn from public furry view, although he continued working on his furry art. On a discussion on alt.fan.furry, [[Rebecca Gallant]] commented that, althought he continued to draw for the fun of it, he had grown afraid of the fandom because of "us." <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/tree/browse_frm/thread/8df3ac9863e5a198/7b65e07d1b951caf?rnum=11&hl=en&q=%22abe+groter%22&_done=%2Fgroup%2Falt.fan.furry%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F8df3ac9863e5a198%2Fec7a39be9d3608e7%3Flnk%3Dst%26q%3D%22abe+groter%22%26rnum%3D3%26hl%3Den%26#doc_2ac020e4f7d1eef6 Rebecca Gallant personal information exchange with Abe Groter]</ref> While there was some debate about who "us" were, Burned Furs offered the "allegation" that people drawing adult art, or [[Spooge-Mongers]], and fanboys were the people behind the "us" moniker<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/tree/browse_frm/thread/563e67ab972694/7b942d1e86bd7b56?rnum=1&hl=en&q=%22abe+groter%22&_done=%2Fgroup%2Falt.fan.furry%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F563e67ab972694%2F0cc0be0f65066578%3Flnk%3Dst%26q%3D%22abe+groter%22%26rnum%3D2%26hl%3Den%26#doc_7b942d1e86bd7b56 Michael "GothTiger" Campbell "assertions of who scared Abe Groter out of the fandom]</ref>

He is briefly mentioned in the Burned Furs' "[[A Modest Proposal]]"<ref>[http://burnedfur.mv.com/proposal.html Squee Rat's "A Modest Proposal: The Call to Action"]</ref> essay by Squee Rat when Burned Fur initially came online, implying he [[Leave The Fandom|stopped all association]] with [[furry fandom]] due to its "alleged" bad image: "''A lot of cool people have dropped out of furriness altogether, rather than be associated with or pressured by these nutballs. (I STILL miss Abe Groter. Agony, agony...)''."

Eventually, all contact with Abe Groter was lost by all parties by late 2004.

== References ==
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==External links==

*[http://web.archive.org/web/20021210031938/http://yerf.com/grotabe/abe01.gif abe01.gif] and [http://web.archive.org/web/20031008204309/yerf.com/grotabe/index.htm The remains of Abe Groter's Yerf account] at the [[Wikipedia:Wayback Machine|Internet Archive Wayback Machine]]
*[http://transform.to/~metamor/gallery/pics/a-acbnj.jpg Commission piece] for [[Charles Matthias]]
*[http://wolf.macrophile.com/images/WOLFKIDD.gif Commission piece] for [[Wolf Kidd]]
*[http://www.furnation.com/acru/commissions/Image08.jpg Commission piece] for [[Acrufox]]
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_frm/thread/8df3ac9863e5a198?scoring=d&q=%22abe+groter%22&hl=en "''What became of Abe Groter?''"] discussion on alt.fan.furry

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[[Category:1982 births]]

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