@markwitton@sauropods.win I think that antho art has became more common in the latest decades in the mainstream outside kid entertainment than in the 80's; not that was missing, but was less prominent. As fantasy as genre got a serious boost just after the 2000. Perhaps, part of noise that Russel got back in time was that talking of anthro stuff "seriously", outside some niche context as fantasy or furry, was not something common. Perhaps if he presented his work today, it would just a drop in the ocean.