Special guests
| Sterric (artist) | Joe Strike (author) | Moms of Furries (community) | Addy de Jongh (nature) |
Sterric
Sterric is a “visual storyteller” and the creator of the anthropomorphic works “De Vloek van Rood” and “Magician Jackdaw”.
On Saturday the 19th she’ll give a talk, “’Help! My animals never shut up!’, My career as a comic book artist.” She’ll also do a live drawing demonstration and be available to chat and sign books.
Sterric is presented thanks to Cross Comix (crosscomix.nl), a Rotterdam-based stichting dedicated to supporting graphic storytelling.
Joe Strike
Joe Strike is the author of Furry Nation: The True Story of America’s Most Misunderstood Subculture (2017) and Furry Planet: A World Gone Wild (2023). He has been part of furry fandom since 1988 when he received a surprise invitation to something called a “furry party” at a Philadelphia sci-fi convention.
His articles on film, TV, animation and related topics have appeared in a variety of publications including the New York Daily News, Newsday, New York Press, and Animation World Network (awn.com). He has scripted the Nick Jr. TV series Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! and is the author of the young adult furry adventure novel The Incredible Hare.
He’s interviewed countless cartoon luminaries including Hayao Miyazaki, John Lasseter, Brad Bird and Lauren Faust, creator of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. As a writer/producer for Bravo and the Sci-Fi Channel, he worked with Stan Lee, Ralph Bakshi and the cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Moms of Furries
Carrie and Joelle (“The Moms of Furries”) started hosting their “Young Furry Chill Spaces” at US cons in 2018 after their teens asked to go to a furry convention and they decided to go with them.
Being impressed with what they saw, they decided they wanted to support other parents and young furries in the fandom, first creating a YouTube channel and getting active on social media, ultimately leading to frequent participation as invited guests at some of the biggest furry cons.
Addy de Jongh
www.stichting-otterstation-nederland.nl
Note: Addy de Jongh will unfortunately not be able to attend: He’s visiting the otters in Norway. He’ll give his talk remotely, and his colleague Hans Blom will attend in his place.
Addy de Jongh founded Stichting Otterstation Nederland in 1985, successfully reintroducing the otter to the Netherlands after it had become locally extinct.
He became fascinated with otters during his biology studies at the University of Groningen. In addition to leading SON, he’s the national representative of the International Union for Conservation of Nature‘s Otter Specialist Group; supervises BSc, MSc and PhD students at home and abroad; and gives lectures and presentations on the otter around the world. For this work, he was knighted in 2010.
