https://en.wikifur.com/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Osfer 2026-10-08T05:57:16Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.23.16 //en.wikifur.com/wiki/The_Voice_of_Dog 2023-04-22T18:55:41Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Italic title}}<br /> {{Infobox Podcast<br /> | title = The Voice of Dog<br /> | image = [[File:The Voice of Dog podcast logo.jpeg|100px]]<br /> | caption = An award-winning collection of short fiction by diverse authors from the furry community, read for you with love.<br /> | host = [[Rob MacWolf]],<br /> | url = http://thevoice.dog<br /> | rss = https://thevoice.dog/rssfeed<br /> | status = Weekly<br /> | began = March 14, 2020<br /> | ended = Ongoing<br /> | genre = Fiction<br /> | ratings = <br /> }}<br /> '''''The Voice of Dog''''' is a podcast started by [[Khaki]], where short stories by furry authors are read by furry narrators. Created during the [[COVID-19]] pandemic as a way to support [[furries]] in isolation and [[writer]]s missing out on [[convention]] sales, it releases short stories on an initially daily schedule, now releasing weekly. <br /> <br /> [[Rob MacWolf]] is the current showrunner.<br /> <br /> ==Awards==<br /> ''The Voice of Dog'' won the 2020 [[Cóyotl Award]] for Best Other Work.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://thevoice.dog ''The Voice of Dog''] - website<br /> <br /> {{net-stub}}<br /> {{Template:Podcasts}}<br /> [[Category:Podcasts]]<br /> [[Category:2020 births]]<br /> [[Category:Cóyotl Award winners]]<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Voice of Dog, The}}</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Bad_Dog_Book_Club 2023-04-22T18:45:51Z

<p>Osfer: Added current archival links</p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{Infobox Podcast<br /> | title = The Bad Dog Book Club<br /> | image = [[ Image:Bad-dog-book-club-logo-podcast.jpg|150px]]<br /> | caption = All about furry stories.<br /> | host = [[Skip Ruddertail]] and [[Toonces]]<br /> | url = https://baddogbookclub.captivate.fm/<br /> | rss = https://feeds.captivate.fm/baddogbookclub/<br /> | status = Weekly<br /> | began = February 2011<br /> | ended = August 2012<br /> | genre = Literature<br /> }}<br /> The Bad Dog Book Club was an audio program of 15 to 60 minutes, produced by [[Bad Dog Books]] and hosted by [[Skip Ruddertail]] and [[Toonces]]. The podcast consisted of episodes called &quot;readings&quot;, where a guest narrator would read a story submitted by a furry author, and &quot;meetings&quot;, where the story from the previous week's episode would be discussed by the hosts. <br /> <br /> As of 2023 the podcast is available in archival form.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://feeds.captivate.fm/baddogbookclub/ RSS feed for the Bad Dog Book Club]<br /> * [https://baddogbookclub.captivate.fm/ Archival website for the Bad Dog Book Club]<br /> {{Bad Dog Books}}<br /> {{Podcasts}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Podcasts]]<br /> [[Category:2011 births]]<br /> [[Category:2012 deaths]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/The_Voice_of_Dog 2021-01-01T10:22:36Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Italic title}}<br /> {{Infobox Podcast<br /> | title = The Voice of Dog<br /> | image = [[File:The Voice of Dog podcast logo.jpeg|100px]]<br /> | caption = Furry stories to warm the ol' cockles, read for you by Khaki, your faithful fireside companion.<br /> | host = [[Khaki]],<br /> | url = http://thevoice.dog<br /> | rss = https://anchor.fm/the-voice-of-dog<br /> | status = Thrice-weekly<br /> | began = March 14, 2020<br /> | ended = Ongoing<br /> | genre = Fiction<br /> | ratings = <br /> }}<br /> '''''The Voice of Dog''''' is a podcast in which [[Khaki]] reads short stories by furry authors. Created during the [[COVID-19]] pandemic as a way to support [[furries]] in isolation and [[writer]]s missing out on [[convention]] sales, it releases short stories on an initially daily schedule, which changed to three-a-week after two months.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://thevoice.dog ''The Voice of Dog''] - website<br /> <br /> {{net-stub}}<br /> {{Template:Podcasts}}<br /> [[Category:Podcasts]]<br /> [[Category:2020 births]]<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Voice of Dog, The}}</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Khaki 2020-10-19T12:42:40Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:DSCF3116.JPG|thumb|right|Khaki in the Netherlands, 2020]]'''Khaki''' (who formerly went by '''Alex F. Vance''') is a [[furry]] [[photographer]] and [[podcaster]]. Previously known as an [[author]], founder of the publishing house that originally bore the name [[Bad Dog Books]], founder of the [[furry fiction]] archive [[FurRag]], design lead for [[SoFurry]] during its transition from [[Yiffstar]], and producer and author of the [[Ursa Major Award]]--winning graphic novel series [[Heathen City]]..<br /> <br /> == Bad Dog Books and FurRag ==<br /> [[File:Bd-logo-180.png|right|thumb|Logo designed by [[Kamui]]]]In 2005, his frustration at the dearth of furry fiction periodicals of significance led him to found a publishing operation and its flagship product, the periodical [[erotic]] furry fiction anthology [[FANG]], and later that year, with the aid of a friend, set up a furry fiction archive intended as a more general-purpose counterpart to [[Yiffstar]]. Yiffstar's admin [[Toumal]] provided some coding assistance. Since then he has been involved in Yiffstar's transition to [[SoFurry]], most recently designing the new interface for SoFurry 2.0 dubbed &quot;Espresso&quot;.<br /> <br /> == RSI ==<br /> <br /> In early 2006, he began suffering from repetitive strain injury, causing him pain in his fingers which required him to substantially moderate his typing. He announced his intention to put FANG on indefinite hiatus in order to let his fingers heal. With the help of [[Ben Goodridge]], he founded [[Bad Dog Books]] in July 2006 and resumed development of FANG, which also made its publishing services available to third-party authors interested in bringing their works to print.<br /> <br /> == Bibliography ==<br /> <br /> Until the deterioration of his fingers, Alex was an avid writer. Between 2004 and 2005, he wrote nineteen chapters of a serial story called [[Maranatha]], totalling nearly two hundred thousand words. Besides occasionally contributing stories of his own to [[FANG]], his fiction has appeared in [[FurNation Magazine]] issues 9 &amp; 10 and [[Heat (magazine)|Heat]] volume 4 from [[Sofawolf Press]]. His new graphic novel [[Heathen City]], illustrated by [[Ayato]], [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]] and [[Fel]], was released on June 26 2008, with the subsequent issues released in 2009 and 2010.<br /> <br /> == Appearances ==<br /> Khaki first attended [[Further Confusion 2008]], where he gave a series of four writing panels, continuing the ''Bad Dog Boot Camp'' panel started by [[Ben Goodridge]] at [[Anthrocon 2007]]. He has been [[guest of honor]] [[Rusfurrence]] 2013, [[JFTW]] in 2015, and [[CeSFuR]] in 2019. <br /> <br /> == Podcasts ==<br /> His first podcast was [[BDB_Podcast]], intended to promote [[Bad Dog Books]]' authors, which podfaded by 2008. He later helped [[Skip Ruddertail]] and [[Toonces]] start the [[Bad Dog Book Club]], a story-reading and review podcast, to which he contributed several recordings. In 2018 he started the furry-adjacent show [[Cover My Ass]] with [[Kensaro]], in which the hosts pretend to review books they haven't read, improvising an imagined plot for the book based purely on the cover. In 2020 he started [[The Voice of Dog]], where he narrates upbeat furry stories.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor|Osfer}}<br /> * [http://www.khakidoggy.com/ Khaki F. Dog] ([//web.archive.org/web/20160112140959/http://www.khakidoggy.com/ archived copy]) - personal website<br /> * [http://khakidoggy.sofurry.com/ Kahikidoggy] on [[SoFurry]]<br /> * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexfvance/ Alex Vance] on [[W:Flickr|Flickr]]<br /> * [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/osfer/ Osfer] on [[Fur Affinity]]<br /> * ''[http://khakidoggy.livejournal.com/ These My Musings, All Afrazzle]'' - Kahki's [[LiveJournal]]<br /> * [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alex-F-Vance/275397452490789 Alex] on [[Facebook]]<br /> * [https://twitter.com/khakidoggy Khaki] on [[Twitter]]<br /> * [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Osfer/ Osfer] at the [[VCL]]<br /> * [http://www.furrag.com/ FurRag Fiction Archive]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]]<br /> [[Category:Writers]]<br /> [[Category:Editors]]<br /> [[Category:Podcasters]]<br /> [[Category:Rusfurrence guests of honor]]<br /> [[Category:Netherlands]]<br /> <br /> [[sv:Alex Vance]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:DSCF3116.JPG 2020-10-19T12:42:11Z

<p>Osfer: Osfer uploaded a new version of &amp;quot;File:DSCF3116.JPG&amp;quot;</p> <hr /> <div>== Summary ==<br /> [[Khaki]] in 2020<br /> == Licensing ==<br /> {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-and-GFDL}}</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:DSCF3116.JPG 2020-10-19T12:40:49Z

<p>Osfer: Khaki in 2020</p> <hr /> <div>== Summary ==<br /> [[Khaki]] in 2020<br /> == Licensing ==<br /> {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-and-GFDL}}</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Khaki 2020-10-19T12:32:35Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Alex-Vance-1.jpg|thumb|right|Alex Vance in Amsterdam, 2007]]'''Khaki''' (who formerly went by '''Alex F. Vance''') is a [[furry]] [[photographer]] and [[podcaster]]. Previously known as an [[author]], founder of the publishing house that originally bore the name [[Bad Dog Books]], founder of the [[furry fiction]] archive [[FurRag]], design lead for [[SoFurry]] during its transition from [[Yiffstar]], and producer and author of the [[Ursa Major Award]]--winning graphic novel series [[Heathen City]]..<br /> <br /> == Bad Dog Books and FurRag ==<br /> [[File:Bd-logo-180.png|right|thumb|Logo designed by [[Kamui]]]]In 2005, his frustration at the dearth of furry fiction periodicals of significance led him to found a publishing operation and its flagship product, the periodical [[erotic]] furry fiction anthology [[FANG]], and later that year, with the aid of a friend, set up a furry fiction archive intended as a more general-purpose counterpart to [[Yiffstar]]. Yiffstar's admin [[Toumal]] provided some coding assistance. Since then he has been involved in Yiffstar's transition to [[SoFurry]], most recently designing the new interface for SoFurry 2.0 dubbed &quot;Espresso&quot;.<br /> <br /> == RSI ==<br /> <br /> In early 2006, he began suffering from repetitive strain injury, causing him pain in his fingers which required him to substantially moderate his typing. He announced his intention to put FANG on indefinite hiatus in order to let his fingers heal. With the help of [[Ben Goodridge]], he founded [[Bad Dog Books]] in July 2006 and resumed development of FANG, which also made its publishing services available to third-party authors interested in bringing their works to print.<br /> <br /> == Bibliography ==<br /> <br /> Until the deterioration of his fingers, Alex was an avid writer. Between 2004 and 2005, he wrote nineteen chapters of a serial story called [[Maranatha]], totalling nearly two hundred thousand words. Besides occasionally contributing stories of his own to [[FANG]], his fiction has appeared in [[FurNation Magazine]] issues 9 &amp; 10 and [[Heat (magazine)|Heat]] volume 4 from [[Sofawolf Press]]. His new graphic novel [[Heathen City]], illustrated by [[Ayato]], [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]] and [[Fel]], was released on June 26 2008, with the subsequent issues released in 2009 and 2010.<br /> <br /> == Appearances ==<br /> Khaki first attended [[Further Confusion 2008]], where he gave a series of four writing panels, continuing the ''Bad Dog Boot Camp'' panel started by [[Ben Goodridge]] at [[Anthrocon 2007]]. He has been [[guest of honor]] [[Rusfurrence]] 2013, [[JFTW]] in 2015, and [[CeSFuR]] in 2019. <br /> <br /> == Podcasts ==<br /> His first podcast was [[BDB_Podcast]], intended to promote [[Bad Dog Books]]' authors, which podfaded by 2008. He later helped [[Skip Ruddertail]] and [[Toonces]] start the [[Bad Dog Book Club]], a story-reading and review podcast, to which he contributed several recordings. In 2018 he started the furry-adjacent show [[Cover My Ass]] with [[Kensaro]], in which the hosts pretend to review books they haven't read, improvising an imagined plot for the book based purely on the cover. In 2020 he started [[The Voice of Dog]], where he narrates upbeat furry stories.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor|Osfer}}<br /> * [http://www.khakidoggy.com/ Khaki F. Dog] ([//web.archive.org/web/20160112140959/http://www.khakidoggy.com/ archived copy]) - personal website<br /> * [http://khakidoggy.sofurry.com/ Kahikidoggy] on [[SoFurry]]<br /> * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexfvance/ Alex Vance] on [[W:Flickr|Flickr]]<br /> * [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/osfer/ Osfer] on [[Fur Affinity]]<br /> * ''[http://khakidoggy.livejournal.com/ These My Musings, All Afrazzle]'' - Kahki's [[LiveJournal]]<br /> * [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alex-F-Vance/275397452490789 Alex] on [[Facebook]]<br /> * [https://twitter.com/khakidoggy Khaki] on [[Twitter]]<br /> * [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Osfer/ Osfer] at the [[VCL]]<br /> * [http://www.furrag.com/ FurRag Fiction Archive]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]]<br /> [[Category:Writers]]<br /> [[Category:Editors]]<br /> [[Category:Podcasters]]<br /> [[Category:Rusfurrence guests of honor]]<br /> [[Category:Netherlands]]<br /> <br /> [[sv:Alex Vance]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Alex_Vance 2020-10-19T12:29:29Z

<p>Osfer: Osfer moved page Alex Vance to Khaki: Alex Vance has gone by Khaki publically and personally since 2009</p> <hr /> <div>#REDIRECT [[Khaki]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Khaki 2020-10-19T12:29:28Z

<p>Osfer: Osfer moved page Alex Vance to Khaki: Alex Vance has gone by Khaki publically and personally since 2009</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Alex-Vance-1.jpg|thumb|right|Alex Vance in Amsterdam, 2007]]'''Alex Vance''' (who goes by '''Khaki''') is a [[furry]] [[author]], founder of the [[Bad Dog Books]] anthropomorphic publishing house, the [[furry fiction]] archive [[FurRag]], producer and author of the [[Heathen City]] series of graphic novels, and currently podcaster.<br /> <br /> == Bad Dog Books and FurRag ==<br /> [[File:Bd-logo-180.png|right|thumb|Logo designed by [[Kamui]]]]In 2005, his frustration at the death of furry fiction periodicals of significance led him to found a publishing operation and its flagship product, the periodical [[erotic]] furry fiction anthology [[FANG]], and later that year, with the aid of a friend, set up a furry fiction archive intended as a more general-purpose counterpart to [[Yiffstar]]. Yiffstar's admin [[Toumal]] provided some coding assistance. Since then he has been involved in Yiffstar's transition to [[SoFurry]], most recently designing the new interface for SoFurry 2.0 dubbed &quot;Espresso&quot;.<br /> <br /> == RSI ==<br /> <br /> In early 2006, he began suffering from repetitive strain injury, causing him pain in his fingers which required him to substantially moderate his typing. He announced his intention to put FANG on indefinite hiatus in order to let his fingers heal. With the help of [[Ben Goodridge]], he founded [[Bad Dog Books]] in July 2006 and resumed development of FANG, which also made its publishing services available to third-party authors interested in bringing their works to print.<br /> <br /> == Bibliography ==<br /> <br /> Until the deterioration of his fingers, Alex was an avid writer. Between 2004 and 2005, he wrote nineteen chapters of a serial story called [[Maranatha]], totalling nearly two hundred thousand words. Besides occasionally contributing stories of his own to [[FANG]], his fiction has appeared in [[FurNation Magazine]] issues 9 &amp; 10 and [[Heat (magazine)|Heat]] volume 4 from [[Sofawolf Press]]. His new graphic novel [[Heathen City]], illustrated by [[Ayato]], [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]] and [[Fel]], was released on June 26 2008, with the subsequent issues released annually thereafter.<br /> <br /> == Appearances ==<br /> Khaki first attended [[Further Confusion 2008]], where he gave a series of four writing panels, continuing the ''Bad Dog Boot Camp'' panel started by [[Ben Goodridge]] at [[Anthrocon 2007]]. He has been [[guest of honor]] [[Rusfurrence]] 2013, [[JFTW]] in 2015, and [[CeSFuR]] in 2019. <br /> <br /> == Podcasts ==<br /> His first podcast was [[BDB_Podcast]], intended to promote [[Bad Dog Books]]' authors, which podfaded by 2008. He later helped [[Skip Ruddertail]] and [[Toonces]] start the [[Bad Dog Book Club]], a story-reading and review podcast, to which he contributed several recordings. In 2018 he started the furry-adjacent show [[Cover My Ass]] with [[Kensaro]], in which the hosts pretend to review books they haven't read, improvising an imagined plot for the book based purely on the cover. In 2020 he started [[The Voice of Dog]], where he narrates upbeat furry stories.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor|Osfer}}<br /> * [http://www.khakidoggy.com/ Khaki F. Dog] ([//web.archive.org/web/20160112140959/http://www.khakidoggy.com/ archived copy]) - personal website<br /> * [http://khakidoggy.sofurry.com/ Kahikidoggy] on [[SoFurry]]<br /> * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexfvance/ Alex Vance] on [[W:Flickr|Flickr]]<br /> * [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/osfer/ Osfer] on [[Fur Affinity]]<br /> * ''[http://khakidoggy.livejournal.com/ These My Musings, All Afrazzle]'' - Kahki's [[LiveJournal]]<br /> * [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alex-F-Vance/275397452490789 Alex] on [[Facebook]]<br /> * [https://twitter.com/khakidoggy Khaki] on [[Twitter]]<br /> * [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Osfer/ Osfer] at the [[VCL]]<br /> * [http://www.furrag.com/ FurRag Fiction Archive]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]]<br /> [[Category:Writers]]<br /> [[Category:Editors]]<br /> [[Category:Podcasters]]<br /> [[Category:Rusfurrence guests of honor]]<br /> [[Category:Netherlands]]<br /> <br /> [[sv:Alex Vance]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Bad_Dog_Book_Club 2020-10-19T12:26:31Z

<p>Osfer: Created page with '{{cleanup}} {{Infobox Podcast | title = The Bad Dog Book Club | image = 150px | caption = All about furry stories. | host = Sk...'</p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{Infobox Podcast<br /> | title = The Bad Dog Book Club<br /> | image = [[ Image:Bad-dog-book-club-logo-podcast.jpg|150px]]<br /> | caption = All about furry stories.<br /> | host = [[Skip Ruddertail]] and [[Toonces]]<br /> | url = https://baddogbookclub.captivate.fm/<br /> | rss = https://feeds.captivate.fm/baddogbookclub/<br /> | status = Weekly<br /> | began = February 2011<br /> | ended = August 2012<br /> | genre = Literature<br /> }}<br /> The Bad Dog Book Club was an audio program of 15 to 60 minutes, produced by [[Bad Dog Books]] and hosted by [[Skip Ruddertail]] and [[Toonces]]. The podcast consisted of episodes called &quot;readings&quot;, where a guest narrator would read a story submitted by a furry author, and &quot;meetings&quot;, where the story from the previous week's episode would be discussed by the hosts. <br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://feeds.captivate.fm/baddogbookclub/ RSS feed for the Bad Dog Book Club]<br /> * [https://baddogbookclub.captivate.fm/ Archival website for the Bad Dog Book Club]<br /> {{Bad Dog Books}}<br /> {{Podcasts}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Podcasts]]<br /> [[Category:2011 births]]<br /> [[Category:2012 deaths]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:Bad-dog-book-club-logo-podcast.jpg 2020-10-19T12:25:38Z

<p>Osfer: Logo for the Bad Dog Book Club podcast</p> <hr /> <div>== Summary ==<br /> Logo for the Bad Dog Book Club podcast<br /> == Licensing ==<br /> {{cover}}</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/The_Voice_of_Dog 2020-07-20T07:00:56Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Italic title}}<br /> {{Infobox Podcast<br /> | title = The Voice of Dog<br /> | image = [[File:The Voice of Dog podcast logo.jpeg|100px]]<br /> | caption = Furry stories to warm the ol' cockles, read for you by Khaki, your faithful fireside companion.<br /> | host = [[Alex Vance]],<br /> | url = http://thevoice.dog<br /> | rss = https://anchor.fm/the-voice-of-dog<br /> | status = Thrice-weekly<br /> | began = March 14, 2020<br /> | ended = Ongoing<br /> | genre = Fiction<br /> | ratings = <br /> }}<br /> '''''The Voice of Dog''''' is a podcast in which [[Alex Vance]] reads short stories by furry authors. Created during the [[COVID-19]] pandemic as a way to support [[furries]] in isolation and [[writer]]s missing out on [[convention]] sales, it releases short stories on an initially daily schedule, which changed to three-a-week after two months.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://thevoice.dog ''The Voice of Dog''] - website<br /> <br /> {{net-stub}}<br /> {{Template:Podcasts}}<br /> [[Category:Podcasts]]<br /> [[Category:2020 births]]<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Voice of Dog, The}}</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Khaki 2020-07-20T07:00:18Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Alex-Vance-1.jpg|thumb|right|Alex Vance in Amsterdam, 2007]]'''Alex Vance''' (who goes by '''Khaki''') is a [[furry]] [[author]], founder of the [[Bad Dog Books]] anthropomorphic publishing house, the [[furry fiction]] archive [[FurRag]], producer and author of the [[Heathen City]] series of graphic novels, and currently podcaster.<br /> <br /> == Bad Dog Books and FurRag ==<br /> [[File:Bd-logo-180.png|right|thumb|Logo designed by [[Kamui]]]]In 2005, his frustration at the death of furry fiction periodicals of significance led him to found a publishing operation and its flagship product, the periodical [[erotic]] furry fiction anthology [[FANG]], and later that year, with the aid of a friend, set up a furry fiction archive intended as a more general-purpose counterpart to [[Yiffstar]]. Yiffstar's admin [[Toumal]] provided some coding assistance. Since then he has been involved in Yiffstar's transition to [[SoFurry]], most recently designing the new interface for SoFurry 2.0 dubbed &quot;Espresso&quot;.<br /> <br /> == RSI ==<br /> <br /> In early 2006, he began suffering from repetitive strain injury, causing him pain in his fingers which required him to substantially moderate his typing. He announced his intention to put FANG on indefinite hiatus in order to let his fingers heal. With the help of [[Ben Goodridge]], he founded [[Bad Dog Books]] in July 2006 and resumed development of FANG, which also made its publishing services available to third-party authors interested in bringing their works to print.<br /> <br /> == Bibliography ==<br /> <br /> Until the deterioration of his fingers, Alex was an avid writer. Between 2004 and 2005, he wrote nineteen chapters of a serial story called [[Maranatha]], totalling nearly two hundred thousand words. Besides occasionally contributing stories of his own to [[FANG]], his fiction has appeared in [[FurNation Magazine]] issues 9 &amp; 10 and [[Heat (magazine)|Heat]] volume 4 from [[Sofawolf Press]]. His new graphic novel [[Heathen City]], illustrated by [[Ayato]], [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]] and [[Fel]], was released on June 26 2008, with the subsequent issues released annually thereafter.<br /> <br /> == Appearances ==<br /> Khaki first attended [[Further Confusion 2008]], where he gave a series of four writing panels, continuing the ''Bad Dog Boot Camp'' panel started by [[Ben Goodridge]] at [[Anthrocon 2007]]. He has been [[guest of honor]] [[Rusfurrence]] 2013, [[JFTW]] in 2015, and [[CeSFuR]] in 2019. <br /> <br /> == Podcasts ==<br /> His first podcast was [[BDB_Podcast]], intended to promote [[Bad Dog Books]]' authors, which podfaded by 2008. He later helped [[Skip Ruddertail]] and [[Toonces]] start the [[Bad Dog Book Club]], a story-reading and review podcast, to which he contributed several recordings. In 2018 he started the furry-adjacent show [[Cover My Ass]] with [[Kensaro]], in which the hosts pretend to review books they haven't read, improvising an imagined plot for the book based purely on the cover. In 2020 he started [[The Voice of Dog]], where he narrates upbeat furry stories.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor|Osfer}}<br /> * [http://www.khakidoggy.com/ Khaki F. Dog] ([//web.archive.org/web/20160112140959/http://www.khakidoggy.com/ archived copy]) - personal website<br /> * [http://khakidoggy.sofurry.com/ Kahikidoggy] on [[SoFurry]]<br /> * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexfvance/ Alex Vance] on [[W:Flickr|Flickr]]<br /> * [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/osfer/ Osfer] on [[Fur Affinity]]<br /> * ''[http://khakidoggy.livejournal.com/ These My Musings, All Afrazzle]'' - Kahki's [[LiveJournal]]<br /> * [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alex-F-Vance/275397452490789 Alex] on [[Facebook]]<br /> * [https://twitter.com/khakidoggy Khaki] on [[Twitter]]<br /> * [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Osfer/ Osfer] at the [[VCL]]<br /> * [http://www.furrag.com/ FurRag Fiction Archive]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]]<br /> [[Category:Writers]]<br /> [[Category:Editors]]<br /> [[Category:Podcasters]]<br /> [[Category:Rusfurrence guests of honor]]<br /> [[Category:Netherlands]]<br /> <br /> [[sv:Alex Vance]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/The_Voice_of_Dog 2020-03-16T07:55:59Z

<p>Osfer: Created page with '{{Italic title}} {{Infobox Podcast | title = The Voice of Dog | image = 100px | caption = Furry stories to warm the ol' cockles, re...'</p> <hr /> <div>{{Italic title}}<br /> {{Infobox Podcast<br /> | title = The Voice of Dog<br /> | image = [[File:The Voice of Dog podcast logo.jpeg|100px]]<br /> | caption = Furry stories to warm the ol' cockles, read for you by Khaki, your faithful fireside companion.<br /> | host = [[Alex Vance]],<br /> | url = http://thevoice.dog<br /> | rss = https://anchor.fm/the-voice-of-dog<br /> | status = Daily (initially)<br /> | began = March 14, 2020<br /> | ended = Ongoing<br /> | genre = Fiction<br /> | ratings = <br /> }}<br /> '''''The Voice of Dog''''' is a podcast in which [[Alex Vance]] reads short stories by furry authors. Created during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to support furries in isolation and writers missing out on convention sales, it releases short stories on an initially daily schedule. <br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://thevoice.dog ''The Voice of Dog''] - website<br /> <br /> {{net-stub}}<br /> {{Template:Podcasts}}<br /> [[Category:Podcasts]]<br /> [[Category:2020 births]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:The_Voice_of_Dog_podcast_logo.jpeg 2020-03-16T07:55:35Z

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Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Khaki 2010-12-21T22:47:20Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Alex-Vance-1.jpg|thumb|right|Alex Vance in Amsterdam, 2007]]'''Alex Vance''' is a [[furry]] [[author]], founder of the [[Bad Dog Books]] anthropomorphic publishing house, the [[furry fiction]] archive [[FurRag]], and most notably, producer and author of the [[Heathen City]] series of graphic novels.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Bad Dog Books and FurRag ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Bd-logo-180.png|right|thumb|Logo designed by [[Kamui]]]]In 2005, his frustration at the death of furry fiction periodicals of significance led him to found a publishing operation and its flagship product, the periodical [[erotic]] furry fiction anthology [[FANG]], and later that year, with the aid of a friend, set up a furry fiction archive intended as a more general-purpose counterpart to [[Yiffstar]]. Yiffstar's admin [[Toumal]] provided some coding assistance. Since then he has been involved in Yiffstar's transition to [[SoFurry]], most recently designing the new interface for SoFurry 2.0 dubbed &quot;Espresso&quot;.<br /> <br /> == RSI ==<br /> <br /> In early 2006, he began suffering from repetitive strain injury, causing him pain in his fingers which required him to substantially moderate his typing. He announced his intention to put FANG on indefinite hiatus in order to let his fingers heal. With the help of [[Ben Goodridge]], he founded [[Bad Dog Books]] in July 2006 and resumed development of FANG, which also made its publishing services available to third-party authors interested in bringing their works to print.<br /> <br /> == Bibliography ==<br /> <br /> Until the deterioration of his fingers, Alex was an avid writer. Between 2004 and 2005, he wrote nineteen chapters of a serial story called [[Maranatha]], totalling nearly two hundred thousand words. Besides occasionally contributing stories of his own to [[FANG]], his fiction has appeared in [[FurNation Magazine]] issues 9 &amp; 10 and [[Heat (magazine)|Heat]] volume 4 from [[Sofawolf Press]]. His new graphic novel [[Heathen City]], illustrated by [[Ayato]], [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]] and [[Fel]], was released on June 26 2008, with the subsequent issues released annually thereafter.<br /> <br /> == Appearances ==<br /> <br /> So far, Alex has attended [[Further Confusion]] in January of 2008, where he gave a series of four writing panels, continuing the ''Bad Dog Boot Camp'' panel started by [[Ben Goodridge]] at [[Anthrocon]] '07. Most recently he appeared at [[Eurofurence]] 2010 where he presented a series of panels about writing, editing and publishing.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor|Osfer}}<br /> * [http://www.alexfvance.com/ alexfvance.com], his personal website. Videos of his panels are available [http://www.alexfvance.com/tag/presentation here.]<br /> * [http://www.twitter.com/alexfvance Alex on Twitter.]<br /> * [http://www.facebook.com/alexfvance Alex on Facebook.]<br /> * [http://www.baddogbooks.com/ Bad Dog Books], home of [[FANG]], the [[FANG Presents]] line of novels and Bad Dog Books' publishing services.<br /> * [http://www.heathencity.com/ Heathen City homepage]<br /> * [http://www.furrag.com/ FurRag Fiction Archive]<br /> * [http://www.sofawolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=54 Heat Volume 4]<br /> * [http://furplanet.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=276 FurNation Magazine 9]<br /> [[Category:People]][[Category:Writers]][[Category:Editors]][[Category:Podcasters]]<br /> <br /> [[sv:Alex Vance]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/SoFurry 2010-12-21T22:45:58Z

<p>Osfer: /* Future */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Infobox website <br /> | title = SoFurry<br /> | image = <br /> | author = '''Owners:''' [[Toumal]]<br /> * '''Site Founder:''' Toumal<br /> * '''Admins''': Toumal, [[Osfer]]?&lt;ref&gt;''[http://www.furrag.com/smf/index.php?topic=619.0 SoFurry.com: the next generation]'' - [[Osfer]], [[FurRag]] forums (17 March 2009)&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> | url = http://www.sofurry.com/<br /> * '''Twitter''': [http://twitter.com/sofurrydev/ SoFurry dev]<br /> | status =<br /> | began = 2009-12-26<br /> | ended = Live<br /> | users = 100.000+ as of August 2010<br /> | genre = Multimedia archive<br /> | rating = [[File:Censor NC17 button.png]]<br /> }}<br /> '''SoFurry''' is a furry website &quot;based on [[Yiffstar]], but expanding to non-adult content and with emphasis on user communities.&quot; The project is led by [[Toumal]], and absorbed the existing Yiffstar database over Christmas 2009.&lt;ref&gt;''[http://sofurry.com/page/109996 Launch Procedures Initiated]'' - [[Toumal]], Journal (25 November 2009)&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The project was announced on 11 March 2009 with talk of community-based features and personalized subdomains.&lt;ref&gt;''[http://forum.yiffstar.com/index.php?topic=68050.0 sofurry.com - Our New Home ]'' - Toumal, Yiffstar forums (11 March 2009)&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Features==<br /> <br /> In addition to Stories, Artwork, Music and Journals, SoFurry has a number of distinct additional features.<br /> <br /> The site features a complete user community system which is used as a kind of collaborative filter. Users are encouraged to found or join &quot;groups&quot; that cover particular subject matters. These groups can have fully integrated forums and even web chatrooms. Users can still use established features like personal watchlists to find new content, but they can also build a collaborative set of favorites within groups, thus allowing people who join groups to instantly be able to browse a human-maintained gallery of content specifically matching the group's topic. Groups are user-created and user-moderated.<br /> <br /> In addition to the forums and chats within groups, the site also features global forums and chatrooms that are maintained by the site moderators. Site functions like the web-chat are also available via third-party applications, and several chat applications (written in Java for the desktop, one android app, and a chat client written in python) have been developed already. The site offers a one-time-pad authentication system for secure authentication over insecure networks as well as an API for application developers.<br /> <br /> Another major feature is a complete commission management and purchase system, in which users and artists can manage their list of in-progress commissions, and also sell and buy commission services. SoFurry does not handle payments or retain any percentages from commissions, the system is free to use for anyone.<br /> <br /> Users can personalize their galleries with their own site banners, which are shown whenever someone views or browses their submissions.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Differences to Yiffstar==<br /> <br /> SoFurry uses a &quot;post-submission review&quot; process, like most other furry art sites. This is in contrast to the &quot;pre-approval&quot; process used in Yiffstar, which resulted in wait times of up to a day before submissions were approved for online viewing. Several functions like the search have been expanded to not only cover titles and authors in addition to tags, but also to honor tag hierarches (so searches for &quot;Canine&quot; will find all canine-tags like &quot;Dog&quot;, &quot;Wolf&quot;, etc.)<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Hosting==<br /> <br /> The site is hosted on a cluster of servers, running database replication and DNS loadbalancing. The servers are located in the US and the EU. In addition, actual file content is cross-hosted on a number of FTP mirrors.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Funding==<br /> <br /> SoFurry is almost completely funded by [[Toumal]], with operation costs running in excess of USD 400,- per month.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Future==<br /> <br /> Development on SoFurry 2.0 has begun in April 2010, with the goal of revamping the design, navigation and code based on user feedback. The new site is powered by a rewritten backend and is scheduled to enter a private beta phase in Q4 2010. A preview of the new look and feel, dubbed &quot;Espresso&lt;ref&gt;''[http://www.sofurry.com/?pid=205208 SoFurry 2.0 &quot;Espresso&quot; sneak preview ]'' - Alex Vance, SoFurry.com (21 December 2010)&lt;/ref&gt;&quot; and designed primarily by [[Alex Vance]], has been posted. A public beta phase is planned with both sites running in parallel. SoFurry 1.0 is scheduled to be phased out in the first half of 2011.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> {{website-stub}}<br /> {{SoFurry}}<br /> {{Media archives}}<br /> [[Category:Mature art archives]]<br /> [[Category:Mature story archives]]<br /> <br /> [[sv:SoFurry.com]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/SoFurry 2010-12-21T22:44:57Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Infobox website <br /> | title = SoFurry<br /> | image = <br /> | author = '''Owners:''' [[Toumal]]<br /> * '''Site Founder:''' Toumal<br /> * '''Admins''': Toumal, [[Osfer]]?&lt;ref&gt;''[http://www.furrag.com/smf/index.php?topic=619.0 SoFurry.com: the next generation]'' - [[Osfer]], [[FurRag]] forums (17 March 2009)&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> | url = http://www.sofurry.com/<br /> * '''Twitter''': [http://twitter.com/sofurrydev/ SoFurry dev]<br /> | status =<br /> | began = 2009-12-26<br /> | ended = Live<br /> | users = 100.000+ as of August 2010<br /> | genre = Multimedia archive<br /> | rating = [[File:Censor NC17 button.png]]<br /> }}<br /> '''SoFurry''' is a furry website &quot;based on [[Yiffstar]], but expanding to non-adult content and with emphasis on user communities.&quot; The project is led by [[Toumal]], and absorbed the existing Yiffstar database over Christmas 2009.&lt;ref&gt;''[http://sofurry.com/page/109996 Launch Procedures Initiated]'' - [[Toumal]], Journal (25 November 2009)&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The project was announced on 11 March 2009 with talk of community-based features and personalized subdomains.&lt;ref&gt;''[http://forum.yiffstar.com/index.php?topic=68050.0 sofurry.com - Our New Home ]'' - Toumal, Yiffstar forums (11 March 2009)&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Features==<br /> <br /> In addition to Stories, Artwork, Music and Journals, SoFurry has a number of distinct additional features.<br /> <br /> The site features a complete user community system which is used as a kind of collaborative filter. Users are encouraged to found or join &quot;groups&quot; that cover particular subject matters. These groups can have fully integrated forums and even web chatrooms. Users can still use established features like personal watchlists to find new content, but they can also build a collaborative set of favorites within groups, thus allowing people who join groups to instantly be able to browse a human-maintained gallery of content specifically matching the group's topic. Groups are user-created and user-moderated.<br /> <br /> In addition to the forums and chats within groups, the site also features global forums and chatrooms that are maintained by the site moderators. Site functions like the web-chat are also available via third-party applications, and several chat applications (written in Java for the desktop, one android app, and a chat client written in python) have been developed already. The site offers a one-time-pad authentication system for secure authentication over insecure networks as well as an API for application developers.<br /> <br /> Another major feature is a complete commission management and purchase system, in which users and artists can manage their list of in-progress commissions, and also sell and buy commission services. SoFurry does not handle payments or retain any percentages from commissions, the system is free to use for anyone.<br /> <br /> Users can personalize their galleries with their own site banners, which are shown whenever someone views or browses their submissions.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Differences to Yiffstar==<br /> <br /> SoFurry uses a &quot;post-submission review&quot; process, like most other furry art sites. This is in contrast to the &quot;pre-approval&quot; process used in Yiffstar, which resulted in wait times of up to a day before submissions were approved for online viewing. Several functions like the search have been expanded to not only cover titles and authors in addition to tags, but also to honor tag hierarches (so searches for &quot;Canine&quot; will find all canine-tags like &quot;Dog&quot;, &quot;Wolf&quot;, etc.)<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Hosting==<br /> <br /> The site is hosted on a cluster of servers, running database replication and DNS loadbalancing. The servers are located in the US and the EU. In addition, actual file content is cross-hosted on a number of FTP mirrors.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Funding==<br /> <br /> SoFurry is almost completely funded by [[Toumal]], with operation costs running in excess of USD 400,- per month.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Future==<br /> <br /> Development on SoFurry 2.0 has begun in April 2010, with the goal of revamping the design, navigation and code based on user feedback. The new site is powered by a rewritten backend and is scheduled to enter a private beta phase in Q4 2010. A preview of the new look and feel, dubbed &quot;Espresso&lt;ref&gt;''[http://www.sofurry.com/?pid=205208 SoFurry 2.0 &quot;Espresso&quot; sneak preview ]'' - Alex Vance, SoFurry.com (21 December 2010)&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;, has been posted. A public beta phase is planned with both sites running in parallel. SoFurry 1.0 is scheduled to be phased out in the first half of 2011.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> {{website-stub}}<br /> {{SoFurry}}<br /> {{Media archives}}<br /> [[Category:Mature art archives]]<br /> [[Category:Mature story archives]]<br /> <br /> [[sv:SoFurry.com]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Bad_Dog_Books 2010-11-04T13:17:32Z

<p>Osfer: Removed references to the defunct Free Press Program.</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Bd-logo-180.png|right|Logo designed by [[Kamui]]]]<br /> '''Bad Dog Books''' is a publishing house founded by [[Alex Vance]] which employs modern print-on-demand technology to publish [[anthropomorphic]] fiction. <br /> <br /> Originally named [[Osfer's Joint Publications]], its flagship product was [[FANG (publication)|FANG]], a serial anthology of [[furry fiction]] intended to reinvigorate widespread interest in printed anthropomorphic fiction. To emphasize its focus on imagination over imagery, FANG featured no artwork whatsoever, with the exception of the iconic BDB logo by [[Kamui]].<br /> <br /> [[Ben Goodridge]] joined in spring of 2006, as Alex's health did not allow him to continue serving as FANG's editor and when the anthology was restarted in July 2006, Bad Dog Books was created to continue and expand OJP's original vision.<br /> <br /> [[Image:BDB.jpg|left|thumb|140px|www.baddogbooks.com, November 2006]]<br /> Beside FANG, BDB produces a line of novels by authors hand-picked by the staff. As of January 2010, five novels are available, including [[White Crusade]] by Ben Goodridge.<br /> <br /> Bad Dog Books produces its books in trade paperback, black and white with a full-color cover, typically for a list price of $19.99. As of 2007, BDB's books are available directly through the Bad Dog Bookstore as well as through [[FurPlanet]]. <br /> <br /> Bad Dog Books are more expensive than most paperbacks due to the [[wikipedia:print_on_demand|print-on-demand]] method of publication. Print-on-demand has a very high unit price, but does not require the bulk printing and significant initial investment of traditional offset printing, resulting in lower average cost for small print runs. This lower initial investment minimizes the risk involved with the production of any particular title, freeing Bad Dog Books from large financial concerns and conferring a substantial measure of freedom and flexibility in the projects it selects and products it publishes. <br /> <br /> Print-on-demand allows the manufacture of books with a very fast turnaround. FANG was first conceived in June 2005 and was released to the public three months later -- in those three months, a website was created, authors were attracted, submissions were reviewed and edited, and the book was proofed for printing. Considering the speed and efficiency of print-on-demand publication and the absence of up-front investments, the actual conversion of a print-ready text into a publishable document is a comparatively swift process, owing primarily to BDB's experience in publishing. [[Image:Baddogbooks.com feb 2007.png |right|thumb|140px|www.baddogbooks.com, February 2007]]<br /> <br /> ==Logo==<br /> In early 2006, Kamui was contracted to design a logo for Bad Dog Books. The logo was to bring to mind the sleek black premium style of the FANG books that were BDB's flagship product, as well as the gritty, mature energy of BDB's other books. [[Image:BDB Prelimenary logo 1.gif|thumb|left|Preliminary Logo 1]]<br /> <br /> Working from keywords such as '[[dog]]', 'smoke', 'cool' and 'danger' Kamui came up with several design concepts, finally pitching the two prelimenary logos shown here. The first was deemed too geometric and static, the second too heavily stylized, resembling the visual style of [[White Wolf]], publishers of, among others, the [[Werewolf]] line of RPG books. [[Image:BDB Prelimenary logo 2.jpg|thumb|right|Preliminary Logo 2]]<br /> <br /> By fusing the stark geometry of the first with the rough-edged energy of the second,, the final design was achieved. This logo graces all BDB products.<br /> <br /> The canine character depicted (also informally known as [[Jules Reve]] or, more commonly, as the [[Bad Dog]]) is not an existing character or representation thereof.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Year of the bad dog.jpg|thumb|left|Year of the Bad Dog.jpg]] [[Graywolf]] produced a variation on the BDB Logo for the &quot;Year of the Bad Dog&quot; promotional campaign in 2007.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * [http://www.baddogbooks.com/ Bad Dog Books Website]<br /> * [http://www.baddogbooks.com/BDB/Free_Press.html Free Press Program] on Bad Dog Books website<br /> * [http://baddogbooks.blogspot.com/ Bad Dog Books Blog]<br /> * [http://baddogbooks2.livejournal.com/ Bad Dog Books LiveJournal]<br /> * [http://furplanet.com/shop/category.asp?page=1&amp;catid=118&amp;sortby=name Bad Dog Books] for sale on [[Furplanet]]<br /> <br /> {{Bad Dog Books}}<br /> {{Publishing companies}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Publishing companies]]<br /> [[Category:Vendors]]<br /> <br /> [[ru:Bad Dog Books]]<br /> [[sv:Bad Dog Books]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Heathen_city 2009-07-13T12:28:51Z

<p>Osfer: redirect to Heathen City</p> <hr /> <div>#REDIRECT [[Heathen City]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Heathen_City 2009-06-30T21:08:10Z

<p>Osfer: /* Publication */ Added info about upcoming Vol. 2</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Heathen-city-1-cover-kamui-400.jpg|thumb|right|Cover of Volume One of ''Heathen City''. Art by [[kamui]].]]<br /> '''''Heathen City''''' is a serial graphic novel written by [[Alex Vance]], illustrated by [[Ayato]], [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]] and [[Fel]]. <br /> <br /> Described as a modern, erotic thriller, ''Heathen City'' is an adult title with strong gay themes, graphic sex, strong language and violence. The gritty, contemporary setting and the sense of peril and isolation in an urban environment show the influence of works like ''[[Wikipedia:Sin City|Sin City]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Blacksad|Blacksad]]''. The art style and the promotional materials emphasize the cinematic quality of the title, with much the original promotional artwork in widescreen letterbox format.<br /> <br /> Volume One is published by [[Bad Dog Books]], and printed and sold by [[FurPlanet]]. It debuted on June 26, 2008, to coincide with [[Anthrocon 2008]]. Volume Two is available for pre-order from FurPlanet with scheduled debut date of 2009 July 2 to coincide with [[Anthrocon 2009]]. <br /> <br /> == Synopsis ==<br /> [[Owen Zelazny]], a hustler who has decided to quit his life of prostitution, finds himself unintentionally entangled in what appears to be a criminal, political conspiracy. With his new lover [[Ruy Ortega]] in tow, Owen seeks out an old friend, [[Q. I. Malloy]], whom he hasn't spoken to in three years. With the threat of pursuers at their heels, the burden of secrets that each of the characters bear, and old flames rekindled, tensions rise as they traverse the globe in a struggle for survival. Action takes place in London, Paris, Shanghai, and the Pacific Ocean.<br /> <br /> == Setting ==<br /> The world in which Heathen City takes place is nominally identical to the real world as of 2008. Reference is made to the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans, U.S. President Bush, and notable cosmopolitan cities.<br /> There are explicit differences, geographic and social. While all characters are anthropomorphic animals, there seems to be little relation between their ethnicity and their species (the antagonist Caulfield and his mother are cougars, despite being of English descent). At a bar in Shanghai the character Ruy remarks that there are no Asians present, indicating scent plays a substantial role in recognizing geographic origin.<br /> The most substantial difference between the Heathen City universe and ours is the existence of Maranatha City, ostensibly located in Florida, on the fictional Blood Bay Peninsula. <br /> <br /> == Characters ==<br /> * '''[[Owen Zelazny]]''', an American hustler, [[wolf]], 27 years old, on the verge of retiring and starting a new career<br /> * '''[[Q. I. Malloy]]''', an English [[Doberman]], former burglar, pickpocket and drug dealer who was at one point incarcerated and is now of uncertain legal status.<br /> * '''[[Ruy Ortega]]''' is a secondary character in Heathen City. He is Owen's current lover and is dragged into the whole story by Owen, who calls him for help after he is attacked. Ruy at first seems like any normal guy, but soon it becomes clear that he is more than that, as captain Dolan remembers him for his youth.<br /> * '''[[Tony Caulfield]]''' is the principle antagonist. A sophisticated, manipulative and wealthy English cougar with strong sadistic and homicidal tendencies, he pursues Owen, and deals harshly with anyone who might hold a clue to aid his hunt.<br /> <br /> For more information see [[List of characters in Heathen City]].<br /> <br /> == Promotion ==<br /> Promotion for the upcoming release began in early October 2007, when [[FurNation]] and [[FurPlanet]] showed their support by posting the promotional posters on their front pages, causing the hit counter on the ''Heathen City'' a 2000 hit spike in 48 hours. After vocal support from [[Wookiee]], artists such as [[ArtDecade]], [[Decaf]], and [[K-9]] showed their support by contributing fan art of some of the characters, which attracted even more attention.<br /> <br /> == Merchandise ==<br /> At Further Confusion 2008, FurPlanet sold booklets of promotional artwork, and gave away complimentary HC-branded [[condoms]]. A deck of playing card decks was released in tandem with Volume 1 at Anthrocon 2008, featuring art by [[Graywolf]], [[Vahnfox]], [[Charha]], [[Fel]], [[TheRGHU]], [[SilverFenrir]], [[MINE CHAOS]] and [[Fabercastel]].<br /> <br /> == Publication == <br /> On May 18, 2008, it was announced on the [http://groups.google.com/group/heathencity ''Heathen City'' mailing list] that Volume One would be released on June 26, 2008, where FurPlanet would sell copies from their tables at [[Anthrocon]]. As of October, 2008, it is available for order from FurPlanet, [[Yiffing.com]] and [[United Publications]]. Volume One sold out of all available copies at Anthrocon '08. It was also a sell-out hit at [[Eurofurence]] 2008, and was available at [[Rainfurrest]] 2008.<br /> <br /> Volume 2 will be released at [[Anthrocon 2009]] and available for discounted pre-order from [[FurPlanet]]. [[Alex Vance]] remains the writer, with [[Krahnos]], [[ZooShaman]], [[Vahnfox]] and [[Blue_Panther]] each illustrating one of the four stories that comprise this issue, with supporting coloring work from [[Fel]] and [[Charha]], a cover by [[Kaji]] and additional illustrations by [[West]] and [[Dajan]].<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.heathencity.com/ ''Heathen City'' homepage]<br /> *[http://www.baddogbooks.com/ Bad Dog Books homepage]<br /> *[http://heathencity.furplanet.com FurPlanet pre-order page]<br /> *[http://groups.google.com/group/heathencity ''Heathen City'' mailing list]<br /> <br /> {{maranatha}}<br /> [[Category:Mature comics]]<br /> <br /> [[sv:Heathen City]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/List_of_characters_in_Heathen_City 2009-02-10T10:47:40Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>{{spoiler}}<br /> ===Major characters===<br /> ====Owen Zelazny====<br /> [[Image:Heathen-City-Owen-Zelazny.JPG|thumb|Owen Zelazny as he appears in Heathen City. Drawn by Ayato, colored by Distasty]]'''Owen Zelazny''' is a [[wolf]] and a hustler, one of the protagonists in the serial graphic novel ''[[Heathen City]]'' by [[Alex Vance]]. Born in 1981, Owen came to [[Maranatha City]] in late 1999, having begun selling his body at an early age. He is youthful, energetic, very comfortable with his chosen profession, which he takes very seriously.<br /> '''Residence''': Originally from New Orleans, Owen lived in a small apartment in a dilapidated building in Maranatha City. After his departure from Maranatha City, he was most recently seen in London, not far from Piccadilly Square, though it's unknown whether he resides in that city.<br /> '''Occupation''': Owen is a prostitute, servicing exclusively male clients, preferring the term hustler over escort because of his preference for the quick and anonymous servicing of a large number of clients rather than 'spending the night' with one particular customer. Owen continued to ply this trade even after Maranatha City, though by the time he appears in Heathen City he is very close to 'retiring' fro the profession to find another direction for his life.<br /> '''Relationships''': Owen's oldest friend and lover, in all but name, is [[Q. I. Malloy]], a dobermann burglar and drug dealer, with whom he first traveled to Maranatha City. While sexually active and emotionally intimate with each other, the pair never had a relationship in the romantic sense, and only briefly shared an apartment in their early days in Maranatha before going their separate ways. Owen has most recently been seen in various Soho nightclubs in the company of a tiger named Ruy. The precise nature of this relationship is unclear, though Owen's decision to quit his life of prostitution came very soon after his first encounter with Ruy.<br /> '''Religion''': Owen is technically Jewish, and is known to occasionally uphold certain aspects of the faith, electing to eat kosher on significant days such as Hanukkah, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashannah. The arbitrary nature of his observances and, of course, his profession, indicate that this is motivated less by actual belief in the Jewish scriptures, and more by his upbringing, and the comfort of familiar rituals. <br /> '''Heathen City #1''': Owen Zelzny appears as one of the core cast of the serial graphic novel [[Heathen City]], written by [[Alex Vance]], illustrated by [[Ayato]] and digitally colored by [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]], and [[Fel]]. He had previously appeared in Alex Vance's unfinished story series [[Maranatha]].<br /> <br /> ====Q. I. Malloy====<br /> [[Image:Heathen-City-Malloy.png|thumb|Promo illustration for [[Heathen City]] featuring Malloy, made by [[Kamui]]]]<br /> Born in 1972 in the Midlands, he led a troubled youth, largely undocumented due to his affinity for falsifying documents and identities. He's known to have been a seminarian in Dorsetshire, on his way to priesthood.<br /> Instead, Malloy returned to thieving and the drug-dealing and, together with his longtime friend and in all but name lover [[Owen Zelazny]], came to [[Maranatha City]] around the millennium, where he continued to ply his trade.<br /> '''Appearance''': He is a broad-shouldered and muscular dog whose thuggish exterior belies a keen intellect, though his occasionally heroic and almost always charismatic behavior often misleads those closest to him into thinking him a 'rogue with a heart of gold', an illusion occasionally and shockingly dispelled when his flexible morality is exposed.<br /> He has described himself was 'a man compelled by sways of which he has not ken,' which is a prosaic departure from his usually rough speech.<br /> '''Residence''': When Malloy appears in Heathen City #1 he's living in Paris, apparently under his own name. His apartment is furnished and lived-in, indicating he's spent significant time settled there.<br /> '''Skills''': Malloy has demonstrable experience with explosives, electronic surveillance, hand-to-hand combat and can speak conversational Mandarin. <br /> <br /> <br /> ===Minor characters===<br /> ====Allard Bellamy====<br /> A fit and athletic horse in Caulfield's employ. Fierce and bold, his charge into Malloy's boobytrapped apartment in Heathen City #1 leaves him a double-amputee, apparently abandoned financially by his employer.<br /> <br /> ====Wayne====<br /> Surname unknown. Along with Allard, he charges into Malloy's boobytrapped apartment. While he's mocked by his comrades for stupidity and cowardice, he actually detects suspicious signs that the others ignore.<br /> <br /> ====Cal====<br /> Surname unknown. A cabin-boy on the Corinthia, under captain Dolan. He's seen providing sexual services to Dolan and Malloy, implying his duties aboardship include sex. He's light-hearted, optimistic and confident, showing inexperience and fear in the face of danger. Malloy remarks that Cal reminds him of someone he knew in Maranatha City, and that's the reason that he often takes Cal into his bunk.<br /> Cal is a young, slender lion with his mane styled into a goatee.</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/List_of_characters_in_Heathen_City 2009-02-10T10:39:42Z

<p>Osfer: Created page with '{{spoiler}} ===Major characters=== ====Owen Zelazny==== [[Image:Heathen-City-Owen-Zelazny.JPG|thumb|Owen Zelazny as he appears in Heathen City. Drawn by Ayato, colored by Distast...'</p> <hr /> <div>{{spoiler}}<br /> ===Major characters===<br /> ====Owen Zelazny====<br /> [[Image:Heathen-City-Owen-Zelazny.JPG|thumb|Owen Zelazny as he appears in Heathen City. Drawn by Ayato, colored by Distasty]]'''Owen Zelazny''' is a [[wolf]] and a hustler, one of the protagonists in the serial graphic novel ''[[Heathen City]]'' by [[Alex Vance]]. Born in 1981, Owen came to [[Maranatha City]] in late 1999, having begun selling his body at an early age. He is youthful, energetic, very comfortable with his chosen profession, which he takes very seriously.<br /> '''Residence''': Originally from New Orleans, Owen lived in a small apartment in a dilapidated building in Maranatha City. After his departure from Maranatha City, he was most recently seen in London, not far from Piccadilly Square, though it's unknown whether he resides in that city.<br /> '''Occupation''': Owen is a prostitute, servicing exclusively male clients, preferring the term hustler over escort because of his preference for the quick and anonymous servicing of a large number of clients rather than 'spending the night' with one particular customer. Owen continued to ply this trade even after Maranatha City, though by the time he appears in Heathen City he is very close to 'retiring' fro the profession to find another direction for his life.<br /> '''Relationships''': Owen's oldest friend and lover, in all but name, is [[Q. I. Malloy]], a dobermann burglar and drug dealer, with whom he first traveled to Maranatha City. While sexually active and emotionally intimate with each other, the pair never had a relationship in the romantic sense, and only briefly shared an apartment in their early days in Maranatha before going their separate ways. Owen has most recently been seen in various Soho nightclubs in the company of a tiger named Ruy. The precise nature of this relationship is unclear, though Owen's decision to quit his life of prostitution came very soon after his first encounter with Ruy.<br /> '''Religion''': Owen is technically Jewish, and is known to occasionally uphold certain aspects of the faith, electing to eat kosher on significant days such as Hanukkah, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashannah. The arbitrary nature of his observances and, of course, his profession, indicate that this is motivated less by actual belief in the Jewish scriptures, and more by his upbringing, and the comfort of familiar rituals. <br /> '''Heathen City #1''': Owen Zelzny appears as one of the core cast of the serial graphic novel [[Heathen City]], written by [[Alex Vance]], illustrated by [[Ayato]] and digitally colored by [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]], and [[Fel]]. He had previously appeared in Alex Vance's unfinished story series [[Maranatha]].<br /> <br /> ====Q. I. Malloy====<br /> [[Image:Heathen-City-Malloy.png|thumb|Promo illustration for [[Heathen City]] featuring Malloy, made by [[Kamui]]]]<br /> Born in 1972 in the Midlands, he led a troubled youth, largely undocumented due to his affinity for falsifying documents and identities. He's known to have been a seminarian in Dorsetshire, on his way to priesthood.<br /> Instead, Malloy returned to thieving and the drug-dealing and, together with his longtime friend and in all but name lover [[Owen Zelazny]], came to [[Maranatha City]] around the millennium, where he continued to ply his trade.<br /> '''Appearance''': He is a broad-shouldered and muscular dog whose thuggish exterior belies a keen intellect, though his occasionally heroic and almost always charismatic behavior often misleads those closest to him into thinking him a 'rogue with a heart of gold', an illusion occasionally and shockingly dispelled when his flexible morality is exposed.<br /> He has described himself was 'a man compelled by sways of which he has not ken,' which is a prosaic departure from his usually rough speech.<br /> '''Residence''': When Malloy appears in Heathen City #1 he's living in Paris, apparently under his own name. His apartment is furnished and lived-in, indicating he's spent significant time settled there.<br /> '''Skills''': Malloy has demonstrable experience with explosives, electronic surveillance, hand-to-hand combat and can speak conversational Mandarin. <br /> <br /> <br /> ===Minor characters===<br /> ====Allard Bellamy====<br /> A fit and athletic horse in Caulfield's employ. Fierce and bold, his charge into Malloy's boobytrapped apartment in Heathen City #1 leaves him a double-amputee, apparently abandoned financially by his employer.</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Heathen_City 2009-02-10T10:09:11Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Heathen-city-1-cover-kamui-400.jpg|thumb|right|Cover of Volume One of ''Heathen City''. Art by [[kamui]].]]<br /> '''''Heathen City''''' is a serial graphic novel written by [[Alex Vance]], illustrated by [[Ayato]], [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]] and [[Fel]]. <br /> <br /> Described as a modern, erotic thriller, ''Heathen City'' is an adult title with strong gay themes, graphic sex, strong language and violence. The gritty, contemporary setting and the sense of peril and isolation in an urban environment show the influence of works like ''[[Wikipedia:Sin City|Sin City]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Blacksad|Blacksad]]''. The art style and the promotional materials emphasize the cinematic quality of the title, with much the original promotional artwork in widescreen letterbox format.<br /> <br /> Volume One is published by [[Bad Dog Books]], and printed and sold by [[FurPlanet]]. It debuted on June 26, 2008, to coincide with [[Anthrocon]]. <br /> <br /> == Synopsis ==<br /> [[Owen Zelazny]], a hustler who has decided to quit his life of prostitution, finds himself unintentionally entangled in what appears to be a criminal, political conspiracy. With his new lover [[Ruy Ortega]] in tow, Owen seeks out an old friend, [[Q. I. Malloy]], whom he hasn't spoken to in three years. With the threat of pursuers at their heels, the burden of secrets that each of the characters bear, and old flames rekindled, tensions rise as they traverse the globe in a struggle for survival. Action takes place in London, Paris, Shanghai, and the Pacific Ocean.<br /> <br /> == Setting ==<br /> The world in which Heathen City takes place is nominally identical to the real world as of 2008. Reference is made to the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans, U.S. President Bush, and notable cosmopolitan cities.<br /> There are explicit differences, geographic and social. While all characters are anthropomorphic animals, there seems to be little relation between their ethnicity and their species (the antagonist Caulfield and his mother are cougars, despite being of English descent). At a bar in Shanghai the character Ruy remarks that there are no Asians present, indicating scent plays a substantial role in recognizing geographic origin.<br /> The most substantial difference between the Heathen City universe and ours is the existence of Maranatha City, ostensibly located in Florida, on the fictional Blood Bay Peninsula. <br /> <br /> == Characters ==<br /> * '''[[Owen Zelazny]]''', an American hustler, [[wolf]], 27 years old, on the verge of retiring and starting a new career<br /> * '''[[Q. I. Malloy]]''', an English [[Doberman]], former burglar, pickpocket and drug dealer who was at one point incarcerated and is now of uncertain legal status.<br /> * '''[[Ruy Ortega]]''' is a secondary character in Heathen City. He is Owen's current lover and is dragged into the whole story by Owen, who calls him for help after he is attacked. Ruy at first seems like any normal guy, but soon it becomes clear that he is more than that, as captain Dolan remembers him for his youth.<br /> * '''[[Tony Caulfield]]''' is the principle antagonist. A sophisticated, manipulative and wealthy English cougar with strong sadistic and homicidal tendencies, he pursues Owen, and deals harshly with anyone who might hold a clue to aid his hunt.<br /> <br /> For more information see [[List of characters in Heathen City]].<br /> <br /> == Promotion ==<br /> Promotion for the upcoming release began in early October 2007, when [[FurNation]] and [[FurPlanet]] showed their support by posting the promotional posters on their front pages, causing the hit counter on the ''Heathen City'' a 2000 hit spike in 48 hours. After vocal support from [[Wookiee]], artists such as [[ArtDecade]], [[Decaf]], and [[K-9]] showed their support by contributing fan art of some of the characters, which attracted even more attention.<br /> <br /> == Merchandise ==<br /> At Further Confusion 2008, FurPlanet sold booklets of promotional artwork, and gave away complimentary HC-branded [[condoms]]. A deck of playing card decks was released in tandem with Volume 1 at Anthrocon 2008, featuring art by [[Graywolf]], [[Vahnfox]], [[Charha]], [[Fel]], [[TheRGHU]], [[SilverFenrir]], [[MINE CHAOS]] and [[Fabercastel]].<br /> <br /> == Publication == <br /> On May 18, 2008, it was announced on the [http://groups.google.com/group/heathencity ''Heathen City'' mailing list] that Volume One would be released on June 26, 2008, where FurPlanet would sell copies from their tables at [[Anthrocon]]. As of October, 2008, it is available for order from FurPlanet, [[Yiffing.com]] and [[United Publications]]. Volume One sold out of all available copies at Anthrocon '08. It was also a sell-out hit at [[Eurofurence]] 2008, and was available at [[Rainfurrest]] 2008.<br /> <br /> Work is underway on the next issues, though no release date nor any other details have so far been released. [[Alex Vance]] remains the writer, [[Ayato]], [[Fel]] and [[Charha]] are the principle artists, though [[Krahnos]], [[ZooShaman]], [[Vahnfox]] are also confirmed as being involved in some fashion.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.heathencity.com/ ''Heathen City'' homepage]<br /> *[http://www.baddogbooks.com/ Bad Dog Books homepage]<br /> *[http://heathencity.furplanet.com FurPlanet pre-order page]<br /> *[http://groups.google.com/group/heathencity ''Heathen City'' mailing list]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Mature comics]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Maranatha_City 2008-10-22T12:10:55Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>{{maranatha}}<br /> <br /> '''Maranatha City''' is a fictional city in the United States, the setting of the erotic story series [[Maranatha]] and heavily referenced in the graphic novel [[Heathen City]], both written by [[Alex Vance]]. Originally its location was unspecified, though Heathen City definitively indicated that the city is located in the state of Florida, on the Blood Bay peninsula, connected to the mainland by St. Lucy's bridge.<br /> <br /> == In the [[Maranatha]] story series ==<br /> <br /> Located in an originally unspecified region of what is presumably the United States, Maranatha City is an urban [[Wikipedia:Dystopia|dystopia]] -- distinct from [[K. M. Hirosaki]]'s [[Blue Forest City]] in that the commercial rather than the industrial sector is dominant.<br /> <br /> In some ways resembling post-Wall Berlin, the city has a low population for its size; entire regions of the city lie empty as a result of economic shifts some time before the story started. Lacking a medium middle class, Maranatha City is characterized by a strong separation, both economically and geographically, between the upper middle class and upper class on the one side, and the working class on the other.<br /> <br /> Crime is highly organised and regimented. It is implied that the police force is largely corrupt and disinterested in any criminal activity outside the city's prosperous center.<br /> <br /> <br /> == In the [[Heathen City]] graphic novels ==<br /> <br /> Two of the protagonists of Heathen City are survivors of an event known as [[the fall of Maranatha]]. An unanticipated geological cataclysm which occurred in 2005, shortly after Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of New Orleans, a large portion of the city's center collapsed.<br /> <br /> In addition to the casualties caused by the sudden collapse of so much of the city, the geological shift freed a stratum of lethally toxic dust, later labeled as [[TCT]]. <br /> <br /> Furthermore, the rescue efforts in New Orleans had depleted the country's already scant resources, leaving the inhabitants without support. The collapse of St. Lucy's bridge severed the only connection to the mainland.<br /> <br /> Reports vary on the number of survivors, from 6000 to as little as a few hundred. <br /> <br /> The toxicity of the TCT dust hampered any reclamation efforts, and, leaning on innovations by Russia in dealing with the Chernobyl incident, construction began on a 'sarcophagus' to shield the city from wind and rain, to alleviate any risk of TCT contamination through wind or groundwater. Construction was never completed.<br /> <br /> At the start of Volume 1 of Heathen City, it is indicated that the United States government was making arrangements to sell Maranatha City and the Blood Bay peninsula, as it could no longer justify the cost of maintaining the sarcophagus and it seemed unlikely that the city would become habitable again.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Maranatha locations]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Khaki 2008-10-22T11:57:32Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Alex-Vance-1.jpg|thumb|right|Alex Vance in Amsterdam, 2007]]'''Alex Vance''' is a [[furry]] [[author]], founder of the [[Bad Dog Books]] anthropomorphic publishing house, the [[furry fiction]] archive [[FurRag]], and most notably, producer and author of the [[Heathen City]] series of graphic novels.<br /> <br /> == Bad Dog Books and FurRag ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Bd-logo-180.png|right|thumb|Logo designed by [[Kamui]]]]In 2005, his frustration at the death of furry fiction periodicals of significance led him to found a publishing operation and its flagship product, the periodical [[erotic]] furry fiction anthology [[FANG]], and later that year, with the aid of a friend, set up a furry fiction archive intended as a more general-purpose counterpart to [[Yiffstar]]. Yiffstar's admin [[Toumal]] provided some coding assistance.<br /> <br /> == RSI ==<br /> <br /> In early 2006, he began suffering from repetitive strain injury, causing him pain in his fingers which required him to substantially moderate his typing. He announced his intention to put FANG on indefinite hiatus in order to let his fingers heal. With the help of [[Ben Goodridge]], he founded [[Bad Dog Books]] in July 2006 and resumed development of FANG, which also made its publishing services available to third-party authors interested in bringing their works to print.<br /> <br /> == Bibliography ==<br /> <br /> Until the deterioration of his fingers, Alex was an avid writer. Between 2004 and 2005, he wrote nineteen chapters of a serial story called [[Maranatha]], totalling nearly two hundred thousand words. Besides occasionally contributing stories of his own to [[FANG]], his fiction has appeared in [[FurNation Magazine]] issues 9 &amp; 10 and [[Heat (magazine)|Heat]] volume 4 from [[Sofawolf Press]]. His new graphic novel [[Heathen City]], illustrated by [[Ayato]], [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]] and [[Fel]], was released on June 26 2008, to coincide with [[Anthrocon]], and has been a resounding success.<br /> <br /> == Appearances ==<br /> <br /> So far, Alex has attended [[Further Confusion]] in January of 2008, where he gave a series of four writing panels, continuing the ''Bad Dog Boot Camp'' panel started by [[Ben Goodridge]] at Anthrocon '07. <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor|Osfer}}<br /> * [http://www.baddogbooks.com/ Bad Dog Books], home of [[FANG]], the [[FANG Presents]] line of novels and Bad Dog Books' publishing services.<br /> * [http://www.heathencity.com/ Heathen City homepage]<br /> * [http://www.furrag.com/ FurRag Fiction Archive]<br /> * [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Authors/Osfer/ Osfer's writings] on [[VCL]]<br /> * [http://anthroarchives.org/by_writer.php?uid=42 Osfer's writings] on [[AnthroArchives]]<br /> * [http://www.yiffstar.com/index.php?action=authorsearch&amp;authorsearch=Osfer Osfer's writings] on [[Yiffstar]]<br /> * [http://www.sofawolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=54 Heat Volume 4]<br /> * [http://furplanet.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=276 FurNation Magazine 9]<br /> [[Category:People]][[Category:Writers]][[Category:Editors]][[Category:Podcasters]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Heathen_City 2008-10-22T11:52:13Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Heathen-city-1-cover-kamui-400.jpg|thumb|right|Cover of Volume One of ''Heathen City''. Art by [[kamui]].]]<br /> '''''Heathen City''''' is a serial graphic novel written by [[Alex Vance]], illustrated by [[Ayato]], [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]] and [[Fel]]. <br /> <br /> Described as a modern, erotic thriller, ''Heathen City'' is an adult title with strong gay themes, graphic sex, strong language and violence. The gritty, contemporary setting and the sense of peril and isolation in an urban environment show the influence of works like ''[[Wikipedia:Sin City|Sin City]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Blacksad|Blacksad]]''. The art style and the promotional materials emphasize the cinematic quality of the title, with much the original promotional artwork in widescreen letterbox format.<br /> <br /> Volume One is published by [[Bad Dog Books]], and printed and sold by [[FurPlanet]]. It debuted on June 26, 2008, to coincide with [[Anthrocon]]. <br /> <br /> == Synopsis ==<br /> [[Owen Zelazny]], a hustler who has decided to quit his life of prostitution, finds himself unintentionally entangled in what appears to be a criminal, political conspiracy. With his new lover [[Ruy Ortega]] in tow, Owen seeks out an old friend, [[Q. I. Malloy]], whom he hasn't spoken to in three years. With the threat of pursuers at their heels, the burden of secrets that each of the characters bear, and old flames rekindled, tensions rise as they traverse the globe in a struggle for survival. Action takes place in London, Paris, Shanghai, and the Pacific Ocean.<br /> <br /> == Characters ==<br /> * '''[[Owen Zelazny]]''', an American hustler, [[wolf]], 27 years old, on the verge of retiring and starting a new career<br /> * '''[[Q. I. Malloy]]''', an English [[Doberman]], former burglar, pickpocket and drug dealer who was at one point incarcerated and is now of uncertain legal status.<br /> * '''[[Ruy Ortega]]''' is a secondary character in Heathen City. He is Owen's current lover and is dragged into the whole story by Owen, who calls him for help after he is attacked. Ruy at first seems like any normal guy, but soon it becomes clear that he is more than that, as captain Dolan remembers him for his youth.<br /> * '''[[Tony Caulfield]]''' is the principle antagonist. A sophisticated, manipulative and wealthy English cougar with strong sadistic and homicidal tendencies, he pursues Owen, and deals harshly with anyone who might hold a clue to aid his hunt.<br /> <br /> == Promotion ==<br /> Promotion for the upcoming release began in early October 2007, when [[FurNation]] and FurPlanet showed their support by posting the promotional posters on their front pages, causing the hit counter on the ''Heathen City'' a 2000 hit spike in 48 hours. After vocal support from [[Wookiee]], artists such as [[ArtDecade]], [[Decaf]], and [[K-9]] showed their support by contributing fan art of some of the characters, which attracted even more attention.<br /> <br /> == Merchandise ==<br /> At Further Confusion 2008, FurPlanet sold booklets of promotional artwork, and gave away complimentary HC-branded [[condoms]]. A deck of playing card decks was released in tandem with Volume 1 at Anthrocon 2008, featuring art by [[Graywolf]], [[Vahnfox]], [[Charha]], [[Fel]], [[TheRGHU]], [[SilverFenrir]], [[MINE CHAOS]] and [[Fabercastel]].<br /> <br /> == Publication == <br /> On May 18, 2008, it was announced on the [http://groups.google.com/group/heathencity ''Heathen City'' mailing list] that Volume One would be released on June 26, 2008, where FurPlanet would sell copies from their tables at [[Anthrocon]]. As of October, 2008, it is available for order from FurPlanet, [[Yiffing.com]] and [[United Publications]]. Volume One sold out of all available copies at Anthrocon '08. It was also a sell-out hit at [[Eurofurence]] 2008, and was available at [[Rainfurrest]] 2008.<br /> <br /> Work is underway on the next issues, though no release date nor any other details have so far been released. [[Alex Vance]] remains the writer, [[Ayato]], [[Fel]] and [[Charha]] are the principle artists, though [[Krahnos]], [[ZooShaman]], [[Vahnfox]] are also confirmed as being involved in some fashion.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.heathencity.com/ ''Heathen City'' homepage]<br /> *[http://www.baddogbooks.com/ Bad Dog Books homepage]<br /> *[http://heathencity.furplanet.com FurPlanet pre-order page]<br /> *[http://groups.google.com/group/heathencity ''Heathen City'' mailing list]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Mature comics]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Heathen_City 2008-10-22T11:48:56Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Heathen-city-1-cover-kamui-400.jpg|thumb|right|Cover of Volume One of ''Heathen City''. Art by [[kamui]].]]<br /> '''''Heathen City''''' is a serial graphic novel written by [[Alex Vance]], illustrated by [[Ayato]], [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]] and [[Fel]]. <br /> <br /> Described as a modern, erotic thriller, ''Heathen City'' is an adult title with strong gay themes, graphic sex, strong language and violence. The gritty, contemporary setting and the sense of peril and isolation in an urban environment show the influence of works like ''[[Wikipedia:Sin City|Sin City]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Blacksad|Blacksad]]''. The art style and the promotional materials emphasize the cinematic quality of the title, with much the original promotional artwork in widescreen letterbox format.<br /> <br /> Volume One is published by [[Bad Dog Books]], and printed and sold by [[FurPlanet]]. It debuted on June 26, 2008, to coincide with [[Anthrocon]]. <br /> <br /> == Synopsis ==<br /> [[Owen Zelazny]], a hustler who has decided to quit his life of prostitution, finds himself unintentionally entangled in what appears to be a criminal, political conspiracy. With his new lover [[Ruy Ortega]] in tow, Owen seeks out an old friend, [[Q. I. Malloy]], whom he hasn't spoken to in three years. With the threat of pursuers at their heels, the burden of secrets that each of the characters bear, and old flames rekindled, tensions rise as they traverse the globe in a struggle for survival. Action takes place in London, Paris, Shanghai, and the Pacific Ocean.<br /> <br /> == Characters ==<br /> * '''[[Owen Zelazny]]''', an American hustler, [[wolf]], 27 years old, on the verge of retiring and starting a new career<br /> * '''[[Q. I. Malloy]]''', an English [[Doberman]], former burglar, pickpocket and drug dealer who was at one point incarcerated and is now of uncertain legal status.<br /> * '''[[Ruy Ortega]]''' is a secondary character in Heathen City. He is Owen's current lover and is dragged into the whole story by Owen, who calls him for help after he is attacked. Ruy at first seems like any normal guy, but soon it becomes clear that he is more than that, as captain Dolan remembers him for his youth.<br /> * '''[[Tony Caulfield]]''' is the principle antagonist. A sophisticated, manipulative and wealthy English cougar with strong sadistic and homicidal tendencies, he pursues Owen, and deals harshly with anyone who might hold a clue to aid his hunt.<br /> <br /> == Promotion ==<br /> Promotion for the upcoming release began in early October 2007, when [[FurNation]] and FurPlanet showed their support by posting the promotional posters on their front pages, causing the hit counter on the ''Heathen City'' a 2000 hit spike in 48 hours. After vocal support from [[Wookiee]], artists such as [[ArtDecade]], [[Decaf]], and [[K-9]] showed their support by contributing fan art of some of the characters, which attracted even more attention.<br /> <br /> == Merchandise ==<br /> At Further Confusion 2008, FurPlanet sold booklets of promotional artwork, and gave away complimentary HC-branded [[condoms]]. A deck of playing card decks was released in tandem with Volume 1 at Anthrocon 2008, featuring art by [[Graywolf]], [[Vahnfox]], [[Charha]], [[Fel]], [[TheRGHU]], [[SilverFenrir]], [[MINE CHAOS]] and [[Fabercastel]].<br /> <br /> == Publication == <br /> On May 18, 2008, it was announced on the [http://groups.google.com/group/heathencity ''Heathen City'' mailing list] that Volume One would be released on June 26, 2008, where FurPlanet would sell copies from their tables at [[Anthrocon]]. As of October, 2008, it is available for order from FurPlanet, [[Yiffing.com]] and [[United Publications]]. Volume One sold out of all available copies at Anthrocon '08. It was also a sell-out hit at [[Eurofurence]] 2008, and was available at [[Rainfurrest]] 2008.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.heathencity.com/ ''Heathen City'' homepage]<br /> *[http://www.baddogbooks.com/ Bad Dog Books homepage]<br /> *[http://heathencity.furplanet.com FurPlanet pre-order page]<br /> *[http://groups.google.com/group/heathencity ''Heathen City'' mailing list]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Mature comics]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/FurPlanet 2008-06-25T08:03:11Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>'''FurPlanet''' is a furry owned and operated print-on-demand publishing company. FurPlanet was previously the official online store for [[FurNation]] Multimedia, but as of 2008 March 1&lt;ref&gt;The scrolling Announcements section on the main webpage of FurPlanet website says: “.. As of March 1st, FurPlanet.com is under new management. ..” Retrieved 2008 May 30.&lt;/ref&gt; was purchased&lt;ref&gt;April 4th, 2008 newsletter posted to [http://furplanet.com/shop/custom.asp?recid=7 FurPlanet's Newsletter webpage]. Retrieved 2008 May 30.&lt;/ref&gt; by [[FuzzWolf]] and now operates independently of FurNation.<br /> <br /> Previously managed by [[Nexxus]], FurPlanet also serves as an independent publisher of comics and art prints. In 2007, [[Bad Dog Books]] partnered with FurPlanet, who now produce the lion's share of BDB's printing needs, both for sale on FurPlanet itself and resale to third-party vendors.<br /> <br /> Under this agreement, FurPlanet secured the printing license for [[Heathen City]]. The anticipated success of the new graphic novel made it a 'killer product' that justified major investments such as a new dye sublimation printer to enhance the quality of color printing and a new cutting machine to produce card decks in-house, such as those of [[Heathen City]] and [[Wookiee]].<br /> <br /> *'''Address''': http://www.FurPlanet.com/<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> {{net-stub}}<br /> [[Category:Vendors]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Owen_Zelazny 2008-06-24T10:42:41Z

<p>Osfer: Minor fixes</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Heathen-City-Owen-Zelazny.JPG|thumb|Owen Zelazny as he appears in Heathen City. Drawn by Ayato, colored by Distasty]]'''Owen Zelazny''' is a [[wolf]] and a hustler, one of the protagonists in the serial graphic novel ''[[Heathen City]]'' [[Alex Vance]]. Born in 1981, Owen came to [[Maranatha City]] in late 1999, having begun selling his body at an early age. He is youthful, energetic, very comfortable with his chosen profession, which he takes very seriously.<br /> <br /> == Residence ==<br /> Originally from New Orleans, Owen lived in a small apartment in a dilapidated building in Maranatha City, with neighbors [[Double Bill]] and [[Mrs Ackerby]] and her dog [[Pickles]], under the rule of landlord [[Butterfly]]. His second-story apartment faces into a courtyard with clear line of sight from [[Nicky Marlowe]]'s apartment on the other side.<br /> <br /> After his departure from Maranatha City, he was most recently seen in London, not far from Piccadilly Square, though it's unknown whether he resides in that city.<br /> <br /> == Occupation ==<br /> Owen is a prostitute, servicing predominantly male clients, preferring the term hustler over escort because of his preference for the quick and anonymous servicing of a large number of clients rather than 'spending the night' with one particular customer. <br /> <br /> Owen continued to ply this trade even after Maranatha City, though by the time he appears in Heathen City he is very close to 'retiring' fro the profession to find another direction for his life.<br /> <br /> == Relationships ==<br /> Owen's oldest friend and lover, in all but name, is [[Q. I. Malloy]], a dobermann burglar and drug dealer, with whom he first traveled to Maranatha City. While sexually active and emotionally intimate with each other, the pair never had a relationship in the romantic sense, and only briefly shared an apartment in their early days in Maranatha before going their separate ways.<br /> <br /> Owen has most recently been seen in various Soho nightclubs in the company of a tiger named Ruy. The precise nature of this relationship is unclear, though Owen's decision to quit his life of prostitution came very soon after his first encounter with Ruy.<br /> <br /> == Trivia ==<br /> Owen is technically Jewish, and is known to occasionally uphold certain aspects of the faith, electing to eat kosher on significant days such as Hanukkah, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashannah. The arbitrary nature of his observances and, of course, his profession, indicate that this is motivated less by actual belief in the Jewish scriptures, and more by his upbringing, and the comfort of familiar rituals. <br /> <br /> == Heathen City ==<br /> <br /> Owen Zelzny appears as one of the core cast of the upcoming serial graphic novel[[Heathen City]], written by [[Alex Vance]], illustrated by [[Ayato]] and digitally colored by [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]], and [[Fel]]. He had previously appeared in Alex Vance's unfinished story series [[Maranatha]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:Heathen City characters]]<br /> [[Category:1981 births]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Thabo_Meerkat 2008-06-24T10:40:20Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Pegla by GrayWolf.jpg|right|thumb|Pegla by [[GrayWolf (Netherlands)|Ingrid &quot;GrayWolf&quot; Houwers]]]]<br /> <br /> '''Pegla''' (born 1979) is an [[Artist]] and founder of the [[Dutchfurs]] website and co-founder of [[cytag]]. He is an [[anthropomorphic]] cartoon [[skunk (species)|skunk]]. The name means '''flat-iron''' (for clothes) in Serbian. Pegla was, in his early years in the fandom, known as '''SimbaIII''' due to his affinity with everything that has to do with [[The Lion King]].<br /> <br /> === Dutchfurs ===<br /> In 2002, he founded [[Dutchfurs.com]] which took over the function of the declining [[furrysearch.com]]. The original intention was to become a full portal for [[Dutch]] [[Furries]] but these days the website is a frontend of many hosted websites and domains and its main feature is a news ticker, the servers are being provided by [[stormdragon.org]].<br /> <br /> === Eurofurence ===<br /> Ever since [[Eurofurence 4]] Pegla did attend Eurofurence whenever he could. Since [[Eurofurence 7]] he has been active as the ''Deputy Head of security''' with the exception of [[Eurofurence 13]] which he could not attend to due to 'work related reasons'.<br /> <br /> === TreeCon ===<br /> Pegla did host two Dutch [[Conventions]], known as TreeCon Zero and TreeCon 2. The conventions where held in Hotel Triton in Zandvoort, the Netherlands. It remains unclear if there will ever be a TreeCon 3.<br /> <br /> === Artwork ===<br /> Pegla has been an artist since the early years of his life. His medium is both conventional, digital and 3D media. Between 2004 and 2007 much of his work could be seen on national television various countries in Europe. This was also one of the main reasons he did not produce much 'furry' artwork in that time period. <br /> <br /> === Hobbies ===<br /> {{Contributor}}<br /> Currently, Pegla's favorite pastimes include '''seeing friends''', '''watching movies''' and playing [[Wikipedia: City of Heroes|City of Heroes]] as well as [[Wikipedia:City of Villains|City of Villains]], both on the US servers. He is actively involved with several 'Supergroups', namely the ASPCA, Academica Vindica, The Embassy, Dark Angel Chapter and the Zenvious Foundation.<br /> <br /> == Appearances ==<br /> So far, Pegla has been attending the following furry conventions:<br /> *[[Anthrocon 2002]] (Attendee)<br /> *[[Eurofurence 4]] (Attendee)<br /> *[[Eurofurence 5]] (Attendee)<br /> *[[Eurofurence 7]] (Staff)<br /> *[[Eurofurence 8]] (Staff)<br /> *[[Eurofurence 9]] (Staff)<br /> *[[Eurofurence 10]] (Staff)<br /> *[[Eurofurence 11]] (Staff)<br /> *[[Eurofurence 12]] (Staff)<br /> *[[RBW 2007]] (Guest)<br /> *[[RBW 2008]] (Attendee)<br /> *[[Sylcon]] (Twice as attendee)<br /> *[[TreeCon]] (Twice as organisator)<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * [http://pegla.deviantart.com/ Pegla's art] on [[DeviantART]]<br /> * [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/pegla/ Pegla's art] on [[Fur Affinity]]<br /> * [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Pegla/ Pegla's art] on [[VCL]] (Not updated anymore)<br /> * [http://pegla.storm-artists.net/ Pegla's art] on [[Storm-Artists.net]] (Not updated anymore)<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:People]]<br /> [[Category:Artists]]<br /> [[Category:Skunk characters]]<br /> [[Category:Netherlands]]<br /> [[Category:1979 births]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Q._I._Malloy 2008-06-24T07:44:29Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Malloy-icon.jpg|thumb|A picture of ''Q. I. Malloy'' by [[Jotun]]]]<br /> '''Q. I. Malloy''' is a Dobermann and a drug dealer, and one of the protagonists in the ''[[Maranatha]]'' story series by Alex &quot;[[Osfer]]&quot; Vance. Born in 1972 in the Midlands to a single mother he move to the United States at an early age without his mother's consent. Failing to support himself, he enrolled in a seminary and was on his way toward priesthood.<br /> <br /> Instead, Malloy took to thieving and the dealing of drugs and, together with his longtime friend and in all but name lover [[Owen Zelazny]], came to [[Maranatha City]] in late 1998, where he continued to ply his trade.<br /> <br /> He is a broad-shouldered and muscular dog whose thuggish exterior belies a keen intellect, though his occasionally heroic and almost always charismatic behavior often misleads those closest to him into thinking him a 'rogue with a heart of gold', an illusion occasionally and shockingly dispelled when his flexible morality is exposed.<br /> <br /> He has described himself was 'a man compelled by sways of which he has not ken,' which is a prosaic departure from his usually rough speech.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Heathen-City-Malloy.png|thumb|Promo illustration for [[Heathen City]] featuring Malloy, made by [[Kamui]]]]<br /> Malloy makes an appearance as one of the protagonists in the comic [[Heathen City]], written by [[Alex Vance]], illustrated by [[Ayato]] and colored by [[Distasty]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:Heathen City characters]]<br /> [[Category:Doberman characters]]<br /> [[Category:1972 births]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Khaki 2008-06-18T08:35:11Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Alex-Vance-1.jpg|thumb|right|Alex Vance in Amsterdam, 2007]]'''Alex Vance''', aka '''Osfer''', is a [[furry]] [[author]], founder of the [[Bad Dog Books]] anthropomorphic publishing house and the [[furry fiction]] archive [[FurRag]].<br /> <br /> Alex has been in the [[furry fandom]] since early 1999, originally active in the [[FurNation]] talker until its closure, then transitioning to the [[Yiffnet]] channel to which most of the original FurNation talker population had moved. <br /> <br /> Later he began to frequent [[Tapestries]] MUCK where he would develop several characters which later found their way into the very long and as yet unfinished serial [[Maranatha]].<br /> <br /> == Bad Dog Books and FurRag ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Bd-logo-180.png|right|thumb|Logo designed by [[Kamui]]]]In 2005, his frustration at the death of furry fiction periodicals of significance led him to found a publishing operation and its flagship product, the periodical [[erotic]] furry fiction anthology [[FANG]], and later that year, with the aid of a friend, set up a furry fiction archive intended as a more general-purpose counterpart to [[Yiffstar]]. Yiffstar's admin [[Toumal]] provided some coding assistance.<br /> <br /> == RSI==<br /> <br /> In early 2006, he began suffering from repetitive strain injury, causing him pain in his fingers which required him to substantially moderate his typing. He announced his intention to put FANG on indefinite hiatus in order to let his fingers heal. With the help of [[Ben Goodridge]], he founded [[Bad Dog Books]] in July 2006 and resumed development of FANG, which also made its publishing services available to third-party authors interested in bringing their works to print.<br /> <br /> == Bibliography ==<br /> <br /> Until the deterioration of his fingers, Alex was an avid writer. Between 2004 and 2005, he wrote nineteen chapters of a serial story called [[Maranatha]], totalling nearly two hundred thousand words. Besides occasionally contributing stories of his own to [[FANG]], his fiction has appeared in [[FurNation Magazine]] issues 9 &amp; 10 and [[Heat]] volume 4 from [[Sofawolf Press]]. His new graphic novel [[Heathen City]], illustrated by [[Ayato]], [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]] and [[Fel]], is scheduled for release on June 26 2008, to coincide with [[Anthrocon]].<br /> <br /> == Appearances ==<br /> <br /> So far, Alex has attended [[Further Confusion]] in January of 2008, where he gave a series of four writing panels, continuing the ''Bad Dog Boot Camp'' panel started by [[Ben Goodridge]] at Anthrocon '07. <br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor|Osfer}}<br /> * [http://www.baddogbooks.com/ Bad Dog Books], home of [[FANG]], the [[FANG Presents]] line of novels and Bad Dog Books' publishing services.<br /> * [http://www.heathencity.com/ Heathen City homepage]<br /> * [http://www.furrag.com/ FurRag Fiction Archive]<br /> * [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Authors/Osfer/ Osfer's writings] on [[VCL]]<br /> * [http://anthroarchives.org/by_writer.php?uid=42 Osfer's writings] on [[AnthroArchives]]<br /> * [http://www.yiffstar.com/index.php?action=authorsearch&amp;authorsearch=Osfer Osfer's writings] on [[Yiffstar]]<br /> * [http://www.sofawolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=54 Heat Volume 4]<br /> * [http://furplanet.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=276 FurNation Magazine 9]<br /> [[Category:People]][[Category:Writers]][[Category:Editors]][[Category:Podcasters]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Heathen_City 2008-06-17T11:11:14Z

<p>Osfer: Inserted links and categories</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Heathen-city-1-cover-kamui-400.jpg|thumb|right|Cover of Volume One of [[Heathen City]]. Art by [[kamui]].]]'''Heathen City''' is a serial graphic novel written by [[Alex Vance]], illustrated by [[Ayato]], [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]] and [[Fel]]. <br /> <br /> Described as a modern, erotic thriller, '''Heathen City''' is an adult title with strong gay themes, graphic sex, strong language and violence. The gritty, contemporary setting and the sense of peril and isolation in an urban environment show the influence of works like Sin City and Blacksad. The art style and the promotional materials emphasize the cinematic aspect of the title, with the original promotional artwork in widescreen letterbox format.<br /> <br /> Volume One will be published by [[Bad Dog Books]] and printed and sold by [[FurPlanet]], with a debut date of June 26, 2008, to coincide with [[Anthrocon]]. <br /> <br /> == Synopsis ==<br /> [[Owen Zelazny]], a hustler who has decided to quit his life of prostitution, finds himself unintentionally entangled in what appears to be a criminal, political conspiracy. With his new lover [[Ruy Ortega]] in tow, Owen seeks out an old friend, [[Q. I. Malloy]], whom he hasn't spoken to in three years. With the threat of pursuers at their heels, the burden of secrets that each of the characters bear, and old flames rekindled, tensions rise as they traverse the globe in a struggle for survival. <br /> <br /> == Characters ==<br /> <br /> '''[[Owen Zelazny]]''', an American hustler, wolf, 27 years old, on the verge of retiring and starting a new career<br /> <br /> '''[[Q. I. Malloy]]''', an English Doberman, former burglar, pickpocket and drug dealer who was at one point incarcerated and is now of uncertain legal status. <br /> <br /> == Promotion ==<br /> Promotion for the upcoming release began in early October 2007, when [[FurNation]] and [[FurPlanet]] showed their support by posting the promotional posters on their front pages, causing the hit counter on the Heathen City a 2000 hit spike in 48 hours. After vocal support from [[Wookiee]], artists such as [[ArtDecade]], [[Decaf]] and [[K-9]] have showed their support by contributing fan art of some of the characters, which has attracted even more attention.<br /> <br /> == Publication == <br /> On May 18, it was announced on the [http://groups.google.com/group/heathencity Heathen City mailing list] that Volume One would be released on June 26, 2008, where [[FurPlanet]] will sell copies from their tables at [[Anthrocon]]. As of June 15, it is available for pre-order from FurPlanet.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.heathencity.com/ Heathen City homepage]<br /> *[http://www.baddogbooks.com/ Bad Dog Books homepage]<br /> *[http://heathencity.furplanet.com FurPlanet pre-order page]<br /> *[http://groups.google.com/group/heathencity Heathen City mailing list]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Mature comics]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Fel 2008-05-21T09:14:59Z

<p>Osfer: Added Heathen City credit</p> <hr /> <div>'''Fel''' is a mostly [[furry artist]] who creates both [[erotic]] and non-erotic work.<br /> <br /> His fursona features a high resemblance to the video game cat-girl character, Felicia, from Darkstalkers.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Art History ==<br /> <br /> * Fel's oekaki artwork has been featured in several of the FAP Sessions CD-ROMs released by [[Guppy]]<br /> * On January 2004, Fel's comic, &quot;Demon Hunter&quot; (written by [[Vandringar]]), along with a pin-up of the bat demon were featured on [[Genus Male]] #3. <br /> * A standalone follow-up of &quot;Demon Hunter&quot; was later released on Rabbit Valley as &quot;Demon Hunter Portfolio&quot; featureing 22 pages and a color cover.<br /> * On January 2008, ''Fel'' provided the artwork for [[Athalon]]'s &quot;The Milkshake Club: Part 2&quot; features on [[Softpaw Magazine]] #3.<br /> * Fel contributed some coloring work for the serial graphic novel [[Heathen City]].<br /> <br /> {{person-stub}}<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> <br /> * [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/fel Userpage of Fel (with gallery)] at [[Fur Affinity]] <br /> * [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Fel/ Fel's gallery] on the [[VCL]]<br /> * [http://www.bluefurry.com/paintbbs/display.php?name=fel Fel's Oekaki Gallery] on [[Blue Furry]<br /> * [http://www.rabbitvalley.com/department_1371_0_0.html Fel's print shop] on [[Rabbit Valley]]<br /> [[Category:People]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Furry Weekend Atlanta guests of honor]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Khaki 2008-05-21T09:02:20Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Alex-Vance-1.jpg|thumb|right|Alex Vance in Amsterdam, 2007]]'''Alex Vance''', aka '''Osfer''', is a [[furry]] [[author]], founder of the [[Bad Dog Books]] anthropomorphic publishing house and the [[furry fiction]] archive [[FurRag]].<br /> <br /> Alex has been in the [[furry fandom]] since early 1999, originally active in the [[FurNation]] talker until its closure, then transitioning to the [[Yiffnet]] channel to which most of the original FurNation talker population had moved. <br /> <br /> Later he began to frequent [[Tapestries]] MUCK where he would develop several characters which later found their way into the very long and as yet unfinished serial [[Maranatha]].<br /> <br /> == Bad Dog Books and FurRag ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Bd-logo-180.png|right|thumb|Logo designed by [[Kamui]]]]In 2005, his frustration at the death of furry fiction periodicals of significance led him to found a publishing operation and its flagship product, the periodical [[erotic]] furry fiction anthology [[FANG]], and later that year, with the aid of a friend, set up a furry fiction archive intended as a more general-purpose counterpart to [[Yiffstar]]. Yiffstar's admin [[Toumal]] provided some coding assistance.<br /> <br /> == RSI==<br /> <br /> In early 2006, he began suffering from repetitive strain injury, causing him pain in his fingers which required him to substantially moderate his typing. He announced his intention to put FANG on indefinite hiatus in order to let his fingers heal. With the help of [[Ben Goodridge]], he founded [[Bad Dog Books]] in July 2006 and resumed development of FANG, which also made its publishing services available to third-party authors interested in bringing their works to print.<br /> <br /> == Bibliography ==<br /> <br /> Until the deterioration of his fingers, Alex was an avid writer. Between 2004 and 2005, he wrote nineteen chapters of a serial story called [[Maranatha]], totalling nearly two hundred thousand words. Besides occasionally contributing stories of his own to [[FANG]], his fiction has appeared in [[FurNation Magazine]] issues 9 10 and [[Heat]] volume 4 from [[Sofawolf Press]]. His new graphic novel [[Heathen City]], illustrated by [[Ayato]], [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]] and [[Fel]], is scheduled for release on June 26 2008, to coincide with [[Anthrocon]].<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor|Osfer}}<br /> * [http://www.baddogbooks.com/ Bad Dog Books], home of [[FANG]], the [[FANG Presents]] line of novels and Bad Dog Books' publishing services.<br /> * [http://www.heathencity.com/ Heathen City homepage]<br /> * [http://www.furrag.com/ FurRag Fiction Archive]<br /> * [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Authors/Osfer/ Osfer's writings] on [[VCL]]<br /> * [http://anthroarchives.org/by_writer.php?uid=42 Osfer's writings] on [[AnthroArchives]]<br /> * [http://www.yiffstar.com/index.php?action=authorsearch&amp;authorsearch=Osfer Osfer's writings] on [[Yiffstar]]<br /> * [http://www.sofawolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=54 Heat Volume 4]<br /> * [http://furplanet.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=276 FurNation Magazine 9]<br /> [[Category:People]][[Category:Writers]][[Category:Editors]][[Category:Podcasters]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Kamui 2008-05-21T09:00:19Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Kamui''' is a [[furry artist]] and creator of the book ''Work in Process'', a letter-sized paperback, 52 full-color pages in total being printed by [[FurPlanet]]. Kamui designed the [[FurRag]] mascots.&lt;ref&gt;Bottom of webpages at FurRag.com say &quot;Site artwork by Kamui.&quot; Retrieved 2008 April 9.&lt;/ref&gt; and the [[Bad Dog Books]] logo. Kamui did the front cover of the comic book [[Circles]] #6 and cover art for the novel [[White Crusade]]. The novel ''[[The Hero]]'' includes art by Kamui. He as also responsible for the cover of Volume One of [[Heathen City]].<br /> <br /> {{person-stub}}<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> *[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kamui Kamui] on [[Fur Affinity]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]][[Category:Artists]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Heathen_City 2008-05-21T08:58:47Z

<p>Osfer: Updated to reflect current information</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Heathen-city-1-cover-kamui-400.jpg|thumb|right|Cover of Volume One of [[Heathen City]]. Art by [[kamui]].]]'''Heathen City''' is a serial graphic novel written by [[Alex Vance]], illustrated by [[Ayato]], [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]] and [[Fel]]. <br /> <br /> Described as a modern, erotic thriller, '''Heathen City''' is an adult title with strong gay themes, graphic sex, strong language and violence. The gritty, contemporary setting and the sense of peril and isolation in an urban environment show the influence of works like Sin City and Blacksad. The art style and the promotional materials emphasize the cinematic aspect of the title, with the original promotional artwork in widescreen letterbox format.<br /> <br /> Volume One will be published by [[Bad Dog Books]] and printed and sold by [[FurPlanet]], with a debut date of June 26, 2008, to coincide with [[Anthrocon]]. <br /> <br /> == Synopsis ==<br /> [[Owen Zelazny]], a hustler who has decided to quit his life of prostitution, finds himself unintentionally entangled in what appears to be a criminal, political conspiracy. With his new lover [[Ruy Ortega]] in tow, Owen seeks out an old friend, [[Q. I. Malloy]], whom he hasn't spoken to in three years. With the threat of pursuers at their heels, the burden of secrets that each of the characters bear, and old flames rekindled, tensions rise as they traverse the globe in a struggle for survival. <br /> <br /> == Characters ==<br /> <br /> '''[[Owen Zelazny]]''', an American hustler, wolf, 27 years old, on the verge of retiring and starting a new career.<br /> <br /> '''[[Q. I. Malloy]]''', an English Doberman, former burglar, pickpocket and drug dealer who was at one point incarcerated and is now of uncertain legal status. <br /> <br /> == Promotion ==<br /> Promotion for the upcoming release began in early October 2007, when [[FurNation]] and [[FurPlanet]] showed their support by posting the promotional posters on their front pages, causing the hit counter on the Heathen City a 2000 hit spike in 48 hours. After vocal support from [[Wookiee]], artists such as [[ArtDecade]], [[Decaf]] and [[K-9]] have showed their support by contributing fan art of some of the characters, which has attracted even more attention.<br /> <br /> == Publication == <br /> On May 18, it was announced on the [http://groups.google.com/group/heathencity Heathen City mailing list] that Volume One would be released on June 26, 2008, where [[FurPlanet]] will sell copies from their tables at [[Anthrocon]].</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Owen_Zelazny 2008-05-21T08:43:02Z

<p>Osfer: Revised for Heathen City</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Heathen-City-Owen-Zelazny.JPG|thumb|Owen Zelazny as he appears in Heathen City. Drawn by Ayato, colored by Distasty]]'''Owen Zelazny''' is a [[wolf]] and a hustler, one of the protagonists in the serial graphic novel ''[[Heathen City]]'' [[Alex Vance]]. Born in 1981, Owen came to [[Maranatha City]] in late 1999, having begun selling his body at an early age. He is youthful, energetic, very comfortable with his chosen profession, which he takes very seriously.<br /> <br /> == Residence ==<br /> Originally from New orleans, Owen lived in a small apartment in a dilapidated building in Maranatha City, with neighbours [[Double Bill]] and [[Mrs Ackerby]] and her dog [[Pickles]], under the rule of landlord [[Butterfly]]. His second-story apartment faces into a courtyard with clear line of sight from [[Nicky Marlowe]]'s apartment on the other side.<br /> <br /> After his departure from Maranatha City, he was most recently seen in London, not far from Piccadilly Square, though it's unknown whether he resides in that city.<br /> <br /> == Occupation ==<br /> Owen is a prostitute, servicing predominantly male clients, preferring the term hustler over escort because of his preference for the quick and anonymous servicing of a large number of clients rather than 'spending the night' with one particular customer. <br /> <br /> Owen continued to ply this trade even after Maranatha City, though by the time he appears in Heathen City he is very close to 'retiring' fro the profession to find another direction for his life.<br /> <br /> == Relationships ==<br /> Owen's oldest friend and lover, in all but name, is [[Q. I. Malloy]], a dobermann burglar and drug dealer, with whom he first traveled to Maranatha City. While sexually active and emotionally intimate with each other, the pair never had a relationship in the technical sense, and only briefly shared an apartment in their early days in Maranatha before going their separate ways.<br /> <br /> Owen has most recently seen in various Soho nightclubs in the company of a tiger named Ruy. The precise nature of this relationship is unclear, though Owen's decision to quit his life of prostitution came very soon after his first encounter with Ruy.<br /> <br /> == Trivia ==<br /> Owen is technically Jewish, and is known to occasionally uphold certain aspects of the faith, electing to eat kosher on significant days such as Hanukkah, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashannah. The arbitrary nature of his observances and, of course, his profession, indicate that this is motivated less by actual belief in the Jewish scriptures, and more by his upbringing, and the comfort of familiar rituals. <br /> <br /> == Heathen City ==<br /> <br /> Owen Zelzny appears as one of the core cast of the upcoming serial graphic novel[[Heathen City]], written by [[Alex Vance]], illustrated by [[Ayato]] and digitally colored by [[Distasty]], [[Krahnos]], [[Charha]], and [[Fel]]. He had previously appeared in Alex Vance's unfinished story series [[Maranatha]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:Heathen City characters]]<br /> [[Category:1981 births]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Category:Heathen_City_characters 2008-05-21T08:28:08Z

<p>Osfer: Created page with 'The following is a list of characters appearing in ''Heathen City'' by Alex Vance. Category: Story characters'</p> <hr /> <div>The following is a list of characters appearing in ''[[Heathen City]]'' by [[Alex Vance]].<br /> <br /> [[Category: Story characters]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Owen_Zelazny 2008-05-21T08:27:06Z

<p>Osfer: Updated categorization</p> <hr /> <div>{{maranatha}}[[Image:Owen-1-icon.jpg|thumb|A picture of ''Owen Zelazny'' by [[Jotun]]]]<br /> '''Owen Zelazny''' is a [[wolf]] and a hustler, one of the protagonists in the ''[[Maranatha]]'' series of stories by Alex &quot;[[Osfer]]&quot; Vance. Born in 1981, Owen came to the [[Maranatha City]] in late 1998, having begun selling his body at an early age. He is youthful, energetic, very comfortable with his chosen profession, which he takes very seriously.<br /> <br /> == Residence ==<br /> Owen lives in a small apartment in a delapidated building, with neighbours [[Double Bill]] and [[Mrs Ackerby]] and her dog [[Pickles]], under the rule of landlord [[Butterfly]]. His second-story apartment faces into a courtyard with clear line of sight from [[Nicky Marlowe]]'s apartment on the other side.<br /> <br /> == Occupation ==<br /> Owen is a prostitute, servicing predominantly male clients, preferring the term hustler over escort because of his preference for the quick and anonymous servicing of a large number of clients rather than 'spending the night' with one particular customer. Concerns about STDs are negated by his regular use of the clunky, laborious and extremely uncomfortable [[Immunizer]] at a local free clinic.<br /> <br /> His oldest friend and in all but name lover is [[Q. I. Malloy]].<br /> <br /> [[Image:Heathen-City-Owen-Zelazny.JPG|thumb|Owen Zelazny as he appears in Heathen City. Drawn by Ayato,coloed by Distasty]]<br /> == Heathen City ==<br /> <br /> Owen Zelzny appears as one of the core cast of Alex Vance's upcoming comic [[Heathen City]], illustrated by [[Ayato]] and digitally colored by [[Distasty]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:Heathen City characters]]<br /> [[Category:1981 births]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:Heathen-city-1-cover-kamui-400.jpg 2008-05-21T08:20:20Z

<p>Osfer: Cover of Heathen City Volume One. Art by kamui, used with permission from Bad Dog Books.</p> <hr /> <div>Cover of [[Heathen City]] Volume One. Art by kamui, used with permission from [[Bad Dog Books]].</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/BDB_Podcast 2008-02-20T09:28:49Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{Infobox Podcast<br /> | title = The BDB Podcast<br /> | image = [[ Image:BDB_Podcast_logo.png|150px]]<br /> | caption = Updates and readings from Bad Dog Books.<br /> | host = [[Alex Vance]]<br /> | url = http://www.baddogbooks.com<br /> | rss = http://feeds.feedburner.com/bdbpodcast<br /> | status = Active<br /> | began = February 2007<br /> | genre = Literature<br /> }}<br /> The BDB Podcast is a monthly audio program of 45 to 60 minutes, produced by [[Bad Dog Books]] and hosted by [[Alex Vance]]. The podcast includes news and updates specific to [[Bad Dog Books]], though the main focus is on audiobook readings of stories, beginning with [[The Walking Mountain]] from [[Ben Goodridge]]'s [[Arcanum Arcanorum]] series, which was added to [[FANG Volume 2]] to coincide with the pocket-size re-release of that volume in 2007.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://feeds.feedburner.com/bdbpodcast RSS feed for the BDB Podcast]<br /> * [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=215827782 The BDB Podcast on iTunes]<br /> * [http://www.baddogbooks.com Bad Dog Books homepage]<br /> {{template:radio}}<br /> [[Category:Radio]]<br /> [[Category:Podcasts]]<br /> [[Category:2007 births]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:BDB_Podcast_logo.png 2008-02-20T09:26:20Z

<p>Osfer: Logo for the Bad Dog Books Podcast</p> <hr /> <div>== Summary ==<br /> Logo for the Bad Dog Books Podcast<br /> == Licensing ==<br /> {{logo}}</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Khaki 2007-10-22T09:34:57Z

<p>Osfer: Replaced character image by Jotun with RL photo, included BDB logo in appropriate section, and added reference to the fanart Heathen City has been receiving.</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Alex-Vance-1.jpg|thumb|right|Alex Vance in Amsterdam, 2007]]'''Alex Vance''', aka '''Osfer''', is a [[furry]] [[author]], founder of the [[Bad Dog Books]] anthropomorphic publishing house and the [[furry fiction]] archive [[FurRag]].<br /> <br /> Alex has been in the [[furry fandom]] since early 1999, originally active in the [[FurNation]] talker until its closure, then transitioning to the [[Yiffnet]] channel to which most of the original FurNation talker population had moved. <br /> <br /> Later he began to frequent [[Tapestries]] MUCK where he would develop several characters which later found their way into the very long and as yet unfinished serial [[Maranatha]].<br /> <br /> == Bad Dog Books and FurRag ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Bd-logo-180.png|right|thumb|Logo designed by [[Kamui]]]]In 2005, his frustration at the death of furry fiction periodicals of significance led him to found a publishing operation and its flagship product, the periodical [[erotic]] furry fiction anthology [[FANG]], and later that year, with the aid of a friend, set up a furry fiction archive intended as a more general-purpose counterpart to [[Yiffstar]]. Yiffstar's admin [[Toumal]] provided some coding assistance.<br /> <br /> == RSI==<br /> <br /> In early 2006, he began suffering from repetitive strain injury, causing him pain in his fingers which required him to substantially moderate his typing. He announced his intention to put FANG on indefinite hiatus in order to let his fingers heal. With the help of [[Ben Goodridge]], he founded [[Bad Dog Books]] in July 2006 and resumed development of FANG, which also made its publishing services available to third-party authors interested in bringing their works to print.<br /> <br /> == Bibliography ==<br /> <br /> Until the deterioration of his fingers, Alex was an avid writer. Between 2004 and 2005, he wrote nineteen chapters of a serial story called [[Maranatha]], totalling nearly two hundred thousand words. Besides occasionally contributing stories of his own to [[FANG]], his fiction has appeared in [[FurNation Magazine]] issue 9 and [[Heat]] volume 4 from [[Sofawolf Press]].<br /> <br /> == Heathen City==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Heathen-City-Poster-1.jpg|thumb|right|Promotional poster for Heathen City]]Alex is currently working on an upcoming [[graphic novel]] by the name of ''Heathen City'', with art by [[Ayato]] and colored by [[Distasty]]. Promotion for the upcoming release began in early October, when [[FurNation]] and [[FurPlanet]] showed their support by posting the promotional posters on their front pages, causing the hit counter on the Heathen City a 2000 hit spike in 48 hour.<br /> <br /> A promotional campaign including on-line advertisements on Google Adsense, ProjectWonderful and the ad rotation on the Keenspot comics website is currently underway. <br /> <br /> After vocal support from [[Wookiee]], artists such as [[ArtDecade]], [[Decaf]] and [[K-9]] have showed their support by contributing fan art of some of the characters, which has attracted even more attention.<br /> <br /> The first volume of this graphic novel will be available in early 2008.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> {{Contributor|Osfer}}<br /> * [http://www.baddogbooks.com/ Bad Dog Books], home of [[FANG]], the [[FANG Presents]] line of novels and Bad Dog Books' publishing services.<br /> * [http://www.heathencity.com/ Heathen City homepage]<br /> * [http://www.furrag.com/ FurRag Fiction Archive]<br /> * [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Authors/Osfer/ Osfer's writings] on [[VCL]]<br /> * [http://anthroarchives.org/by_writer.php?uid=42 Osfer's writings] on [[AnthroArchives]]<br /> * [http://www.yiffstar.com/index.php?action=authorsearch&amp;authorsearch=Osfer Osfer's writings] on [[Yiffstar]]<br /> * [http://www.sofawolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=54 Heat Volume 4]<br /> * [http://furplanet.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=276 FurNation Magazine 9]<br /> [[Category:People]][[Category:Writers]][[Category:Editors]][[Category:Podcasters]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:Alex-Vance-1.jpg 2007-10-22T09:32:02Z

<p>Osfer: A picture of Alex Vance on a rooftop in Amsterdam</p> <hr /> <div>== Summary ==<br /> A picture of Alex Vance on a rooftop in Amsterdam<br /> == Licensing ==<br /> {{Permission-wikifurries}}</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Q._I._Malloy 2007-10-08T16:10:20Z

<p>Osfer: </p> <hr /> <div>{{maranatha}}[[Image:Malloy-icon.jpg|thumb|A picture of ''Q. I. Malloy'' by [[Jotun]]]]<br /> '''Q. I. Malloy''' is a Dobermann and a drug dealer, and one of the protagonists in the ''[[Maranatha]]'' story series by Alex &quot;[[Osfer]]&quot; Vance. Born in 1972 in the Midlands to a single mother he move to the United States at an early age without his mother's consent. Failing to support himself, he enrolled in a seminary and was on his way toward priesthood.<br /> <br /> Instead, Malloy took to thieving and the dealing of drugs and, together with his longtime friend and in all but name lover [[Owen Zelazny]], came to [[Maranatha City]] in late 1998, where he continued to ply his trade.<br /> <br /> He is a broad-shouldered and muscular dog whose thuggish exterior belies a keen intellect, though his occasionally heroic and almost always charismatic behavior often misleads those closest to him into thinking him a 'rogue with a heart of gold', an illusion occcasionally and shockingly dispelled when his flexible morality is exposed.<br /> <br /> He has described himself was 'a man compelled by sways of which he has not ken,' which is a prosaic departure from his usually rough speech.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Heathen-City-Malloy.png|thumb|Promo illustration for [[Heathen City]] featuring Malloy, made by [[Kamui]]]]<br /> Malloy makes an appearance as one of the protagonists in the comic [[Heathen City]], written by [[Alex Vance]], illustrated by [[Ayato]] and colored by [[Distasty]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:Maranatha characters]]<br /> [[Category:Doberman characters]]<br /> [[Category:1972 births]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Q._I._Malloy 2007-10-08T15:11:49Z

<p>Osfer: Added reference to his appearance in Heathen City</p> <hr /> <div>{{maranatha}}[[Image:Malloy-icon.jpg|thumb|A picture of ''Q. I. Malloy'' by [[Jotun]]]]<br /> '''Q. I. Malloy''' is a Dobermann and a drug dealer, and one of the protagonists in the ''[[Maranatha]]'' story series by Alex &quot;[[Osfer]]&quot; Vance. Born in 1972 in the Midlands to a single mother he move to the United States at an early age without his mother's consent. Failing to support himself, he enrolled in a seminary and was on his way toward priesthood.<br /> <br /> Instead, Malloy took to thieving and the dealing of drugs and, together with his longtime friend and in all but name lover [[Owen Zelazny]], came to [[Maranatha City]] in late 1998, where he continued to ply his trade.<br /> <br /> He is a broad-shouldered and muscular dog whose thuggish exterior belies a keen intellect, though his occasionally heroic and almost always charismatic behavior often misleads those closest to him into thinking him a 'rogue with a heart of gold', an illusion occcasionally and shockingly dispelled when his flexible morality is exposed.<br /> <br /> He has described himself was 'a man compelled by sways of which he has not ken,' which is a prosaic departure from his usually rough speech.<br /> [[Image:Heathen-City-Malloy.png|thumb|Promo illustration for [[Heathen City]] featuring Malloy, made by [[Kamui]].<br /> Malloy makes an appearance as one of the protagonists in the comic [[Heathen City]], written by [[Alex Vance]], illustrated by [[Ayato]] and colored by [[Distasty]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:Maranatha characters]]<br /> [[Category:Doberman characters]]<br /> [[Category:1972 births]]</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:Heathen-City-Malloy.png 2007-10-08T15:07:55Z

<p>Osfer: Promotional artwork for the comic Heathen City. This illustration was done by Kamui, and is posted with permission.</p> <hr /> <div>== Summary ==<br /> Promotional artwork for the comic [[Heathen City]]. This illustration was done by [[Kamui]], and is posted with permission.<br /> == Licensing ==<br /> {{press}}</div>

Osfer //en.wikifur.com/wiki/Owen_Zelazny 2007-10-08T15:04:44Z

<p>Osfer: Added reference to his appearance in Heathen City</p> <hr /> <div>{{maranatha}}[[Image:Owen-1-icon.jpg|thumb|A picture of ''Owen Zelazny'' by [[Jotun]]]]<br /> '''Owen Zelazny''' is a [[wolf]] and a hustler, one of the protagonists in the ''[[Maranatha]]'' series of stories by Alex &quot;[[Osfer]]&quot; Vance. Born in 1981, Owen came to the [[Maranatha City]] in late 1998, having begun selling his body at an early age. He is youthful, energetic, very comfortable with his chosen profession, which he takes very seriously.<br /> <br /> == Residence ==<br /> Owen lives in a small apartment in a delapidated building, with neighbours [[Double Bill]] and [[Mrs Ackerby]] and her dog [[Pickles]], under the rule of landlord [[Butterfly]]. His second-story apartment faces into a courtyard with clear line of sight from [[Nicky Marlowe]]'s apartment on the other side.<br /> <br /> == Occupation ==<br /> Owen is a prostitute, servicing predominantly male clients, preferring the term hustler over escort because of his preference for the quick and anonymous servicing of a large number of clients rather than 'spending the night' with one particular customer. Concerns about STDs are negated by his regular use of the clunky, laborious and extremely uncomfortable [[Immunizer]] at a local free clinic.<br /> <br /> His oldest friend and in all but name lover is [[Q. I. Malloy]].<br /> <br /> [[Image:Heathen-City-Owen-Zelazny.JPG|thumb|Owen Zelazny as he appears in Heathen City. Drawn by Ayato,coloed by Distasty]]<br /> == Heathen City ==<br /> <br /> Owen Zelzny appears as one of the core cast of Alex Vance's upcoming comic [[Heathen City]], illustrated by [[Ayato]] and digitally colored by [[Distasty]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:Maranatha characters]]<br /> [[Category:1981 births]]</div>

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