Another graphic novel we found at QCon is Dogs On Dates, written and illustrated by Luke Healy. We’ll let him explain it: “Bernie — a confident, chill, and world-wise gay, trans, short Seth Rogen type — is fresh from telling his college advisor that he’s dropping out of art school. Absentmindedly, he walks into a plate glass window, bashing his face. Before he can even formulate gratitude for the window not breaking… Brad — a sweet-natured, kindhearted romantic, who is not cool, but nice, which is actually better — arrives at the school for a gig to teach students about the merits of caring for the environment. Dressed as an earth mascot, “Earthy,” he walks into the glass from the other side. But this time, it smashes. In totality. With Bernie and Brad off to the hospital together, is this the gay dog meet-cute we’ve all been searching for? Of course, dating is never so simple. Hilariousness and awkwardness ensue as our two love dogs face misadventures, mishaps, and missteps… but also flowers, pasta, sandwiches, and maybe even love.” And you can follow along, in paperback from Drawn & Quarterly.
McChaffee, the convention chair,
said that he was worried about a cultural conflict
and a possible appearance from Donald Trump.
(Eberra Wolf/Flayrah)
Capital FurCon, an upcoming furry convention on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., moved its dates up a weekend due to coinciding with a conservative and Christian broadcaster conference at the same venue, the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Flayrah has learned.
Originally scheduled for February 25–28, 2027, the convention made an announcement earlier this month that it would be moved to February 18–21, one week earlier. The note, made on July 2nd, stated that it was “Due to an error made by our hotel partner”. “This change became necessary due to the Gaylord’s sales team inadvertently double-booking our event space,” it read.
The rooms that the furry convention had contracted were not rented out to another event at the same time in a booking mishap, but rather the Gaylord is to be the venue for the National Religious Broadcasters’ 2027 International Christian Media Convention. Though occupying a different area, it partially overlapped with Capital FurCon’s original dates. The ICMC is scheduled for the last Tuesday through Friday in February; Capital FurCon had the last Thursday through Sunday.
Last week, the convention made a blog post alluding to this. The “original dates overlapped with an event that was not ideal for both events and our event’s attendees.” This was attributed to “a mistake on the Hotel’s side.” The event? ICMC 2027, McChaffee, the convention chair, confirmed to Flayrah.
FURUM is a furry convention based in M World Hotel, Selangor, Malaysia Dec 11 to 13 2026 and last year they had 1600 in attendance.
But this year….
This is the message their own server was saying
It wasn’t a DDOS attacks it was just way too many furries
You might be asking are there that many furries in Malaysia?!!!
The answer is surprising since a lot of countries in that part of the globe. It is not surprising that many travel to different countries just to go to a fur con. Take the one in Taiwan, the 2nd biggest number comes from Singapore. 3rd is China itself. So hopping countries is not surprising
On their Telegram they posted this
#FURUM 2026 ticket sales experienced heavy traffic shortly after registration opened, with multiple attendees reporting access and payment issues across the convention website.
1⃣ Around 38 minutes after registration opened, attendees reported repeated crashes affecting the registration portal, profile pages and payment gateway systems. Some users said they were temporarily unable to access account information or complete ticket purchases.
3⃣ Some affected attendees later attempted payment a second time, after which the system reportedly confirmed their ticket status successfully.
4⃣ The situation created anxiety among some attendees, particularly those concerned over duplicate charges or uncertain ticket confirmation status.
5⃣ Several attendees attributed the disruptions to a surge in user traffic shortly after ticket sales opened, which appeared to place heavy load on the registration and payment systems.
Meanwhile their site has returned to normal. I for one will be keeping an eye out for their numbers this year.