MINNEAPOLIS, MN AUGUST 28-30, 2015 #MNFM2015 1 WELCOME TO FURRY MIGRATION 2015
GREAT SCOTT!! How time flies – another Furry evolution took place with artists Migration is upon us! So I want to and writers right here in the Twin welcome everyone to year two of Cities. Minnesota’s own furry convention. But what about our future? What Of course, with time comes should our community, our arts, our change: some of you may have fandom be doing 30 years from noticed that our convention has now? As I write this, I find myself also migrated. We hope that you’ll thinking about Migration 2044. like the new digs as much as we do, If you run into me there, ask me because we think this place has a whether it’s how I imagined it. real future for us. Before I sign off, I need to thank We have a few goals this year. First, our con staff. They have worked and most obvious, is to celebrate on this weekend for over a year. everybody happy, we do believe our return (the first of many!) and Their talent, energy, and madness that if we create a good con with those classic movies (one of which provide the power that makes this a good vibe, the con-goers will involves a trip to this year). But convention a reality. It is a joy and add the magic. And often the time travel goes both ways, and an honor to work with you folks. we’re also celebrating our past, and reason people show up at a con is the history and beginnings of the I also want to thank you, our … each other. So, party on, and be fandom. Get to know this year’s attendees and sponsors. You are excellent to each other. the reason we’re working to build Guests of Honor and you may be Jonathan “Kellic” Normand this con every year. While we know surprised to learn how much of our Chairman better than to think we can make
Hours of Operation 3 VOLUNTEERS WANTED! Guests of Honor 4 Furry Migration is always looking for a few more helping paws. Visit the Volunteer Table Events & Panels 6 near Operations to see how you can help the Tabletop Gaming 12 convention run a little more smoothly! Video Gaming 13 Artemis 13 JOIN THE JAM! Iron Pen & Artist 14 Back in the 80’s, conventions were one of the few places artists could meet, create, share, and Dealers Den 17 publish. As a piece of retro recreation, we’re hosting a “Jamzine”: a combination art jam and Art Show 17 fanzine; think of it as art trade meets yearbook! Artist Alley 17 Finished copies will be available for sale on Maps 18 Sunday to cover printing cost, but artists who contribute get a free copy! Find us in The Zoo (Great Lakes A3) to get started!
Cover Artwork: Vantid T-Shirt Artwork: Reed Waller Badge Artwork: Ifus
2 HOURS OF OPERATION
REGISTRATION VOLUNTEERS Thursday: 7pm - 10pm (pre-reg only) Friday: 9am - 10pm Friday: 10am - 10pm Saturday: 8am - 10pm Saturday: 10am - 8pm Sunday: 8am - 3pm Sunday: 11am - 1:30pm
FURSUIT LOUNGE CONSUITE Friday: 9am - 2am Friday: 11am - 7pm Saturday: 9am - 2am Saturday: 11am - 7pm Sunday: 9am - 3pm Sunday: noon - 3pm
FURSUIT PHOTO STUDIO TABLETOP GAMING Friday: 2:30pm - 11pm Friday: 12:30pm - 12:30am Saturday: 2pm - 10pm Saturday: 9:30am - 12:30am Sunday: 9:30am - 2pm
DEALERS DEN VIDEO GAMING Friday: 2pm - 6pm Friday: 1pm - 10pm Saturday: 10am - 5pm Saturday: 10:45am - 10pm Sunday: 10am - 2pm Sunday: 9:45am - 2pm
ARTIST ALLEY ARTEMIS Thursday: 6pm - 8pm (signup only) Friday: 1pm - midnight Friday: 2pm - 6pm Saturday: noon - 1am Saturday: 10am - 5pm Sunday: 10am - 1pm Sunday: 10am - 2pm
ART SHOW & GPS CHARITY AUCTION FURRY MOVIES & TV Thursday: 7pm - 10pm (artist check-in) Friday: midnight - 9am Friday: 11am - 1pm (artist check-in) Saturday: midnight - 9am 2pm - 6pm Saturday: 10am - 5pm Sunday: 10am - 2pm
#MNFM2015 3 GUESTS OF HONOR
KEN FLETCHER Artist, Publisher, Co-Creator of Vootie Ken Fletcher is one of the “Baby- making up their own legends. Boomers”. As a matter of fact, the Ken joined the fringe of SF fandom first word that he ever read was in the late 1960s. It was at this time “BOOM!” from a panel in a funny that SF fans used fandom memes animal comic book. Reading other to jump start super-hero comic funny animal comics followed, as book-collecting fandom, complete did watching old 1930s Disney, with zines and conventions on a Warner Bros., & Oswald Rabbit national scale. The fans of Star Trek animations on TV. TV Show, super-hero cartooners As a teenager, he read books of and underground comics soon cartoons at the library, and drew followed suit using the same them for school publications. devices. comics, and comment about them. Ken wasn’t particularly good at By luck, Ken knew Twin Cities SF This became an outlet for some of drawing, but he enjoyed doing fans who participated in some the Baby-Boomer cartooners, now them anyway. He became a Science of these fandom start-ups. He, as Adult-Boomers, to have their Fiction reader and, in college, he along with fellow Guest of Honor, “funny animals” to grow up with met SF fans and the fandom. Reed Waller, used this experience them. SF fandom evolved in interesting to start a different type of zine Ken and Reed knew (from seeing ways. The fandom began as a called Vootie in Minneapolis in it work in SF fandom) that a social group started by teenagers 1976. It was a co-op zine of the “funny animal” fandom could form in about 1930 with clubs in some type called an “APA”. Members up. It would take starting up a cities, but also was a collection of of the co-op would print up their cartooners’ funny animal zine as a memes. SF fans discovered zines own contribution pages, which focus, and continued patience to which became the forerunner were gathered at a meeting where keep publishing and distributing. to blogging. These zines were they were assembled into the In the end, the unique zine they mailed out selections of letters zine. Because they couldn’t afford created, with a little help from their that readers sent. The fans later a large circulation run, this style friends, became the crossroads discovered holding low-cost allowed the members to share the between “funny animal” and Furry. conventions just for the purpose costs of printing & postage. of socializing. They also were Zine members were intended to interested in recording their own be amateur cartooners. The theme history and culture along with was to do original “funny animal”
AMBER “VANTID” HILL Fantasy Wildlife Artist Amber “Vantid” Hill is an In addition to art, she enjoys accomplished artist who specializes organic gardening and in fantasy wildlife illustration. permaculture, cooking, travel, She is self-taught with a strong animal training, staring at moss, background in animal painting and and dreaming of chickens. She anatomy. Amber’s interest in the currently resides in beautiful natural world began at an early age Boulder, Colorado with her dashing and inspired a life of drawing and coyote husband. observation. You can find out more about Amber at amberhillart.com
4 REED WALLER Artist, Co-Creator of Vootie & “Omaha” the Cat Dancer Reed Waller was born in 1949 and most critically acclaimed and grew up in Minnesota. By the Furry/funny animal comics of all 1970’s his talents as an artist, writer, time. musician, computer whiz and a It is fair to say without this pretty good short-order cook were controversial yet brilliantly steeped in the rich traditions of insightful comic Furry would not the Twin Cities’ Science fiction, quite be what it is today. Omaha Fantasy, and comics scene. He won tremendous praise and along with Ken Fletcher created admiration from critics, fans, and the Amateur Publishing Association other noteworthy contributors to (APA) Vootie. It was designed games, comics, fantasy and science specifically to push funny animal fiction such as “little unknown” governmental levels. comics and their literary use in bold Neil Gaiman and Phil Foglio. new directions. Omaha’s greatest contribution Reed is coming out of retirement Inspired from these pages, the to Furry and overall culture is for the attendees at Migration 2015 first truly Furry publications like possibly its inclusion in successful for one special weekend. Let’s Rowrbrazzle and his own award legal challenges on legitimate thank him for all he has done for winning “Omaha” the Cat Dancer artistic and literary merits. This the furry genre’s existence, and get were formed. With writing help body of work helped to shape inspired for the next 30 years of primarily from Kate Worley, and the standards and protections for Furry. later from Jim Vance, Omaha meaningful graphic adult content More information can be found at became one of the longest running on city, state and even international omahathecatdancer.com
#MNFM2015 5 EVENTS & PANELS: FRIDAY
The Furry Migration Programming Guide is organized by day, time, and room. Each column represents one of our three main programming spaces, so you can see what is happening, and where, at any given time. We hope that you’ll find this system useful and easy to understand, but feedback and suggestions are always welcome!
Final event details may be subject to change, so please keep an eye on con signage and the website for up-to-date info.
NOON MAINSTAGE OPENING CEREMONIES Welcome to Furry Migration! Find out what to look forward to this weekend, and stay for our mini-panels: Guest of Honor Meet & Greet What to Expect at Your First Con Fursuiting in Minneapolis
1:30 PM MAINSTAGE LAKE CALHOUN LAKE MINNETONKA FURRY LIP SYNC PREP FURSUIT HANDLING FURRY COMIC MUSEUM Anyone interested in performing Sike, Okami, Vulan Ken Fletcher in the Furry Lip Sync Battle on Learn signs that fursuiters use, Gain an insight and appreciation Friday evening should attend what to look out for, and how to of Furry art with artifacts you’re this quick prep session. be an awesome handler! unlikely to see anywhere else.
3:00 PM MAINSTAGE LAKE CALHOUN LAKE MINNETONKA FURSUIT GAMES: PART I ALL ABOUT MN FURS POLAR BEAR CAFE Ringer Collin ‘Ridayah’ O’Conner & Poetry Ninja Matthew ‘Aerak’ Hibbard Test your agility in an Come have some fun with the assortment of fursuit-friendly How Minnesota Furs went oh so punny Polar Bear as we activities that will almost from a group of friends to a discuss the anime “Shirokuma certainly begin and/or end in non-profit with hundreds of Cafe”. chaos. members and its own con!
Visit furrymigration.org/grid for full programming information!
6 4:30 PM MAINSTAGE LAKE CALHOUN LAKE MINNETONKA GAME SHOW: MATCH GAME LET’S MAKE A GAME UNDERSTANDING Think you are on the same Ian Price, Susan Price, EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY wavelength as our “Fur- Harry Thompson Yarrick lebrities”? Then come play This panel introduces important Learn what makes a good shot Match Game and win big! components of game design a good shot and how to capture and takes audience input to it whether using a cellphone, create an outline of a game. point-and-shoot, or DSLR.
6:00 PM LAKE CALHOUN LAKE MINNETONKA FUTURE OF FURRY COMMISSIONING 101 AND A Kyell Gold & Christian Nelson HALF Mandakatt 7:00 PM What is the Future of furry? What art forms are we likely The basics for commissioning an MAINSTAGE to see? What issues will furry artist both via the internet and FURSAKEN tackle next? at a convention. A furry-themed heavy metal band, Fursaken draws inspiration from bands like 7:30 PM Avenged Sevenfold, and Marilyn LAKE CALHOUN LAKE MINNETONKA Manson. FURSUIT CLEANING SO YOU WANT TO BE A Sike & Okami LET’S-PLAYER Cypher 8:00 PM Learn how to properly take care of, clean, travel with and Learn what equipment and MAINSTAGE store your suit so that it will software to use, game selection, FURRY LIP SYNC BATTLE last as long as possible. Bring and basic editing of videos! questions! So maybe dancing isn’t your thing, but you still want to rock out? Bring your favorite song 9:00 PM and show us what you’ve got. LAKE CALHOUN LAKE MINNETONKA WOMEN IN FURRY THERE AIN’T NUFF SEX IN Ann Roubik FUNNY ANIMAL COMICS ADULT Reed Waller & Christian Nelson 9:30 PM The ups and downs of being a woman in a male-dominated In 1977, our GOH Reed Waller MAINSTAGE fandom. We ask that attendees penned this comic. How did it be self-identified women (trans* light the match that caused the persons welcome) future explosion of Furry? DANCE!
#MNFM2015 7 EVENTS & PANELS: SATURDAY
10:30 AM MAINSTAGE LAKE CALHOUN LAKE MINNETONKA FURSUIT DANCE EXPO PREP THE SUPERIOR GUARDIAN MONSTER HUNTER FOR YOU Anyone performing in the Poetry Ninja KaneTheWanderer & Chromamancer Fursuit Dance Expo on Saturday Meet the author of this ground evening should attend this quick breaking story about a wolf and Discuss the Monster Hunter prep session. other creatures protecting the series of video games with fans, spirit of Lake Superior. whether you’re a G-rank pro or someone who’s just curious.
NOON MAINSTAGE & LOBBY FURSUIT PARADE & GROUP PHOTO Photographers, videographers, and general onlookers are welcome to watch fursuiters strut their stuff in their natural habitat: a convention hotel. Fursuiters: please gather in the Mainstage at noon Spectators & Photographers: the parade proper will begin at 12:30 and go through the Dealer’s Den and then down the escalators to the main lobby for group photos
1:30 PM MAINSTAGE LAKE CALHOUN LAKE MINNETONKA GAME SHOW: FURRY FEUD WARRIORS BOOK SERIES KHORD KITTY’S KRAZY Watch the hilarity when teams DISCUSSION KONCERT try to guess the most popufur Skystrider Khord Kitty answers given here at Furry The Gathering is back for 2015, Fursuiter and music composition Migration! In other words... It’s Join us for a discussion about graduate, Khord Kitty entertains time to play The Furry Feud! the Warriors Book Series, new with a variety of silly songs sure readers and old are welcome. to bring a big smile.
3:00 PM LAKE CALHOUN LAKE MINNETONKA FURSUITING & ACTING GROWING UP VS OLD Sike, Okami, Vulan Christian Nelson From how to act in fursuit, to An interactive dialogue about how to stay safe we’ll give you a responsible embracing of the tips to bring your character to rebellious, emotionally charged life and make sure everyone has and youthful aspects of Furry a great experience. from a greymuzzle perspective.
Visit furrymigration.org/grid for full programming information!
8 4:30 PM MAINSTAGE LAKE CALHOUN LAKE MINNETONKA GAME SHOW: WHOSE LION STARTING FURRY WRITE NOW IS IT ANYWAY? GATHERINGS IN YOUR AREA Kyell Gold Dronon Collin ‘Ridayah’ O’Conner & Having trouble getting started Matthew ‘Aerak’ Hibbard An interactive panel of comedy on that short story idea? Get a improv made of games based Learn the steps and logistics quick overview of short story on ideas from our audience. for setting up local furry get- structure and technique and togethers on a regular basis. then get to it!
6:00 PM LAKE CALHOUN LAKE MINNETONKA WHAT MADE YOU A FURRY? ART & TRAVEL Brittney Peters Vantid & Foxfeather What made you decide to We share stories, experiences, become a furry? Discover some and artwork inspired by our of the many ways members of recent trip to Botswana in the community became furries this panel about how travel is and also share your stories. important to artistic growth.
7:30 PM LAKE CALHOUN LAKE MINNETONKA RAINBOW PANEL CROWDFUNDING 101 Sike, Okami, Lutefisk, Vulan Corbeau Khaladog
8:00 PM We’re discussing what its like The basics of launching a to be different orientations in crowdfunded project through MAINSTAGE the Furry Community and get Kickstarter, Indiegogo, or FURSUIT DANCE EXPO an understanding about other Offbeatr, by the author of furry people in the fandom. crowdfunding blog furstarter.com It’s back by popular demand, so get in here and watch fursuiters break it down, shake it out, and 9:00 PM get SO TURNT. LAKE CALHOUN LAKE MINNETONKA
BUILDING A BETTER HISTORY OF FURRY ADULT COMMUNITY Dronon Ann Roubik & Kellic 9:30 PM Focusing on 1990 onwards, Furry is a community of open come hear how the fandom MAINSTAGE minded individuals. But we still developed and how we evolved have different ideas what the into the fandom as we know it. Furry community “Should” be.
10:30 PM MIDNIGHT DANCE! LAKE CALHOUN LOBBY INTRO TO STUDIO PHOTO MIDNIGHT HOWL Hands-on studio photography. Gather at 11:45 in Hyatt Lobby.
#MNFM2015 9 EVENTS & PANELS: SUNDAY
10:30 AM MAINSTAGE LAKE CALHOUN LAKE MINNETONKA VOLUNTEERING: RELAXATION THROUGH WORLDWIDE! MUSIC: CHILLSTEP Sike Skystrider I’ll share stories of International Had a fun and exhausting and local volunteer work and convention? Wind down with tips for those interested in some chillstep music and relax volunteering themselves! before you head home.
NOON MAINSTAGE LAKE CALHOUN LAKE MINNETONKA FURSUIT GAMES: PART II Snap E. Tiger & Dona Any fursuiters who somehow still have energy should get in here and fight to the death have some fun on the last day of the convention.
1:30PM MAINSTAGE CLOSING CEREMONIES Meet the contest winners and hear all the stats from Furry Migration 2015. Dangerous When Bored... We’d like to thank our partner, MNFurs, for providing us space for our Charity Auction at Furry Migration in the Great Lakes A1 space with Artist Alley and Art Show. We are a volunteerrun nonprofit, and are dedicated to supporting the incredible diversity and energy of the Twin Cities geek community. We don’t run annual conventions, but we:
● Provide a yearround physical presence and do community building for local geeks by filling the rest of the year with fun and inspiring events and club activities. FURSUIT PHOTOGRAPHY FURRY MOVIES & TV NERF WARS! There’s something going on every week! Visit our photo studio with Up all night? Visit the A battle of epic proportions is ● Provide resources for likeminded organizations through our work for the geek community. We do outreach with our your friends and capture some programming rooms (Minnetonka happening on the 6th floor and partners through Twin Cities Pride (Geeks@Pride) and ArtAWhirl, as well as support local geek organizations like memories from Furry Migration & Calhoun) from midnight to 9am needs a few good furries. Fight MNFurs by providing expertise, equipment, movie license support, and meeting and storage space. 2015. for furry-themed movies and TV. the good fight on Saturday ● Provide general public outreach for encouraging creativity and interest in science with Project Lighthouse, the Annual Writing Contest, our Space Camp Scholarship, and the GPS Arts Initiative. After the Saturday session Yarrick Full schedules will be posted at afternoon:
and others will be available to the rooms themselves. 5pm Fursuit Battle Upcoming events for the year that you can attend include: help aspiring photographers try 6:15pm Non-suit Battle ❏ September 1213 | Great Geek Garage Sale their paws at studio photography. ❏ 7:30pm Free-for-all September 12 / October 10 | GPS Movie Night ❏ October 3 | Scavenger Hunt (psst… put a team together, it’s fun!) ❏ October 2325 | GPS Community Haunted House (psst… we need volunteers!) Visit furrymigration.org/grid for full programming information! www.geekpartnership.org like us on Facebook join us on Meetup
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Dangerous When Bored... We’d like to thank our partner, MNFurs, for providing us space for our Charity Auction at Furry Migration in the Great Lakes A1 space with Artist Alley and Art Show. We are a volunteerrun nonprofit, and are dedicated to supporting the incredible diversity and energy of the Twin Cities geek community. We don’t run annual conventions, but we:
● Provide a yearround physical presence and do community building for local geeks by filling the rest of the year with fun and inspiring events and club activities. There’s something going on every week! ● Provide resources for likeminded organizations through our work for the geek community. We do outreach with our partners through Twin Cities Pride (Geeks@Pride) and ArtAWhirl, as well as support local geek organizations like MNFurs by providing expertise, equipment, movie license support, and meeting and storage space. ● Provide general public outreach for encouraging creativity and interest in science with Project Lighthouse, the Annual Writing Contest, our Space Camp Scholarship, and the GPS Arts Initiative.
Upcoming events for the year that you can attend include: ❏ September 1213 | Great Geek Garage Sale ❏ September 12 / October 10 | GPS Movie Night ❏ October 3 | Scavenger Hunt (psst… put a team together, it’s fun!) ❏ October 2325 | GPS Community Haunted House (psst… we need volunteers!) www.geekpartnership.org like us on Facebook join us on Meetup
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TABLETOP GAMING
We have a ton of great tabletop games planned Friday: 12:30pm - 12:30am for Furry Migration. You’ll find a bunch already Saturday: 9:30am - 12:30am scheduled below, but if you don’t see the game you’re looking for, grab an open table and some Sunday: 9:30am - 2pm fellow gamers and run it yourself!
FRIDAY Room Party: Terror in 2:00 - 3:00pm Clubs The Game Meeple City Once Upon 3:30 - 4:30pm Seven Dragons A Time
5:00 - 6:00pm Takaido
6:30 - 7:30pm Cross Hares
8:00 - 9:00pm Zar Yu-Gi-Oh Furry Pathfinder, Tournament Part 1 9:30 - 10:30pm Machi Koro
Ultimate 11:00 - 12:30am 7 Wonders Werewolf SATURDAY
11:00 - noon Snake Oil
Lords of 12:30 - 1:30pm Fluxx Waterdeep Texas Hold’em Terror in Shinobi 2:00 - 3:00pm Splendor Tournament Meeple City WAT-AAH!
3:30 - 4:30pm Boss Monster
5:00 - 6:00pm Catan The Resistance: 6:30 - 7:30pm Avalon
8:00 - 9:00pm Zombies!!! Ascension Coup Furry Pathfinder, Part 2 Dwarven 9:30 - 10:30pm Miner
11:00 - 12:30am Blood Bound Carcassonne
SUNDAY Room Party: 11:00 - noon Antidote The Game
Visit furrymigration.org/grid for full gaming information!
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For year two, we are upping our game with more Friday: 1pm - 10pm of everything you loved from 2014. With increased Saturday: 10:45am - 10pm space we plan on bringing more of today’s most popular games as we push even further back into Sunday: 9:45am - 2pm yesteryear with more nostalgia. Whether you want to speed run the original Mario, throw a sticky grenade at the Covenant, or just 8-player Smash everything in sight, we have you covered.
ARTEMIS
The definitive Spaceship Bridge Simulator is making Friday: 1pm - midnight its comeback. How will your captain get his crew Saturday: noon - 1am killed this time? Will the Weapons officer ever be able to figure out how the missiles work? Why does Sunday: 10am - 1pm Communications never stop sounding red alert? Only by volunteering for service aboard the E.S.S. Migration will you get these answers. Find your crew and go full speed ahead!
#MNFM2015 13 IRON PEN & IRON ARTIST ON MIDNIGHT WINGS • IRON PEN 2014 WINNER
A deathwing, it was said, could fly anywhere. Over the “I don’t remember.” tallest mountains, across the stormiest seas, through “Few do until adulthood,” Isra assured him. “You’re nearly the bitterest cold or hottest desert … even worlds that there, yourself,” he observed. “Do you fear remembering?” didn’t exist proved no barrier: the ravens seemed able The moose didn’t nod but his silence confirmed the to do anything. Being mysterious was part of being a deathwing’s guess. Isra placed a taloned hand on deathwing. Warrow’s shoulder. “You’ll be fine. Whether or not you Whorls of life tore at the unkindness. Spirit energies grew remember, you will be unhurt. The deathlands are warm; thick. The Guiding into death was always marked with sheltering. There is no hunger … no want. It simply is. such waning of the warm and familiar. This close to the There is nothing to fear.” deathlands, it was common to see the final vestiges of the “But some don’t make it.” living world break into mist. “You will,” Isra promised. Asta and Brek flanked him with several dozen of the north forest denizens carried between. Their spirits He had been wrong. looked at peace, sleeping in the nightweave carried by The spirit storms had been strong that Guiding and the the deathwings towards their winter home. In all, thirteen unkindness had been scattered, each tending to their guided four hundred sixty eight migrants on the stormy attendant souls. In the end, only Warrow had been lost. journey. Come spring, when the snows melted and warm The others never blamed Isra. Even Warrow’s herd–his winds returned, the deathwings would guide them back. mother, father, family, and friends–had not blamed Isra or Only rarely would one or two remain behind. Those were the unkindness. almost always the old and tired. But the failure still burned. Isra watched wisps of reality shred and pass in eddies. He stayed in formation lest a soul be lost. It occasionally “On our right!” cawed Brek. happened but no one ever blamed the faltering Isra, along with Asta and the rest of the deathwings, deathwing. All the residents of the north forest accepted looked. it. The ursine, the lupine, the feline, the lapine: all took A tempest had opened, its maw like a hungry predator. their place in the annual journey to the lands where food The hole in reality swirled, groaning in a hungry tone. In and warmth were plentiful while the domain of the living its depths, Isra could see the fragments of dead, bygone was clad in ice. years. It was a place of the long-gone and forgotten. Only a few were ever missed. Come spring they were Every now and then, when seeing such a formation, he remembered in song and feasting. thought he could hear a young moose’s plaintive bellow. No one was blamed. Only a few ravens were born with the “Break away!” Asta called and the unkindness followed white diamond of feathers on their forehead signifying a suit. The slumbering souls they conveyed remained deathwing. Losses occurred and no one blamed them. blissfully unaware. But Isra blamed himself. There were no second chances. But Isra felt something. He looked over his right wing at – the opening maw and thought he saw something. A chill Warrow’s large, furred antlers had just come in and soon took him. In twenty years he’d never forgotten his first he would join the great herd in Moosepoint on the Missua Guiding or the face he now glimpsed in the tempest. River. He stood tall and strong; a promising youth. His He clacked his beak and looked from Asta to Brek. “Hold chocolate brown fur was short and his black tail swished them,” he called, “I’ll catch up!” anxiously. Before they could respond, he broke formation and “Will it hurt?” wheeled towards the tempest. The raven smirked, curling the corners of his cheeks about Years bled away as winds drew tears from his eyes. He the base of his shiny, black beak. squinted and felt life grow in his wings. He strained to “This will be my first Guiding,” Isra said, “but I have made reach the tossed and tumbled youngster so far in the the journey fifteen times. It will not hurt.” past. He railed against the flow; against what was natural. He flew life-ward in the autumn. He closed his eyes and “They say the deathlands are cold,” the moose said, focused through the small diamond of white on his brow. unconvinced. “Isra!” “Who says that?” He could hear Warrow’s plaintive call. He shrugged. “I don’t know. People.” He reached with his talons. He strained, tightening his Isra chuckled. “Your friends are trying to scare you,” he beak. Tumults of time and life blew against him, pushing said. “But you’ve made this trip before.”
14 IRON ARTIST 2014 WINNER back, but still he fought. Something large brushed against him and he grabbed with all his strength. He held on and wheeled. The winds did not break. Banking with the carried weight, Isra crashed through branches back into the lifelands. The smell of cherry blossoms filled the air as the young raven and his charge struck the muddy banks of the Missua. He wavered on the edge of consciousness, panting. Moments later, a large hand gripped his shoulder. Warrow’s voice rumbled from above, “I … I thought I was lost,” he said. Isra looked up at the young moose with equally young eyes. It was spring but a spring he had not seen in twenty years. It was a spring that Warrow had never seen. Weakly, Isra smiled. “You don’t remember?” he asked. Warrow shook his head. “I guess I’m not an adult, yet.” “It will come in time,” the deathwing assured him. “Don’t rush it.” He didn’t know what he would say to the others about the coming decades but perhaps it was alright to stay quiet. Being mysterious was a part of being a deathwing but there were second chances. The End
Sylvan Scott is a long-time member of furry fandom going A.j. “Picklejuice” Pearson is an active contributor to the back to the early nineties. Mostly known in macro/micro furry community for 20 years, writing stories and drawing fandom, he also conducted the sociological survey “Furry comics and hosting panels. With a minor in art and a major Fandom 101” in 1997 and 1998. He has written dozens of in computer science, Picklejuice tried hosting his own short stories, archived on his Fur Affinity page, and was website. Everyone agrees he’s an artist. published in volume four of “Fang” with the story, “The www.picklejuice13.com Long Walk”.
We continue to host an open Iron Artist and Iron Pen competition to sponsor and encourage furry art and writing. For full details on entering, please visit furrymigration.org/programming/iron-artist-iron- pen-rules. However, part of this event is to display your fellow furs amazing spontaneous creativity. You are invited to help admire, review and vote for winner in the competition section of art show. Only one vote per badge per category please. The “special ingredients” this year are:
Iron Pen: Achievement of goal/item at the end of Iron Artist: We want a character that embodies this a quest/long journey. It captures that moment a year’s theme. We have a name, general attire and look, character opens a brief case, a door, a chest, a trunk, or but not gender or species. The character name is “Doc”; just turns a corner and are met the light of what they wears a lab coat, carries gadgets, and classic mad desire or seek, may that be person, place or thing. Just scientist white hair, but species, gender and finishing as in some movies, the “shiny reward” need not even be look is up to our competing artists. We can’t wait to see identified. what everyone comes up with!
#MNFM2015 15 16 DEALERS DEN
SELLERS INCLUDE... HOURS ByCats4Cats.com Oshova Friday: 2pm - 6pm Cheeky Neko Studios Rabbit Valley Comics Saturday: 10am - 5pm Diamond Dust Dreams Razor’s Etch Sunday: 10am - 2pm Fdaki Industries Sofawolf Press Furasota Vantid Lemonbrat Studios ...and more!
ART SHOW
RULES QUICK OR DIRECT SALES ··No food or drink is allowed in the gallery area. Artists may choose to list a Quick Sale price. This piece may be purchased at that price if no other bids ··Bags and cameras will be checked before have been made on the piece. To make a Quick Sale, entering the gallery. approach one of the Art Show staff members and tell ··All bidding must be made by those who are them you would like to purchase an item. Take them to 18 years or older. the piece and the staff member will record your badge Bidding on or Quick Sale-ing art is a binding contract number and name as a Quick Sale purchase. The piece with Furry Migration, and you are responsible for will be available for pickup and payment on Sunday. payment as the winning bid. Lack of payment can affect Remember, as with bidding, this is a binding contract. your registration in future years. No art can leave the art show until Sunday morning. Reproduction rights are not included with art sales, unless the artist indicates HOURS otherwise. All purchases are subject to applicable local Thursday: 7pm - 10pm (artist check-in) and state sales tax, to be paid by the purchaser. The Furry Migration Art Show Director is the final Friday: 11am - 1pm (artist check-in) authority on all matters regarding the Art Show 2pm - 6pm and reserves the right to define and revise rules as necessary. For more info, please contact the Art Show Saturday: 10am - 5pm Director at [email protected]. Sunday: 10am - 2pm (pickup / quick sale) Please note: Art comes in many fashions and tastes ranging from cute cuddlies to that of a very mature adult nature. We allow everyone in, but some sections may have subject matter that may offend or may not be or appropriate to all viewers.
ARTIST ALLEY
Artists interested in participating should visit during Thursday: 6pm - 8pm (signup only) open hours to sign up. Submissions are selected two Friday artists selected at 8pm hours before close for inclusion the following day. Friday: 2pm - 6pm Friday’s artists will be selected at 8pm on Thursday. Saturday artists selected at 4pm All artist selection is completely random. Saturday: 10am - 5pm Sunday artists selected at 3pm Sunday: 10am - 2pm
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PARADE ROUTE CONTINUES TO LOBBY Ops
CONSUITE & GUEST ROOMS4 The Zoo Great Lakes A3
Programming B Mainstage Dealers Den Tabletop Gaming Lake Minnetonka Great Lakes C Great Lakes B Great Lakes A2
Artist Alley, Art Show, Programming A GPS Charity Auction Lake Calhoun Great Lakes A1
Registration 3RESTROOMS Lake Harriet
Photo Fursuit Artemis Video Gaming Studio Lounge ESCALATORS & ELEVATORS TO Lake Nokomis Boardroom Cedar Lake of Isles LOBBY, FITNESS CENTER, POOL
18 DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS
We at Furry Migration hope you’ll take some time to explore our beautiful downtown. There’s plenty of great food and nightlife just minutes away if you need to escape the hotel.
Our Dining Guide has a list of some great nearby food LIGHT RAIL options, but those are just a small sample and locals S 5TH ST are sure to have their own favorites – don’t hesitate to ask for recommendations! 37 21 If you’re thinking about heading out on the S 6TH ST NICOLLET town in fursuit, all we ask is that you take 39 MALL STATION 28 care and suit responsibly. Bring a handler 31 and plenty of water, and remember 11 9 S 7TH ST 10 that you’re an ambassador for .5 MI Furry Migration: your actions reflect on all of us!
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