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By Issue 3, Softpaw had abandoned its zine roots for full gloss. This issue features the first paid advertisement (a mouse tablet for digital art). What makes Issue 3 "hot" is the printing error: 200 copies had upside-down covers. Those misprints are considered ultra-rare. The "Summer Fashion" spread in this issue set the standard for reference art for costumers. No results currently match “softpaw magazine 1 2
Released in a limited run of only 500 copies, Issue 1 is the rarest of the quartet. Printed on matte paper with a hand-stapled spine, it features the now-iconic cover art of a wolf journalist named "Miko." This issue contains the first-ever serialized comic "Pavement Paws," and an editorial on the rise of early internet furry forums (USENET era). A mint condition Issue 1 recently sold for $340.