https://en.wikifur.com/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=98.20.233.158WikiFur - User contributions [en]2026-10-16T23:47:04ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.23.16//en.wikifur.com/wiki/Mike_CurtisMike Curtis2010-03-13T02:50:43Z<p>98.20.233.158: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{unreferenced}}<br />
'''Mike Curtis''' is the owner of Arkansas-based [[comic]] [[wikipedia:publishing|publishing]] company [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]], which he founded with his wife [[Carole Curtis|Carole]]. He is also the creator of the popular furry comic series ''[[Shanda the Panda]]''.<br />
<br />
Curtis has been a theatre manager, a reporter, and a [[writer]], using all these life experiences in his work. His work is known for being [[anthropomorphic]], and is meant to be very realistic. He doesn't shy away from controversial real-life issues such as [[wikipedia:racism|racism]], [[wikipedia:homosexuality|homosexuality]] and [[wikipedia:divorce|divorce]]. While his work is very explicit with its depictions of sexuality and violence, he shies away from making his work pornographic. Curtis strives to make his work true to life, even in the fantastic setting of anthropomorphic characters.<br />
<br />
Mike Curtis created ''Shanda the Panda'' while he was working as a movie theatre manager. Reportedly he drew a simple sketch of Shanda while in a boring meeting with theatre heads and wrote the story based around that first sketch.<br />
<br />
Previous to writing ''Shanda'', Mike was the main writer for [[Wikipedia:Harvey Comics|Harvey Comics]], doing scripts for ''[[Wikipedia:Richie Rich|Richie Rich]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Casper the Friendly Ghost|Casper the Friendly Ghost]]'' as well as the comic based on [[Wikipedia:New Kids on the Block|New Kids on the Block]]. <br />
<br />
Mike is also known as the third largest collector of [[Wikipedia:Superman|Superman]] [[Wikipedia:Souvenir|memorabilia]], and writes on comic history for [[Wikipedia:The Comics Journal|The Comics Journal]], the [[Wikipedia:Comics Buyer's Guide|Comics Buyer's Guide]], [http://www.eccrypt.com/cbm_main.htm Comic Book Marketplace], [[Wikipedia:Comics Buyer's Guide|Comics Buyer's Guide]] and does a weekly column called "Comics Obscura" for [http://members.aol.com/ComicBkNet/ Comic Book Electronic Magazine (CBEM)].<br />
<br />
Mike and Carole Curtis were [[guests of honor]] [[ConFurence 9]] (1998) and at [[Morphicon]] 2005. <br />
<br />
Mike is currently working on a ''[[Wikipedia:Dick Tracy|Dick Tracy]]'' project with [[Wikipedia:Joe Staton|Joe Staton]], and writing a mystery novel titled ''Action! Adventure! and Mystery!'' <br />
<br />
At the end of March, Mike will be reviving his TV horror film host character from Jackson Tennessee television in the 1970's COUNT BASIL at the SIVADS OF MARCH event in Memphis. http://www.guerrillamonsterfilms.com/memphis/SIVADS/index.html<br />
<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
{{Contributor}}<br />
* [http://www.shandafantasyarts.org/ Shanda Fantasy Arts website]<br />
* [http://www.shandafantasyarts.net/IndexShanda.html ''Shanda the Panda'' at Shanda Fantasy Arts]<br />
{{Shanda Fantasy Arts}}<br />
{{Wikipedia deleted|Mike Curtis (writer)}}<br />
<br />
[[category:People]]<br />
[[category:Publishers]]<br />
[[category:Writers]]<br />
[[Category:ConFurence guests of honor]]<br />
[[Category:Morphicon guests of honor]]<br />
[[category:Arkansas]]</div>98.20.233.158