Taurid Tales, 1998

First up is one I know several of you have been waiting for--another folio from Oscar Marcus I stumbled onto at AC. It's more comic-like than his other pinup collections and came staplebound.

It's one of the last things I'm aware of him releasing before disappearing.

This advert says there was a colour version, though the text seems to indicate it was substantially shorter than the black & white version. Also quite expensive--$24 over $10.

I don't have it, nor do I have a lead on a copy.

Marda, Queen Of Wolves, 1997

I have no idea who "D. Thomas" is--the art style is not familiar, no first name is ever given, and the only other name in the packet is "Size Games Guy". I know it was sold through Ed Zolna, but that's not very helpful.

A bit disappointing, though I must admit, Marda's got a nice rack.

Hardbodies!, 1995

A series of body-builder-centric one-offs. Some of the art is a little scary, but it balances out.

I'm a fan of muscle, so I'm biased.

Ms. Livingstone is still around, but her involvement in the furry side of things is rather...small.

MOST FRIGHTENING FACE EVER. O.O

The Larna Portfolio, 1994

A vanity portfolio for a character who's since largely gone silent. I post this one not because of the character--she was one of the more notable super-top-heavy vixens, and showed up in Dutch's Pencil Test with Misty The Mouse before her creator switched gears--but because a few of the artists here are long forgotten.

Title panel by Cougr.

Michael Higgs (Tinyfoxtaur).

Scott Norman. This is Larna's creator/player, so the artwork's forgiveable (though not nearly awful).

Ashtoreth Haas.

Jimmy Chin. He focuses more on costuming now, and I don't think he's put out art in years.

Cougr again.

John Nunemacher. I'm unsure if he was going by Cooner here.

Ashtoreth again.

Mark Stanley. Unknown to me.

Dusty Rhodes. Don't know him either.

Eric W. Schwartz.

John Boulton (Saasta). He got much better.

Andrew Thompson. The third unknown.

"Wolf" Kidd. His style now is considerably different.

Nutcrackers!, 1999

I adore Zephery Huges' work. I know he's still active, but his work isn't easy to come by.

Enjoy squirrels in various states of undress, arousal, and filfthy stuff!

Vampiric Albino Squirrels in Vinyl, 1997

An experiment of sorts, this "riff digest" would evolve into the short-lived Weird Tails series under Jarlidium Press. It was printed as a mid-size digest for a few bucks, and has some...art in it. It's not what I would consider the best, but some of it's cute.

Cover by "Tygger" Graf, who all evidence seems to indicate bowed out of furry work quite some time ago.

Manawolf. Still active, I think.

Zephery Hughes. He's prolific in this series.

David Buttenshaw (Timbawulf). This is -very- early work for him.

Robert Holiday. The name sounds familiar, but I'm not sure.

Flinthoof. Fairly early for him too.

Zephery Hughes.

Oscar Marcus. He's in here a lot too.

CK Penchant. Still around!

More Oscar Marcus.

And more Zephery Hughes!

David Buttenshaw again. I won't get into his leaving the business, other than to say he has.

Robert Holiday. I want to say this is the guy who went on to the Disney-esque cross-dressing bisexual latex'n'rubber smut, but I don't know. Wikifur page is "blank by request".

James Birdsall. Probably the worst piece of art I own. I think he was an editor at the time or something, because the name never comes up again.

Wow. Conifur '98. Get my cane...

As near as I know, Unigraphics became Jarlidium later.

Flinters.

And one more, Joe Rosales. I think Joe's still active, but I don't know where he's putting anything. (I could ask Megan Giles--she knows him well--but I really don't think she likes me much.)

Vampiric Albino Squirrels in Vinyl #2, 2000

The second volume of blood-lusting aboreal palefaces, and much better than the first, though it's far more heavily dominated by two artists.

Guess which ones?

Cover by Oscar Marcus.