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[Myperson54]

anthro noir comic called Blacksaad

What's that about? I might have to look it up someday.

Blacksad is pretty straightforward detective stories in a classic noir style. The art is really great and stories are well told. (I own the hardcover collection.) It's definitely more accurate to call it "anthro noir" than "furry noir" because the characters are very much animal people in the sense that they are just like ordinary human people, but drawn as animals which represent their character traits; they're not "furry" characters in the way that we commonly consider furries.

It's really good, and absolutely worth finding. Though I should note, it's not a kid's book: there's some blood and adult situations, the stories I remember were about white supremacists lynching people and about the "red scare" when US Senator McCarthy was making a blacklist of people who had "suspected" Communist ties.

I've rifled through the first book, a collection of three stories which seem to be set in the mid-70s. It's well-written and drawn, and although I have some issue with the guy;s depiction of faith, he's also writing noir fiction about a time when basically every moral panic was caused by bible-belters. I feel like my parents would understand these more than I do.

[avwolf]

I've rifled through the first book, a collection of three stories which seem to be set in the mid-70s. It's well-written and drawn, and although I have some issue with the guy;s depiction of faith, he's also writing noir fiction about a time when basically every moral panic was caused by bible-belters. I feel like my parents would understand these more than I do.

That's probably a fair assessment. Stands for me as much as it does for you, frankly; I know that I find the McCarthism story particularly hard to relate to. Though I stand by my glowing recommendation. Reading and understanding works of and from the past helps us understand the present and, as C.S. Lewis once declared, frees us from "chronological snobbery".

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That I am driving us further afield of topic, however, and for that I apologize. Please, carry on.

[The Rookie]

So I thought it be time to update my old Avatar and decided to go with this slightly more serious one

[Ketzal]

So I thought it be time to update my old Avatar and decided to go with this slightly more serious one

Sniper's a good job, mate!

[Zylver]

Time to change

[Vintage]

Time to change

http://onlinekonyv.info/wp-content/uplo ... s-Fred.jpg

Looks like a more sinister version of Captain Haddock from Tintin .

[Zylver]

Time to change

http://onlinekonyv.info/wp-content/uplo ... s-Fred.jpg

Looks like a more sinister version of Captain Haddock from Tintin .

Actually, it is "Dirty Fred, the captain" from a very entertaining novel of P. Howard Unfortunately there is no English translation for it, which is a very sad thing

EDIT: HEY! I did find an English version eventually! I strongly recommend to read it (or at least the prologue)

[Lief]

I had no intentions of changing my avatar, but then I saw this...


Courtesy of Manly Guys Doing Manly Things

[Tesla Foxtrot]

I had no intentions of changing my avatar, but then I saw this...

http://i.imgur.com/CR6FtJH.png
Courtesy of Manly Guys Doing Manly Things

"yes, am just crispy"

[MeaCulpa, S.C.M.]

I have it. I have the best avatar.

[DarkTheImmortal]

link because I like the artist

It's a fox and a dragon, the two best creatures ever.

[asphere8]

An old friend whom I sadly haven't been in contact with for years created my current avatar for me. I think it's quite nice. I had to shrink it down a bit (normal size is 604x483) to make it fit.

[Geo_&_Bio]

A very Dapper Bumblebee if I might add.

I know the url is linked to my Photobucket, but the picture is credited towards, I believe, SulferSpoon. I am unsure where the original picture is that I received this from.

[FrogSteaks]

Found this beauty over on Imgur
There's a whole album where this came from. Plenty of wolves and foxes, among others...even a lynx *winks at Tesla*
Image credit goes to Norwegian artist Andreas Lie

[ConkerBirdy]

I just changed mine because I realized I had my old one for a really long time. i'll upload it to my dA when I get around to updating it.