Rowrbrazzle

"Rowrbrazzle" is an Amateur Press Association magazine devoted to funny animal cartoon illustration.

History

"Rowrbrazzle" was founded in 1983 by Marc Schirmeister. He published the first issue in February 1984, and performed the duties of Official Editor for the first fourteen quarterly mailings.cite book|title=|author=Fred Patten, ed.|publisher=iBooks|month=February | year=2006|isbn=9781596873193] Fred Patten then served as the Official Editor from February 1989 through February 2005 when he retired due to poor health.Fact|date=April 2007 Since then, the mailings were produced by interim editors. As of issue 94, William Earl Haskell has become the Official Editor. [Rowrbrazzle Issue 94]

The first Rowrbrazzle was distributed to the association membership in February 1984.cite web |url=http://www.arclight.net/yarf/YARF_Chronology.html |title=YARF! Chronology |author = Fred Patten|accessdate=2007-04-05 |format= |work= ]

Number 98 is due the Autumn of 2008, in a continuing uninterrupted run of 24 years.

ignificance

Fred Patten, onetime editor of "Rowrbrazzle", had this view of Rowrbrazzle's significance::"My thesis is that furry fandom coalesced out of sf fandom and comics fandom, blending elements from both of them and achieving its own critical mass in 1983/1984. The first clear signs of the independent furry fandom were the creation of its first apa, Rowrbrazzle, and the decision by some fans to self-publish furry comic books because there seemed to be enough fans of stories with talking animals to support them (as distinct from earlier attempts to self-publish comics which had to hope for sufficient sales from the general public alone.):"...:"Rowrbrazzle started in February 1984. Since it was specifically an apa for writing and drawing funny animals as a genre and discussing the new fandom that was forming about them, it is a handy landmark to say that 'furry fandom existed at this time.'" [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mglyer/club/page2.html]

Further reading

Booksellers

* [http://www.milehighcomics.com/comicindex/Title-ROWRBRAZZLE--1983--by-Independents--All.html "Rowrbrazzle" at Mile High Comics]