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Cover of Albedo Anthropomorphics featuring the magazine's feature character, Erma Felna

Albedo Anthropomorphics, or Albedo for short, is a furry comic book anthology which is credited with starting the furry comic book subgenre that featured sophisticated stories with funny animals primarily intended for an adult audience.^{[citation needed]} The first issue of Albedo was published in 1983; new issues were still being published in 2005.^{[citation needed]}

It was started by Steve Gallacci who produced the main feature of the series, "Erma Felna: EDF". It is a sophisticated science fiction military series set in a sector of space populated by sentient and predominantly humanoid versions of several mammal and avian species.^{[citation needed]}

The main focus of the series is Erma Felna, a young feline officer who eventually plays a central role in the complex political conflicts that consume her universe.

Other series have included:

• High Orbit
• Matt Howarth's Konny and Czu
• Space Wolf
• The first episodes of Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo
• Watchrats

The title was originally self-published by Gallacci through his own company called Thoughts and Images. When the company folded, Antarctic Press resumed the title for several years, both in a black and white series and a short lived color one. Currently, the title is carried by Shanda Fantasy Arts.^{[citation needed]}

There is also an RPG by the same name, based on the Erma Felna storyline.^{[citation needed]}

There was also an associated but short-lived fan magazine. Refractions carried original artwork, stories, and discussions of various parts of the cultures shown in the Erma Felna, EDF universe.^{[citation needed]} Steve Gallacci contributed new material and cover art for each, but the bulk of the material came from other sources.^{[citation needed]} Published by R'ykandar Korra'ti/LOW ORBIT PUBLICATIONS in the 1990s, the series ran only three issues; a fourth was tentatively announced, but cancelled for lack of original material after the end of the color ALBEDO run.^{[citation needed]}

• Albedo listing at comics.org
• Comic Book Awards Almanac