Why do you think so many comic strips feature anthros? Because it makes the THIS IS FANTASY line more clear.
Does NOT make them furries.
Please differentiate between anthropomorphic animals and furries.
If this was an actual discussion and not a joke I would be handslapping right now. But my point bellow stays valid.
In any sort of support site if anyone famous is remotely tied to it. People will hype the shit out of it.
People have to stop worshiping celebrities. We do it far to much nowadays and people don't notice that they are just ordinary human beings that eat sleep and shit like the rest of us. Believe it or not most celebrities have a higher suicide rate then the average human being.
See, to me one of the distinguishing traits with "Furry" and anthro, is the purpose. Using an animal as a character with human characteristics is pretty common. However, those usually using it for storytelling have it for a different purpose, than most of the "common furry." Animals in those cartoons are usually played to be a certain archetype of character to perpetuate the story. Most furries think their character IS the story. It's usually a representation of themselves or what they like to be. Most out there don't really think of character design in the sense that the industry does for getting the audience to connect as to what character it is.
You know that Iago from Aladdin is a sidekick for the villain, you know that Jasmine's tiger is a strong reliable character for Jasmine. They can be comic relief. The design of each character is definitely designed with shape recognition and how an audience will immediately relate to them in terms of the overall story. Granted some series are more successful than others.
This however, is not a trait you see with most furry artwork (and especially not posted on the site). There are few exceptions, but most of these furry characters posted are either extensions of someone's self, their desires, traits of fetish. They're not designed to be part of any real story. You'll often see how a creator thinks their creativity hangs on the color, stripes or the type of animal one uses.
Life in Hell uses a rabbit, which is frequently seen as "cute" so the humor comes from using the rabbit a different way. He has hit and miss but Goening was using the characters for perpetuation of the strip more than "I'm unique and used these critters". Nor do I think he cared what kind of animal he used. Nor are his characters the "same" archetype.
