Furry Fandom Founders, Doxx Info, Etc.


TL;DR, TL;DW Below, skip to the bottom as well afterwards, if you don't have the time.

Quick TL;DR Video


Fandom started around 1971. Started from 1980s Science Fiction Conventions. Founded by 2 gay dudes: Mark Merlino (Dead), his partner, Rod O' Riley, as well as Fred Patten (Dead) [One of the Founders of C/FO], Kenneth Sample, Kenneth Pick, Miachel Sherman (Dead), Niel Quama Wilche, and Kay Shapero.


Mark Merlino ("The Father of the Furry Fandom") - C/FO Socials:
aka Sylys Sable
Fur Affinity
DeviantArt
YouTube

Fred Patten Socials:

Furry Writer's Guild
Fred Patten News
Anime News Network

Where his Memorial was held:

Big Jim's Family Restaurant
8950 Laurel Canyon Blvd.
Sun Valley, CA 91352


Kenneth Sample Socials:

VCL
Fur Affinity
Yerf! - Historical Art Archive
Picarto - Live Right Now, Still Active
MacroFurry
Puma Paw Graphics
Patreon


Miachel Sherman Socials:

VCL - Link Doesn't Work

Rod O' Riley Socials:
aka Rodney Stansfield, Vinson Mink - Garden Grove, CA
Fursona - Mink

MySpace
Fur Affinity

Kay Shapero Socials:

Kay Shapero's Website

In-Fur-Nation

First FurryHouse (His House) - Ground Zero for Furry Fandom Activites ~1985
The Prancing Skilltaire


13412 Gilbert St Garden Grove, CA 92844, USA (Orange County)
(714) 539-6547


Started from the Cartoon Fantasy Organization - Los Angeles, California, USA


Then Branched out to Its own thing:


First actual convention 1989-2003. At a Holiday Inn, in Costa Mesa, California (Southern California), USA

Later became CaliFur 2004-2017


First Furry Species:


Fanta. Female Aquatic Skilltaire. 1970s. Mascot - Furry Character, for C/FO. Art by Kenneth Sample. Play on the word Fantasy. Created by Mark Merlino. Inspired from. First Hybrid Species. Anthropomorphic Weasel-like sentient aliens.

First "Furry Party" (Room Party) was Westercon - July 1986


FurryMUCK - Online RPG where furries hang out


Old Furry Comic APA - 1985


Orange County SCI-FI Club - Pre Convention Meetup for Furries - 1982


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Skilltaire

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Mark Merlino & The Prancing Skilltaire

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Kenneth Sample, The Guy response for creating the Skilltaire Species, along with Mark Merlino

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Confurence0, The First Furry Convention
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Old Convention from 2007, for growth example.
 

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globekun

Ediot
i could actually use the "respectfully fuck off" badge
but refuse to go to a furcon to get one
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the presence of "sensory overload", "sensitive to loud noises", and best of all "please be patient with me" (the motto for tards at this point) really drives home how many autistic people there are in the furry fandom. i mean, why wouldnt tards be attracted to animals with bright colors?
 
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