Horses rule!!! :)
Hobbes
--- tryll_at_n-jcenter.com wrote:
> DragonCon in Atlanta, 1989: I was walking through
> the dealer's room, and noticed this guy selling
> pictures of cute little cartoon animals. I didn't
> pay much attention at first, but when I was coming
> back a couple of minutes later his portfolio was
> open to a different page... "Those are NOT for
> kids!" I thought to myself; so I went over for a
> closer look.
>
> The guy was Steve Martin, and the picture was "Clara
> the Warhorse". I ended up buying that one, and a
> couple more. My sister-in-law was with us (us =
> myself and my wife) and she bought a couple too. We
> also got "Unicorn at Salon" for my mother-in-law.
>
> I figured that Mr. Martin was probably the only guy
> in the whole world drawing this kind of stuff, so I
> didn't bother asking him about other sources. I
> certainly didn't suspect that there was a whole
> fandom out there. Fortunately, my luck outweighed
> my stupidity: Many months later, at Tropicon here
> in Florida, I found Scudder Kidwell's character
> "Beth the Unicorn".
>
> Now I started looking in ernest. Pretty quickly
> thereafter I managed to find all kinds of
> publications, featuring characters like Red
> Shetland, Eva McEquus, and Mareody the Centaur.
> (You might notice an equine-centric theme here... I
> like horses!) Eventually I discovered Ed Zolna's
> Mailbox Books. Fur Heaven!
>
> Epilog: My sister-in-law also collects furry art,
> but lost it all last year when she got divorced.
> Her ex-husband kept everything. She is now starting
> to build a new collection. My mother-in-law never
> started collecting on her own, but she still has
> (and displays) the various furry art pictures that
> she has received as gifts over the years, including
> her copy of "Unicorn at Salon".
>
>
> Beast Wishes,
> Tryll
>
>
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