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RooCat

2025-12-12T18:09:15Z

Roo catuk: adding right name handle, added info of comic and FA gallery, Provided links

'''RooCatUk''' is an furry [[artist]] 
Who contributed interior art to ''[[Dainties]]'' Second Collection.<ref>Dainties Second Collection. Bristol, Great Britain: Crownmere Limited. 2001.</ref> 
Working on a comic called [https://celvarwyn.cfw.me/ Realms of Celvar'Wyn]<ref>Realms of Celvar'Wyn on ComicFury = https://celvarwyn.cfw.me/</ref> 
Has a FA Gallery where he posts his works <ref>FA Gallery https://www.furaffinity.net/user/roocatuk/</ref> 
Currently working on a collaborative comic project with two other people as of September 2025 

== References ==
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Kjartan Arnórsson

2023-04-17T09:11:44Z

Roo catuk: /* External links */ linking karno's patreon page

[[File:Kjartan Arnorsson.JPG|right|thumb|Kjartan Arnórsson]]
'''Kjartan Arnórsson''', better known as '''Karno''', is a [[furry artist]] and [[comic]] [[writer]] from [[Wikipedia:Iceland|Iceland]], who lives in [[W:Tucson, Arizona|Tucson, Arizona]], USA.

== Fandom involvement ==

Karno has been involved in the [[furry fandom]] since the late 1980s, and is best known for his mystical but [[erotic]] tales of a magic-slinging [[mustelid]], [[The Mink]], which were serialized in ''[[Genus]]''.

He later put out a [[comic]] called ''[[Big Funnies]]'' printed by [[Radio Comix]] and the Karno's Klassics comics series. He's been heavily involved in various [[fanzine]]s over the years, including ''[[Rowrbrazzle]]'', ''[[Huzzah]]'', and ''[[Barr Wars]]''. His art can also be found in [[MU Press]]'s ''[[WILD!]]'' anthology.

As well as the mystic Mink, his better-known creations include the gun-wielding vigilante [[Savage Squirrel]], the rat freedom fighter [[Herman Orca]] (who appears in the [[Open Season]] series), and [[Two-Ton Tina]], a vivacious and curvaceous elephant lady.

As of 2021, his ongoing comics include the adventures of Savage Squirrel, The Mink, and Happy Jack (an Iron Man-type character wearing a powered suit); the sex comedy ''Here There Be Dragons''; as well as the superheroic ''Komos & Goldie'' (a collaboration with [[Joe Strike]]).

He is easily recognized at [[convention]]s by his stature (Karno is 6 foot, 9 inches [2.06 meters] tall), which is why he draws himself as a [[giraffe]].

== Filmography ==
[[File:KarnoIwoJima.jpg|right|thumb|Karno as a US Marine]]
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!rowspan="1"|Title
!rowspan="1"|Year released
!rowspan="1"|Year produced
!rowspan="1"|Company
!rowspan="1"|Genre
!rowspan="1"|Theme
!rowspan="1"|Job/Role
!rowspan="1"|Notes
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| ''[[W:Flags of Our Fathers (film)|Flags of Our Fathers]]''
| December 20, 2006
| ?
| [[W:DreamWorks SKG|DreamWorks SKG]], [[W:Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros. Pictures]], [[W:Amblin Entertainment|Amblin Entertainment]]
| Feature film
| War
| Actor, extra
| Karno played a [[Wikipedia:United States Marine Corps|US Marine]] storming the beaches of [[Wikipedia:Battle of Iwo Jima|Iwo Jima]]. The shooting took part on Karno's native Iceland, as its low profile, volcanic black sand beaches resemble those of Iwo Jima.
|}

== External links ==

* [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.islandia.is/karno/ Karno's] personal homepage (online 2001- 2007 January 20) on [http://www.islandia.is/ Islandia.is] (retrieved via the Internet Wayback Machine)
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/karno Karno] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Karno/ Karno] on [[VCL]]
* [https://www.facebook.com/kjartan.arnorsson Karno] on [[Facebook]]
* [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kjartan-arnorsson/b/606/a31 Karno] on [[W:LinkedIn| LinkedIn]]
* [http://www.patreon.com/Karno/ Karno] on [[Patreon]]

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The Mink

2023-04-17T09:08:57Z

Roo catuk: /* External links */

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'''''The Mink''''' is a long running action/adventure story created, drawn, and written by [[Kjartan Arnorsson]] (Karno) that ran in the pages of ''[[Genus]]'' and ''[[Savage Funnies]]'' for nearly a decade.

== Plot ==
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The story centers primarily around [[Laura Waller]], better-known as the magically adept and exceedingly well-endowed superheroine "The Mink". Laura was once a gawky, unimpressive teenager, winding her way through college without much of a plan for the future, until she found a grimoire of exceptional power in a rare book shop. Abandoning her studies, all her money, and most of her thoughts for the outside world, Laura threw herself head-first into learning magic, quickly finding that she had an amazing latent talent for spellcraft.

One of the first things Laura chose to do with her new abilities was to change herself: gone was the thin, flat-chested, overlooked recluse, replaced with a build that can only be described as "amazonian". Now well over six feet tall, exceptionally strong, and with a body that no man seemed able to resist, The Mink set about to being a far stronger woman than she had ever been as "Little Laura".

=== Change in focus ===

''The Mink'' ran as a serial-format story, beginning in the original issue of ''Genus'' in 1994. The first story, ''Do You Believe In Magic?'', had The Mink saving her old friend Shelly from an alleyway mugger. The rest of the piece was primarily backstory, establishing Laura's acquisition of the Grimoire and her changes.

When ''Genus'' changed from a "mature audiences" comic to "adults only" after issue #4, the flavour of the story changed dramatically. No longer bound to a "soft R" rating, Karno was free to include quite a bit of violence and, even moreso, his trademark over-the-top sex. ''SEX!'' is exactly what the title indicates and not much more, and while later chapters would certainly not be page after page of copulation, Laura's alarmingly active sex drive would feature highly throughout.

=== Details ===

The first major story arc presented The Mink fighting a demon who had rampaged throughout the minds of mages for centuries, and who was steadily eating away at her own psyche. Aided by Karno's earlier creation, the brazen, gun-packing sociopath [[Savage Squirrel]], and through judicious application of magic, 9mm rounds, high explosives, and The Mink's own enhanced "assets", the demon was put to rest in ''Kill A Demon?''.

Since that early story arc, The Mink, along with Shelly, Savage Squirrel and his fiance, have dodged a magic-hungry techno-wizard, fought off zombies, tried to manage the responsibilities of her powers, and even dealt with a troop of angry giants who lost their leader (this last story was not printed in ''Genus'', but only ran in the long out-of-print ''Savage Funnies''). The last major storyline began with ''The Toy Boy'' and centered around The Mink's discovery of a group of genetically modified "children", built-to-order for the sexual fantasies of the buyer, after one attempted suicide to escape his "owner". Laura travelled far and wide, tracking down the few "children" she could and taking the three -- Toy (later renamed Toby), Huundrat, and Bovie -- as a sort of surrogate family of her own.

== Hiatus ==

After that final entry, the twenty-third of the serial, the curtain unofficially closed on ''The Mink''. While Karno has not stated that the story is over as it stands, there have been no new chapters in a number of years; Karno's primarily focus as of late has been on his barnyard sex romps in the pages of [[MU Press|MU]]'s ''[[Wild!]]''. Whether or not this is final is yet to be determined, but with [[Kjartan Arnorsson|Karno]] no longer appearing in [[Sin Factory]] comics and the sudden discontinuation of ''Wild!'', it looks like Laura will spend her days quitely with the "children" and Shelly.

For the reader who would like to catch up with the adventures of the gang in all their violent and carnal glory, the best overall book to begin with is ''Genus's Greatest Hits''' #2, which while out-of-print is not difficult to come by, and features the original seven chapters. Other chapters appear through various issues of ''Genus'' proper, and are moderately rare. There is also a ''The Mink'' portfolio based on the chapter "SEX!"; it simply features all of the art panels without any of the binding text or bookend segments between Shelly and Laura.

It should be noted that, beyond the first two chapters, there is ''extremely'' graphic sexual content in nearly every chapter. This material is intended strictly for adult audiences, and even they should understand Karno's propensities before reading.

== External links ==
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* [http://us-p.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Karno/MinkLight.jpg Three] [http://us-p.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Karno/MinkBunns.jpg pictures] [http://us-p.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Karno/MINK.JPG of] The Mink on [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Karno/ Karno's account] at the [[VCL]] (not work-safe)
*[http://www.patreon.com/Karno/ Karno has a Patreon page and is continuing the mink storyline] (not work-safe)
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