~TheOtherRickFox

Hey hey! Going to be leaving tomorrow night for the con! I have to stay up all night in the airport again, but it's always worth the fun time I have there. Who am I going to see? :D

ALSO! Be prepared I will be leaving a LOT of spam for Project Starlight! The Kickstarter is still on the horizon (I'm just waiting for some things to get finished up that are out of my control at the moment), but it should be launching in Early 2025 hopefully! STAY TUNED! IT IS COMING! :D

I made the spam mostly myself please pick it up and take it home with you. :3

Heck, wow! I've been so busy I didn't even realize that my official 10th year in the fandom went by already!

Not gonna lie, part of it is a "where did the time go?!", but also part of it has just been absolutely amazing how far I've come with things. Seen a lot of people come and go, but in some ways, I still really feel like "the new fellow" like I did at the beginning, when I had to start from absolutely nothing and go around and meet people again, make new friends, and what have you. I really have met some amazing people over the course of the last ten years. People have come and gone (some gone far too soon), there's been a lot of ups and downs, but I really feel like finally, I've settled into a nice little community that has been really receptive to me overall. I really feel lucky to have met all you wonderful people and been able to interact with y'all, and y'all get to know me a little bit better. Y'all are great, folks. Without y'all, I wouldn't be here or anywhere.

Without the support too, I wouldn't have been throwing myself headlong into my passion project of a comic, Project Starlight. Which makes for a great transition point. After nearly four long years of massive ups and downs, me talking about it like an obsessive mofo to anyone who'll even half-listen, and even going so far as to start a business for it, I can finally say I've announced my staff for the comic!

Here's the official announcement on my BlueSky!

I don't think my lineartist (Noid) and colorist (FrogletComics) have pages on FA, but my other two staff members do!  Sprech4 is doing the lettering and  Astrozerk04 is doing the cover art for Chapter 1! Exciting times are ahead, and with any luck, I should be launching the Kickstarter for the debut chapter either this month or next!

It's been an amazing and lovely ride so far, everybody! I'm very excited to see what the next ten years will bring.

Hey, everyone!

Mostly wanted to update people here on things! It's been kind of a wild ride to be honest!

So I've finished my call for artists and I do have my people chosen, but then I ended up finding out literally last week I had the hurdle that technically I'm doing enough business type things to have to register as a business legally in order to do what I'm doing with Project Starlight. Fun! I'm not really thinking of this fully like a business, but to make sure my taxes and compliance is on the up-and-up, I unfortunately have to play ball before I can start doing things. It's going to help me out a lot in the long run though, it's just a hurdle I wasn't expecting I'd have to jump over! Thankfully my chosen staff has been really gracious about this so far as I'm doing a business trial by fire...at least I hope they are. XD

Once I get these business things handled, I'm gonna finish up the rest of the back end stuff I absolutely must do and then start with the plan of finally announcing the artists and launching the crowdfunding campaign to start Project Starlight! This is REALLY EXCITING, SERIOUSLY!! I've been imagining how this whole thing is going to go for the past nearly four years now, and with it actually happening around the corner, GOODNESS!!! I was hoping that I'd be ready to go next month, but I'm not sure how feasible this is going to be or what I'm going to have to wait for, so I'm hoping that I can start next month with few (if any) delays on this! It might have to wait 'til the fall, but I'm hoping not! I'll keep you all posted, or follow my BlueSky for the occasional skeets about it!

Y'all know how much this thing means to me, and getting this started is nothing short of a miracle I've been working hard to make happen. Stay tuned, folks! BIG BIG NEWS IS IN STORE!!!

So I've been talking about this webcomic project for a long time, and FINALLY something is happening with it!

So what the heck is Project Starlight anyway? Well, here's a little blurb (also seen on the form page)!

Business in outer space isn't booming...it's exploding in unexpected ways!

Rick Fox, a genius hacking prodigy, learns this firsthand when they start their own legitimate hacking business, "Hack 'N' Backslash". Too bad the businesses that contact them tend to be a little shady themselves...

Project Starlight is a comic inspired by 90's Saturday morning action cartoons and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, a dash of anime in Cowboy Bebop and One Piece, and the characters and Team Prototype setting created by YarkWark. Intergalactic espionage, business-blasting blackhattery, and all matter of hi-tech hijinks await!

If it's something you're interested in doing, please fill out this form at the end of the journal!! I'm currently in Toronto for Furnal Equinox right now, but when I get back I'll be able to start going more in depth with anybody who might be interested in doing work on the comic! This is <b>100% A PAID GIG</b>, none of that "exposure as payment" bullcrap, though those hired on for the project will get exposure space as a bonus as I am more than willing to help promote you on top of getting money! How cool is that?!

To avoid artist burnout, I will only be hiring for the first chapter right now. However, if you're hired on and wish to continue doing other chapters, I will at least ask if you would like to continue with the next chapter!

-> => Fill out the form here to apply! <= <-

If you're not an artist or are not able to commit to the project, would you be willing to help me spread the word on this? This has been such a passion project for me over the last three and a half years and it would mean the world to me to get what help I can, especially popping up out of the woodwork with such a big thing as this out of nowhere!

Thank you so much, and keep a serious lookout for more Project Starlight related things in the near future!

Hey hey! I'm REALLY looking forward to this! I finally got my passport the end of last year and this is going to be my first trip into Canada in over 20 years! I'm REALLY STOKED!!! I've never been to Toronto and I'm really stoked to see what it has to offer! :D

I also got my panel approved for it as well! More Cut Content in Retro Games again...and now the panel is an internationally approved panel! How cool is that?! I don't quite have a date or time yet, but just check yer social media and you'll hear allllllll about it!

YO! I'm alive! I only update this thing for cons I suppose, so might as well just do that!

I'll be at ANE 2024 this year! Sadly, Gregg can't make it this time due to a scheduling conflict.

I'll also be doing my usual "This Was In MY Game?! Cut Content in Retro Games!" panel there! It'll be on Saturday from 1:00 - 2:30 in the Webster Room. Gonna slink in some new material for it! :D

Alright hey, everyone for one of my semi-regular updates in the "I'm not dead" category!

I got a new job, so I'm finally quitting the place I spent nearly four years at and working at an actual print shop! Truth be told, the last couple of years I've been pretty miserable there, so a new change of pace is going to be really nice.

Also that promised art dump...yeah still happening TBD, but now I'll actually have the energy level to follow though. This job has worn me down harder than any of y'all could ever believe.

I also now have a BlueSky account! You can follow me there by clicking right here!. I've been enjoying it a lot. It's the low effort of Twitter without a psychotic man-child at the helm.

On another positive note, BLFC! I'm going to a con out west for the first time ever! Will I see any of you there? I got my Cut Content in Retro Games panel approved there too, so if you've never been come check it out! I'll make a post closer to the date.

HEY YEAH! I'll be there again! I had a super blast there last year and met so many great folks and caught up with many more!

Will YOU be one of the ones I see there? :D

ALSO COME TO MY PANEL! My Cut Content in Retro Games panel will be Sunday from 2:30 - 3:30! It'll have some new content in it, so even if you've been to it before, there'll be some new stuff to see! This is always one of my favorite panels to do. :3

(Also yes I am aware that I still have a crazy-ass backlog of stuff and I must post it, but WORK IS UNRELENTING! Though that may soon change... ouo )

So I'm going to tackle the HUGE ASS BACKLOG as much as I can! I usually like writing a thoughtful comment on it, but I think due to time and my severe lack of energy, I'm going to mainly throw an artist credit and maybe a one-liner or two, just because I have so many and it's really intimidating at this point to go back, try to find the original post/tweet/etc. (if there even IS one), etc. etc. I hope that's not too much of a big deal, I don't want it to look like I don't care about these pics I got over the last art dump or something.

They probably won't be in any real particular order either. Just kinda whatever I manage to get thrown on there.

Y'all know me by now. Work has progressively ground me down to a fine paste, I'm always tired, etc. etc.

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ALSO IN GOOD NEWS, I'm going back to ANE for the... *Counts on fingers* Sixth time! Geez, time really flies, don't it? I should be hearing about if I'm going to be doing my Cut Content in Retro Games panel within the next couple of weeks, but I look forward to being there regardless and seeing all your bright, shiny faces again! Who'm I gonna see? ouo

I'm going again!

I'm also running my supremely awesome panel on Cut Content in Retro Games! If you click the link, you'll see where and when it is, so now you have no excuses not to be there! All the cool furs are going to it. :D

Hope to see y'all there! :3

Life gets in the way of really being able to maintain this gallery in any meaningful way.

I'm still very much around and lurking, but a lot of my time gets spent being at my job and being a busy adult and has just left me with progressively less and less energy to actually do anything or maintain anything. I'm unsure if this is burnout, anything medical, etc. I've been lurking here, I never actually left, but mainly been around Twitter, even with its pitfalls and man-child owner because frankly? It's been real low-maintenance for me. I have a lot of guards on it to see only what I want, maybe update the profile, image, and background once in a while, and just tweet a lot. That's it.

The real reason I just haven't done a gallery dump or anything is because the prospect of uploading all the art now just seems like a daunting task to do it all one by one and create a meaningful description for things. I have stuff from a couple of years ago in a folder called "TO UPLOAD" that I haven't begun trying to sort things out. It's daunting. I have a lot of material to upload and show off, just...yeah.

With Twitter is what it is now, outside of DM's and an occasional chat room, I'm not really active anywhere and feel daunted by having to keep up with everyone at a bunch of different sites now.

I'm still working on Project Starlight as much as time and energy allows though. Slow going, but I've managed to plod along despite all my setbacks.

Bear with me. I'm here and things will, at some point, start to go back upwards again, but lemme tell you the last couple of years or so have been rough as hell overall. There's been good things but hoo, life has not been pulling its punches on the bad stuff.

I'm easy to get a hold of with a direct chat at least, but anything outside that is kind of a crap shoot at this moment.

S'all until next time I write something. Y'all are awesome and thanks for still kicking around as this account becomes covered in dust and cobwebs.

Hello y'all!

Honestly, I haven't been able to keep up with things nearly as much as I like, mainly 'cause work has been grinding me through the ground and with the tons of messages I have backlogged and stuff, it's been enormously tough to keep up.

I do see everything though and thank you all! I do have more stuff to share, I just...haven't gotten to it yet and I'm not sure when I will.

Aside from that, Project Starlight has been going! Things haven't been coming together nearly as fast as I'd like due to my physical exhaustion, but despite a lack of artwork and tangible things about it...there has been *plenty* going on behind the scenes there! I'd say the first draft is about half done for Arc 1 and I'm gonna try and really hit the ground running while I'm on my work vacation.

Also, June 1st is my birthday! I think at this rate I should just probably update with "old" for my age now. :P

I'm also far more active on Twitter, if you don't mind the work rants. Check me out and hang out with me there too!

Hope y'all are doing well, and I'll try to get to a thing dump sometime!

Hello, friends new and old!

So, the last month and a half hasn't exactly been the most kind, what with some surprise drama, hospitalized family, and the sudden passing of my old friend  yark-wark all really did a number on me. I've been taking a Twitter hiatus since almost a month ago and have been trying to hang around more in group chats and face my own personal demons. Not gonna lie, it's been tougher than all hell, but I'm still here, so I'm gonna be stronger for it. It's just going to take time, as all things do. I'm hoping to return to Twitter in 2021 ready to go mentally again.

In honor of Yark, since originally, Space Rick and a couple other characters started off as Team Prototype fan characters before I decided to go in my own direction my own thing as a worldbuilding exercise after we drifted apart, I'm taking the space setting and I've been working on a script over the last five weeks for a webcomic that I plan on having drawn and published called...

Project Starlight!

Consider this the first official announcement of it. The script is still in the very early stages and I'm not even thinking of hiring an artist until that script is solid and ready to go. As you've probably noticed over the last five weeks, I've been rebranding to using the Project Starlight alt of Rick Fox as my main, but starting this comic has really cemented things. Expect over the coming months to see some new characters show up and various other things. I'm currently shooting for October of 2021 as a completion deadline for the script, but of course, this all depends on how things go with it. I want this thing solid before I pass it off to an artist because I'm serious about this.

I'll be posting some updates about it here and there. I fully realize this is going to be a financial oof, but it's something I've never felt more sure of in my life to do, and I don't wanna just give up and shelf it like I have most of my other projects.

And with that, I take my leave again. Hope you've enjoyed the new art dump. :3

First off...i have officially started to PIC DUMP! This all ranges from an eight month period because I overwork myself to death and spend most of my time distracting myself or just being completely exhausted. 5 pics down...expect at least another 17-18 pics on the way! Will be posting things in short bursts.

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Second, my print shop has taken off a little bit...AND expanded! I now have three different types of personalized print offerings available!

1.) 5x7 mini prints, 2 for $10
2.) 8x10 framing prints, $15 each
3.) Custom POSTERS from 16 x 20 - 18 x 24, $45 each!

Fill out my form here for your own!: https://forms.gle/btcJSahiqqqimzjdA

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Third, I have FINALLY managed to complete my NES collection after collecting for literally 30 YEARS. While I mainly focused on commercially released games that you could either buy in a store or rent back in the day, that's 754 titles all in a neat shelf. I may not have Stadium Events or Nintendo World Championships (maybe when I win the lottery or something...), but I -do- own a couple of very, very rare actual-factual NES Prototype carts in their place! I'm way more interested in being a gaming historian so I'm more than happy to have these two.

But yeah, all the time and money I could've spent on getting a fursuit or more art...I spent on this thing. And I'm one of the rare few to have ever accomplished this and...my god the excitement is overwhelming. As of right now, I'm still waiting for the last five games to arrive in the mail so they're not in my grubby mitts yet, but THEY SOON WILL!

Can someone legit let me know if there's any other furs who actually have a complete set of NES games? Am I actually the only one to have ever accomplished this in the fandom!?

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That's all for now! Wow, what a long journal! I didn't even know I had it in me. EXCUSE ME WHILE I GO INTO A COMA AGAIN :D

Got a pic of your 'sona you really like? Let me print it out for you so you can put it in the frame of your choosing! :D

Rick's Print Shop

I'll print it on some excellent photo matte paper and mail it to you! $15 per picture with one trimmed and one untrimmed copy (whichever works best for you to use!), with shipping included inside the U.S.!

Read the notes on the form for more details and stuff.

I look forward to doin' somethin' nice for you! :3

Yeah I'm going to get around to uploading things I swear. I have stuff ready to go! Just...gonna do it in parts and with the way I've been working my ass off and doing other things...yeah. Everything I do in my off time just feels like a complete mind-numbing slog. x.o

HOWEVER I'M FORCING MYSELF TO CLEAN! Which brings me to this! I'm gonna start selling some stuff that I no longer want. Keep an eye out! I'll be updating this as I clean. All prices are PWYW (but include shipping in your offer!)

ONGOING YARD SALE!!! <-- Click this here because you know you wanna!

The main idea is that I want to get rid of stuff that I don't use. Any extra money that is not eaten up by shipping and shipping costs is going to be put to finishing my NES collection, which is only 27 games away from being done. :3

Hey y'all!

So my computer melted down right before ANE, otherwise I would've done the meme! Browsing on phones sucks. >:|

What doesn't suck? Me going to TFF! I just boarded the train to Boston to fly outta Logan Airport, so I'll see you there! :D

No time for the meme, but I'm gonna be there!

I'll be doing two retrogaming-based panels, "Nazo! Puzzle Games on the NES!" and "This was in MY game?! Buried Content in Video Games!" from 3:00 - 4:30 on Friday and Saturday, respectively. You may also see me performing at ANE's Got Talent!

...I also said I was going to upload stuff but OOPS! I'll get to it later...

Beware! Another art buildup is starting to bubble over!

In other news, MFF was a heckin' BLAST and I'm so glad I got to meet all you new folks and reconnect with you old ones! Keep an eye out for me, as next up is going to be Anthro New England and Texas Furry Fiesta all in a whirlwind two weeks! What is Post-Con Depression when you just look to the next ones? XP

Less than three weeks remain!

Where are you staying?
The Doubletree!

What day are you getting there?
At some point on Thursday afternoon!

How are you traveling?
Planes, trains, and...hotel shuttle.

Who will you be rooming with?
 Splat and cohorts!

Who will you be hanging out with?
LOTS OF FOLKS AGAIN! OwO

But hopefully you!

How is the best way to find you?
Look for the dingus wearing way too many badges of his 'sona and a black hoodie.

Are there any panels you might be attending?
I put in for two, but they got rejected. :(

Will you be suiting?
I might bring the stuff, but I need new ears (or my current ones repaired!).

Do you do free art?
Do you really -want- free art from me? Of course you don't! At least not right now...

Do you do trades?
Mainly just with pals! I ain't a good artist right now.

Do you do badges?
*Points to above two questions*

What is your gender?
Swag-as-hell cartoon fox.

What is your relationship status?
Very much taken and smitten by a lovely fur-friendly lady. :3

How tall are you?
5'10"-ish

Can I talk to you?
OH MY GOD YES! Though I may end up doing a lot of the talking anyway. I'm a complete chatterbox. Even if you're not the talkative type, I can chat enough for both of us. :3

Can I touch you?
If you're doing something like nudging me to get my attention, tapping me on the shoulder, etc., that's fine. Anything else, please ask first.

Can I visit your room?
If it's okay with the hotel roomies!

Can I buy you drinks?
You buy me a cold brew and you will make me a happy toon. <3

Can I give you stuff?
Wait, you want to GIVE me stuff?! OwO

Can I hug or snuggle with you?
Just make sure I know it's coming and I'm totally okay with hugs!

Are you nice?
I'd like to think I am. o.o

Do you have an artist table?
If I did, it would be the only non-nsfw censored art table in the entire convention. :P

Will you be going to parties?
Depends on the party!

Will you be performing?
Not this time. No fursuit to perform in.

If I see you, how should I get your attention?
Everyone calls me Rick. That's the surefire way to get my attention!

Please note that my hearing is really, really strange. if I don't seem to hear you, it is TOTALLY okay to tap me on the shoulder or some other typical touching gesture thing to get my attention if hollering "Rick!" does not suffice and I seem to ignore you in person. I'll feel really bad if you tell me you hollered, but I didn't respond! Please take the extra step to get my attention if you see me!

Where will you be most of the time during the day/s?
I always meander the dealer's den, artist's alley, and gaming rooms (I'm guaranteed to be at the Rock Band setup if there is one at several points during the con). I also meander around the con but don't usually go outside unless I have to.

What/where will you be eating?
Probably whatever food truck comes unless I get to go with someone for food. I really wanna this year. :<

Can I come with you for food/fun/etc?
Feel free to follow me around if you want!

Can I look in your sketchbook?
You can, but there may or may not be much in it. :P

Can I draw in your sketchbook?
Yes please! SFW stuff only, please. This includes joke pics.. I squick easily.

Can I take your picture?
Please don't. I'm incredibly photo shy. '~'

What's your goal(s) for the con this year?
Reconnect with friends and make new ones! :3

I'm so excited about this y'all, you have no idea. SEE YOU THERE! OUO

So I think I've gotten all the permissions ready to go and I've got a LOT to upload, from the past and especially from FWA!

To the artists: If I blanked and totally did NOT ask permission and you want it taken down, please tell me! I mean no disrespect.

And with respect to your inboxes, I'm only going to do this a part at a time.

The catch-up begins! :D

Hello, all!

I've still got stuff from FWA to post up (and some other random stuff as well). However, I haven't gotten all the OK's yet to post the artwork, so I'm going to post up all the ones I remember getting the OK's from and wait for the rest!

If you're someone I got a commission from and I -didn't- ask you (and thought I did), please let me know and I'd be glad to take it down!

I'll try to get around to it soon. Work's been a killer and I almost had to go for literally three weeks straight had I not taken the day off I did. @___@

I don't really create content, but I -do- collect NES games! If you're nice enough to drop me a shiny, that's where it's going to go. :3

Thanks if you do for helping this bum out! X3

Oh hey, I'm gonna be there! Are you? :O

BEST WAY TO FIND ME

Come to my Universal Famicom: No Translation Required panel! Gonna be Saturday from 6-7 PM in Panel Room 4, I believe! Otherwise, I'll try to keep y'all in the know of what's up on Telegram and Twitter. :O

So I've got a BUTTLOAD of pics to post, but I'm just gonna post a few up each day so your inbox doesn't get disgustingly overwhelmed and I don't feel like I have to do everything all at once.

Not gonna do these in any particular order, just gonna post a few a day if I can and go from there! :D

Also I'M GOING TO FWA! Come see my Universal Famicom panel! I'll post an FWA con meme soon!