That's something of the irony, though -- there are probably at least as many people making at least a substantial part of their income now through "furry" endeavors than there were circa 1990. The fandom has become just big enough that it's a sustainable, if perhaps not thriving, closed ecosystem. People find the fandom chiefly through online manifestations, introduced to things by roleplayers, artists and other fans who themselves arrived the same way, introduced by fans who themselves very likely arrived the same way. Artists such as Terrie Smith, Reed Waller and Bill Fitts were drawing on underground and mainstream comic artists like Wendy Pini and Vaughn Bode for inspiration, and finding their way in and around furrydom based on an intersection of larger interests. Fans and fan artists now are starting out in furrydom exposed to artists who were influenced by people who were influenced by people who were influenced by Terrie Smith, Reed Waller and Bill Fitts.
Which actually gets into a tangential topic, but that's one I'd bring up in a response to Xydexx. :)
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Date: 2003-11-06 08:57 (UTC)Which actually gets into a tangential topic, but that's one I'd bring up in a response to Xydexx. :)