Newshounds
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- See Newshounds II for Newshounds' sequel, which is currently running.
Newshounds is a humorous webcomic drawn and written by Thomas K. Dye. The comic updated every weekday from Monday through Friday, and it is hosted on the Internet by the online comics syndicate Keenspot.
- Address: http://www.newshounds.com/
- Ran from/to: November 1997 - December 2006 (with an intermission January-March 2003 for a style change, and January-March 2006 for a recap)
After Newshounds I finished, Dye filled in the strip with a commentary and also with a short spin off called "Kid Gloves". A sequel called Newshounds II started on 2 July 2007 and is still running.
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[edit] Scenario and characters
The comic follows a group of anthropomorphic pet animals and their human owner, living in an unnamed American city and together operating a small news station, KPET. There are eight central characters and several minor characters with recurring roles.
Newshounds used characters whose bases came from an earlier comic strip, Boy Shop Pets, also by Thomas K. Dye. In 2003, Dye began a graphic novel, Manifestations, revolving around the misadventures of a minor character that was killed in a storyline in 2001 and whose spirit was sucked into the Internet.
[edit] Main characters
- Kevin J Dog â Male Dog (golden retreiver). Camera operator and tech.
- Renata Fayre â Female Dog (cocker spaniel). News anchor.
- Wolfram Blitzen â Male Dog (breed undetermined). News anchor.
- Rochelle O'Shea â Female Dog (collie). Field reporter.
- Alistair Katt â Male Cat (DSH). Occasional incompetent weathercat; more often acts as outspoken liberal commentator.
- Sam Shepherd â Male Dog (black Lab). Sports reporter, who's right-wing views clash with Alistair's views.
- Ferris â Male Rat. KPET's janitor, though next to useless at the job.
- Lorna Dilbrook â Female Human. Owner of KPET and its animal staff.
[edit] Books
Seven Newshounds compilations have been realised. However, they are only available in America. Each book contains special bonus material. The books are available from Plan 9 Publishing, except for the last book which is published by Lulu.
- Book 1 - Newshounds
- Book 2 - Tonight's Top Story
- Book 3 - Press Badge Blues
- Book 4 - We All Came Out to Mantra
- Book 5 - Regime Change
- Book 6 - Surgery in the Park
- Book 7 - All the Newshounds Fit to Print - which won the 2007 Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work
[edit] Setting
The ever luxurious Hotel Costa Plente, presumably a fictional chain of hotels, was featured in one strip of Newshounds webcomic, by Thomas K. Dye. In that particular installment, Sam Shepard was looking for somebody of news interest, leading him there.
Footnote: Mr. Dye is a fan of The Three Stooges. Thus the Hotel Costa Plente is originally from the 3 Stooges episode "Healthy, Wealthy, And Dumb" (1938), later remade (with Shemp as third stooge) as "A Missed Fortune" (1952).
[edit] See also
- Newshounds on Wikipedia
[edit] External links
| Ursa Major Awards winners | |
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| 2000
| Best Live Action TV Series: The Muppet Show! · Best Animated TV Series: Animaniacs · Best Live Action Feature Film: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? · Best Animated Feature Film: Fantasia
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| Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture (2001-)
| Shrek (2001) · Lilo & Stitch (2002) · Finding Nemo (2003) · Shrek 2 (2004) · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) · Over The Hedge (2006) · Ratatouille (2007) · Bolt (2008)
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| Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series
| Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (2001) · Greg the Bunny (2002) · Gary the Rat (2003) · Father Of The Pride (2004) · "There She Is!! Step 2 - Cake Dance" (2005) · Hammy's Boomerang Adventure (2006) · Gridlock - Doctor Who episode (2007) · There she is!! episodes 3 to 5 (2008)
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| Best Anthropomorphic Novel
| Casual Rex (2001) · Rescue Ferrets at Sea (2002) · Between Darkness and Light (2003) · Never Again a Man (2004) · Volle (2005) · Pendant of Fortune (2006) · Life's Dream (2007) · Waterways (2008)
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| Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction
| Beneath the Crystal Sea (2001) · Familiars (2002) · In the Line of Duty (2003) · Felicia and the Tailcutter's Curse (2004) · In His Own Country (2005) · Jacks to Open (2006) · Don't Blink (2007) · In Between (2008)
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| Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work
| The Sound & the Furry: The Complete Hoka Stories (2001) · Ozy and Millie IV: Authentic Banana Dye (2002) · Best in Show: Fifteen Years of Outstanding Furry Fiction (2003) · The Art of Usagi Yojimbo (2004) · Tales of the Questor, Volume 1 (2005) · A Doemain of Our Own, Vol. 1 (2006) · All the Newshounds Fit to Print (2007) · Dog's Days of Summer (2008)
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| Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book or Strip (2001-2002), Comic Book (2003-2007), Graphic Story (2008)
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| Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip (2003-present)
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| Best Anthropomorphic Magazine (formerly Fanzine until 2007)
| YARF! (2001-2002) · Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe (2003-2004) · South Fur Lands (2005) · Anthrolations (2006) · Heat (2007-2008)
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| Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration
| Front cover of Fur Visions #20, by XianJaguar (2001) · Cover of Furrlough #109, January 2002, by Natasha "Dark Natasha" Mleynek (2002) · Cover painting by Ursula Vernon of Best in Show: Fifteen Years of Outstanding Furry Fiction (2003) · Cover painting by Kacey Miyagami for Fur Plus #22 (2004) · Cover painting by Cybercat for Transformations: A Forest Tales Story, by Bernard Doove, published by Fauxpaw Publications in June (2005) · Cover painting by Sara Palmer for Pendant of Fortune (2006) · Cover of Fur Affinity United souvenir book by Blotch (2007) · Cover of Eurofurence 14 program book, by Blotch (2008)
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| Best Anthropomorphic Game
| Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001) · Star Fox Adventures (2002) · Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo (2003) · Sly 2: Band of Thieves (2004) · Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (2005) · Ōkami (2006) · Sam & Max: Season Two, Episode 1: Ice Station Santa (2007) · Spore (2008)
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