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In the hope I don't get nailed by the Copyright Cops... Posted because I don't think this image is anywhere online and I think it deserves to be seen by a wider audience.
Scanned from a copy of the Xanadu Coloring Book from, gads, how many years ago, here is what may be the very first image of Vicky Wyman's vixen Fatima. It's interesting to compare this to later depictions of the character to see how much of Fatima was there from the start, and how she changed as Vicky drew her over time.
I remember seeing this in an ad for the new Xanadu comic in an old issue of Amazing Heroes and just feeling stunned. I had never seen anything like this before. Read plenty of Marvel and DC comics, sure, mostly their non-superhero stuff, but nothing like this. At that moment I knew I had to find out what this story was. It took a couple of years, but I eventually collected the entire Xanadu run. Still have it, too.
That comic brought me so much joy and delight when I really needed some. Thank you, Vicky.
Fatima and Xanadu © Vicky Wyman
Scanned from a copy of the Xanadu Coloring Book from, gads, how many years ago, here is what may be the very first image of Vicky Wyman's vixen Fatima. It's interesting to compare this to later depictions of the character to see how much of Fatima was there from the start, and how she changed as Vicky drew her over time.
I remember seeing this in an ad for the new Xanadu comic in an old issue of Amazing Heroes and just feeling stunned. I had never seen anything like this before. Read plenty of Marvel and DC comics, sure, mostly their non-superhero stuff, but nothing like this. At that moment I knew I had to find out what this story was. It took a couple of years, but I eventually collected the entire Xanadu run. Still have it, too.
That comic brought me so much joy and delight when I really needed some. Thank you, Vicky.
Fatima and Xanadu © Vicky Wyman
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Fantasy
Species Red Fox
Size 1687 x 2184px
File Size 417.6 kB
I feel I already know the answer, but I take it Xanadu was never posted in its entirety online? Not just it, there're a slew of furry comics from yesteryear that'll never get the chance to get today's audience to appreciate them, because they can only be found in long-ago discontinued zines and publications.
I'm not sure given that I didn't get into the online fandom in any way until the late 90's at earliest. But whenever I mentioned it in any furry online group or at a con I'd get at least a few "Yeah, I remember that!" And the one or two times I've seen panels on Xanadu at cons it drew a respectable crowd.
It was very well known and liked 'once upon a time' simply because there were so few furry comic series around, and Vicky had a lot of fans from her earlier career as a fan and fantasy artist.
It was very well known and liked 'once upon a time' simply because there were so few furry comic series around, and Vicky had a lot of fans from her earlier career as a fan and fantasy artist.
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