Further Confusion

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A fursuiter hosts the Iron Artist competition at Further Confusion 2002

Further Confusion, or Furcon is an annual furry convention held in San Jose, California each January, celebrating the anthropomorphics genre or furry fandom, including charitable benefits, educational seminars, art shows, panels and general social activities. It was the first event sponsored by Anthropomorphic Arts and Education, Inc. (Furcon is its registered service mark) and continues to be its largest. It has the largest art show of any convention in the fandom with sales routinely exceeding $50,000.

Beginning in 1999 with attendance of 691 individuals, it has grown rapidly. In 2006 its attendance exceeded 1911 individuals from around the world. In the past 7 years, Furcon had donated over $50,000 to various charitable beneficiaries.

1 Guests of Honor
2 References
3 Charities
4 See also
5 External links

Every year, Further Confusion invites significant artists, writers, or other creative workers as guests of honor. The guests of honor so far have been:

Ed Kline, Ken Mitchroney and Michael H. Payne (1999)
C. J. Cherryh, Shawn Keller, John Nunnemacher, Karen Prell, Mike Quinn and Jane Fancher (2000)
Diane Duane, Christina Hanson, Peter Morwood, Felorin and Talzhemir (2001)
David Brin and Kevin Palivec (2002)
Karen Anderson and Toby Bluth (2003)
Heather Alexander, Grant Freckelton and Larry Niven (2004)
Alan Dean Foster and Walter Crane (2005)
Eric Elliott and Jane Lindskold (2006)
Baron Engel and Jerry Pournelle (2007)

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"Furry fans gathering", The Sunday Telegraph of Australia, Jan 23, 2005.

Further Confusion contributes to at least two other non profit charities each year. In the past the following organizations have receieved the support of the convention and its attendees: