Skunk (comic)
Skunk is a black and white one-shot comic published by MU Press in 1993, which featured satirical jabs at the fandom (the title itself was short for the anti-furry slur, "skunkfucker").[1]
History[edit]
It was edited by Edd Vick and featured strips by Donna Barr, Roberta Gregory, Chuck Melville (who also helped with production), and Colin Upton, with a cover by artist Tom Verre and back cover by Marc Schirmeister.
Backlash[edit]
The release of the comic drew criticism as it was penned in the same satirical vein as Shawn Keller's Horrifying Look at the Furries.
The Fur Flies To France[edit]
One particular strip that was criticized was Colin Upton's "The Fur Flies To France", concerning the roman à clef misadventures of a boorish American comic artist called "the Goat" - a barely disguised anthropomorphic version of Jim Groat - who acts like an idiot abroad and runs into trouble with French customs.
The strip was based on a true story.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ Review and excerpted images at Pressed Fur
- ↑ "The World's Biggest Comic Book Convention" - LiveJournal post by Edd Vick regarding the 1992 Angoulême International Comics Festival (26 January 2007)