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11 years ago
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I just heard James M. "Jim" Hardiman just passed away.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6089640/
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6092045/
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6086647/
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6085731/
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6085710/
I can only wonder if Dez or anyone else in the fandom will do any tribute. Archie's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Bucky O'Hare were the only anthro comics I was into. His three skunks were the first Anthro porn I ever saw in the first Genus I picked up back in the 90's when I had just started into Gold Digger and I think Furlough was in the teens when I grabbed an issue. Even the first nude whe I decided to try and draw nudes (and less Archie Sonic-ish) freehand was one of his skunks in that very issue. He had a very recognizable style, that stood out much like Robert Crumb, Reed Waller, Milo Manara, Martin Wagner, and Hajime Sorayama when he draws female robots. The only artists that I'd think could have come close to Jim in their own work/style that Ive seen were probably Nexus (might be more than one by this name), Karno, Monty, and Dr. Comet with a nod to Asthexiancal. Despite, for the most part, there really isnt many who's work is that recognizable, and has left that much an impact on the fandom or other artists like Jim had. Sure he tought Dez a few things but even she has her own style which is a variation of Jim's stripped down style.
Official or not he was in some way part of the beginnings of the current/modern furry fandom when it started to grow out of a small niche here and there. Then expanded as the internet began to grow out of news groups and into web pages. There are only so many artists who have been drawing in some degree since the late 80's and early 90's that are associated with the underground and independant furry theemed comics, shorts, pin-ups and porn (Doug Winger included). Not to say the japanese didn't already have their own thing going at the time but that's a story for Alt.*. Even now in this day and age where the only comics available at the grab and go's are monthly Archie collections. Jim still found a way to keep doing what he always did, drew great looking furrs who were anatomically both human and animal. I'm going to miss waiting for the next anything from skunkworks now.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6089640/
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6092045/
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6086647/
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6085731/
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6085710/
I can only wonder if Dez or anyone else in the fandom will do any tribute. Archie's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Bucky O'Hare were the only anthro comics I was into. His three skunks were the first Anthro porn I ever saw in the first Genus I picked up back in the 90's when I had just started into Gold Digger and I think Furlough was in the teens when I grabbed an issue. Even the first nude whe I decided to try and draw nudes (and less Archie Sonic-ish) freehand was one of his skunks in that very issue. He had a very recognizable style, that stood out much like Robert Crumb, Reed Waller, Milo Manara, Martin Wagner, and Hajime Sorayama when he draws female robots. The only artists that I'd think could have come close to Jim in their own work/style that Ive seen were probably Nexus (might be more than one by this name), Karno, Monty, and Dr. Comet with a nod to Asthexiancal. Despite, for the most part, there really isnt many who's work is that recognizable, and has left that much an impact on the fandom or other artists like Jim had. Sure he tought Dez a few things but even she has her own style which is a variation of Jim's stripped down style.
Official or not he was in some way part of the beginnings of the current/modern furry fandom when it started to grow out of a small niche here and there. Then expanded as the internet began to grow out of news groups and into web pages. There are only so many artists who have been drawing in some degree since the late 80's and early 90's that are associated with the underground and independant furry theemed comics, shorts, pin-ups and porn (Doug Winger included). Not to say the japanese didn't already have their own thing going at the time but that's a story for Alt.*. Even now in this day and age where the only comics available at the grab and go's are monthly Archie collections. Jim still found a way to keep doing what he always did, drew great looking furrs who were anatomically both human and animal. I'm going to miss waiting for the next anything from skunkworks now.
zidders
~zidders
While I appreciate that he was a friend to many, and that he was a talented artist there are a few pieces of his that display his homophobic/exclusionary attitude towards the LGBT community as well as towards anyone a fan of things like Sonic etc that weren't 'traditional' topics celebrated by many furries who got into the fandom as it became more popular online & began to incorporate things beyond traditional western animation (like Anime). I certainly don't celebrate his death but I won't be going out of the way to celebrate his work since he used it to show intolerance towards folks like me.
