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''Associated Student Bodies'' is an erotic Furry comic book written by Lance Rund and drawn by Chris [=McKinley=] along with a number of guest artists, published in eight issues from 1998 to 2000, followed up by a number of pornographic portfolios between 1998 and 2005. It centered on [[MeaningfulName Daniel King]], a young lion who arrives at Leland College but discovers he's been placed in a nearly all-gay dorm. There, he is introduced to a colorful cast of characters and discovers his own same-sex feelings for a wolf by the name of Marcus Paxten (and, as it turns out, most other males in the dorm). The rest of the comic follows his journey through his first year in college, dealing with prejudices, stormy relationships with his friends, getting his conservative father to accept his sexuality and reconciling it with his religious faith... all while mixing in a healthy dose of [[PornWithPlot porn]], of course. Compare ''ComicBook/{{Circles}}'', which is often cited as a SpiritualSuccessor but has none of the porn.

Since its publication, ASB has become one of the iconic comics of the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom, and has received a lot of praise for its themes, writing, artwork and... [[{{Fanservice}} other qualities]]. There are quite a few furries who strongly dislike it, however. It's up for sale at the [[http://www.rabbitvalley.com/department_1290_0_0.html Rabbit Valley Web site]], though many people have read it through the use of file-sharing sites and image boards.

Chris [=McKinley=] has since become one of the most famous furry artists in the fandom, having drawn the follow-up erotic folios for the comic and written the humorous spin-off ''Queerman'' and unrelated but still gay-themed ''Coyote River'' for the anthology series ''[[http://www.spooo.com/ Spooo Presents]]''. He's also recently opened up an [[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/chrismckinley/ account]] at [=FurAffinity=], to the delight of many ASB fans. (Warning: The page is NSFW if you have mature artwork allowed.) Lance Rund, by contrast, seems to have disappeared off the furry radar completely, even requesting that his page be taken down at [=WikiFur=].

Note: Throughout the eight issues, the main storyline is clearly separated from the stories that focus on {{Fanservice}} and (often) porn. So it is possible to read an intelligent coming-of-age story with very little gratuitous porn if you read only the first story within each issue and ignore the other two to four stories within the issue.
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!!Tropes:
* AllGaysArePromiscuous: The gay characters are almost uniformly presented as having feverishly overactive libidos, constantly talking about sex and having polyamorous relationships with each other, complete with exaggerated sexual characteristics and abilities.
* AllThereInTheManual: It remains to be seen which parts can be considered canon if at all (it probably isn't), but [=McKinley=] has since drawn the characters in situations happening after the end of the comic.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Some of the gay characters also seem to be Ambiguously Bisexual. Marcus has an old girlfriend, a lion called Allison, and is shown having sex with her in some of folios. In the "Secret Fantasies" folio, he fantasizes about a three-way with her and Daniel. Ricky has a wild sexual encounter with Tina in the seventh issue, which he is presented as enjoying and being more than willing to do again, and in a folio picture he has a foursome with her and two other girls. Vince, the deer who's the sub to ManlyGay David, is ok with Tina undressing, stroking and caressing him and is apparently shown preparing for a sexual encounter with her in the "Things You Never Thought You'd See" folio.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Steven, a Collie and the only straight male in the dorm is often hinted at being a closeted homosexual by other characters in the comic (and Ricky desperately wishes that he was). [[spoiler:It turns out that he isn't, but he's still willing to sleep with Ricky for one night.]]
* ArtEvolution: In the first two issues, the artwork is rather simple and contorted, with the characters often barely looking like their respective species. In the third issues it has gotten notably better, and toward the end of the series it looks really good.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: All the male characters; averted with the females. Unusual in that early on, the characters had very human-like feet.
* BerserkButton:
** Do not call Timothy "Timmy." OK, you probably won't do anything other than piss him off, but still.
** Don't get between Marcus and Daniel. Or attack any of Tiny's friends.
* BrickJoke: In Issue 5, when Daniel goes home for the holidays and his father starts getting a little too judgmental of [[EducationMama how well he is or isn't doing in his classes]], Mrs. King chides him saying "Don't be anal, Alan." When he mildly protests, she quips back "When have you ''not'' been anal?" This has an...interesting re-interpretation in one of the portfolios where it is learned that [[spoiler:apparently Alan doesn't have a problem with ''how'' his son has sex, just with whom. Unless he's a StrawHypocrite.]]
* CallingTheOldManOut: Daniel gets an awesome one on his father, even if it does lead to a declaration of IHaveNoSon.
%%* CampGay: Ricky. [[spoiler:Possibly Camp Bi going by the 7th issue and a folio picture.]]
%%* CastFullOfGay
* CoitusUninterruptus: Outside the New Year's Orgy, this occurs when Daniel's mother calls him right in the middle of an intimate moment with Marcus. The latter even lampshades this by thinking "He answered?!" yet he is the one to keep things going--in this case, not to drive the interrupter away, but to make ''Daniel'' hang up on her. [[AllMenArePerverts And because he's naughty.]] Daniel's response? [[TheIngenue "You're weird."]]
* ComingOutStory: The first few issues are this for Daniel, followed by the aftermath/repercussions as he has to deal with how this changes his life, particularly with his family.
* DoubleEntendre: As might be imagined, happens repeatedly, though notable moments would be two in Issue 8, the scene with Allison and the hamburger and the scene with Marcus and Daniel in the gym (the latter being a BaitAndSwitch as well thanks to ShadowDiscretionShot).
%%* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex
* FagHag: Tina, the skunk who's the Resident Dormitory Den-Mother. Taken to levels where she's apparently completely okay with males walking around naked or even having sex right in front of her. She even manages to seduce [[spoiler:Ricky]] in Issue 7 (and apparently [[spoiler:Vince]] as well, if a folio picture is anything to go by).
* {{Filler}}: There are several bonus one-off stories unrelated to the main storyline.
* FreudianExcuse: A priest speculates that Daniel's father's homophobia is related to the fact that he works in an industry where one is expected to be a control freak.
* TheFundamentalist: Alan King is one, though he ends up being able to ignore his son's sexuality, if not accept it, once he realizes how he has neglected him and focuses only on making him happy. Being lectured by a priest on his beliefs also helps.
* FunTShirt: The slogan on Timmy's shirt changes every time, and every time it's a gay-related joke. For example, "Parking in rear", "Yes I suck" or "I'm not gay but my boyfriend is".
* GeniusBruiser: Tiny's a giant football player and generally perceived as not being the sharpest tool in the shed. However, this is apparently a misconception created by his being blue-collar and somewhat inarticulate (not to mention, implied to be dyslexic), as his thesis was good enough to be published in a medical journal.
* GeniusDitz: Ricky is a fruity little thing who spends his time having sex, thinking about having sex, and trying to have sex with Steven. He also graduated valedictorian with straight As in his double majors of Astronomy and Physics.
* GilliganCut:
-->'''Marcus:''' Anything besides bills?\\
'''Daniel:''' Letter from home... they're going to be in the area this weekend.\\
'''Marcus:''' You don't look all that thrilled.\\
'''Daniel:''' I just hope they don't come here. I don't think they'd get along with the guys.\\
''(Next panel. Caption: "Saturday morning...")''\\
'''Steven:''' Hey, what's the hurry?\\
'''Daniel:''' I'm late! I'm supposed to meet Mom and Dad out front!
* GoodAngelBadAngel: The cover of issue 4, in which Daniel is tempted by Allison, features her and Marcus as these on Daniel's shoulders. She is depicted as the Good Angel, while gay, er, bi Marcus is the Bad Angel. However this could be a cross between FemaleAngelMaleDemon and some DeliberateValuesDissonance, since his father raised him to initially see straight as "good" and "right" and gay as "perverted" and "evil".
* {{Goth}}: Gerald plays the trope straight by dressing all in black, hanging out at ''avant-garde'' coffee houses, reciting a lot of poetry, and seeming generally angsty.
* HideYourLesbians: Although a story about homosexuality, lesbianism isn't featured at all.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Daniel's father is supposed to be a [[StrawmanPolitical homophobe]] because he doesn't want his son living with a bunch of [[AllGaysArePromiscuous horny gay guys who do nothing but screw]]. Marcus boldly denounces this as biased nonsense... [[BrokenAesop never mind that random and unprotected sex is all the main characters seem to ever do]]. On the other hand, it seems pretty clear that Mr. King was objecting to more than just the promiscuity, since he thought [[SexIsEvil any gay sex]] ''at all'' was [[{{Squick}} sick and perverted]] and that [[TheFundamentalist gays were going to Hell]].
* IfItsYouItsOkay: Played with. [[spoiler:Ricky has sex with Tina by way of experimentation]] and likes it enough to want to do it again. Later [[spoiler:Steven does it with Ricky by way of experimentation]]; while he ''enjoys'' it, he's mainly left all the more certain of his [[spoiler:heterosexuality]].
* IHaveNoSon: Alan, once the truth about Daniel comes out in issue 6, coldly and angrily declares this word-for-word before stalking out. [[TheFundamentalist Sad, really]].
* IncompatibleOrientation: Ricky's crush on Steven, the only straight guy in the whole series.
* IronicNickname: Tiny is easily the largest of the main cast.
* ManlyGay / GymBunny / {{Leatherman}}: David and his friends at the leather bar. As Daniel puts it when he's forced into the same type of outfit, "[[BuffySpeak I look like a]] Music/VillagePeople." Also, [[MeaningfulName Roy]] (and his pride) from the Pride Parade.
* MasochistsMeal: David challenges Daniel to a hot pepper eating contest. Things start going downhill when Daniel eats a jalapeño and calls them "wimpy", so they're replaced with habaneros. [[note]]Jalapeños rate 3,500 - 8,000 on the Scoville heat scale. Habaneros rate between 100,000 - 350,000.[[/note]]
* MeaningfulName: Daniel King is two obvious lion puns in one.
* NWordPrivileges: Nigel calls Ricky "you little faggot" at one point without a hint of irony. And it has nothing to do with the fact that he's the designated CampGay. Subverted as he's immediately called on it by Marcus who tells him he never wants to hear him talk like that again.
* PapaWolf: Marcus, to Daniel, considering how he defends him from the gay-bashers to the point of ending up bruised and bloodied, and how he furiously defends him from his own father when the truth of his orientation comes out (verbally, but clearly he was ready to do so physically as well if it came to it). Also a [[AnimalMotifs literal]] example.
* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: The New Year's party. Exemplified by the splash page near the end of that issue when numerous characters are shown in various pairings, most of them involving Daniel.
%%* {{Polyamory}}: Probably a lot of characters, but Ricky in particular.
%%* PornWithPlot
* ReallyGetsAround: As mentioned above, monogamous relationships are very rare in ASB, but special mention has to be given to Ricky, the CampGay racoon, who manages to sleep with most of the main cast, [[spoiler:including [[FagHag Tina]] and [[IfItsYouItsOkay Steven]]]], during the course of the comic.
* RunningGag: Calling Timothy Timmy. Also, the writing on Timmy's shirt is never the same from one panel to the next.
%%* ScaryBlackMan: Tiny. Do not mess with his friends.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Tina is the only major recurring female character (unless you count Allison, who appears briefly in two issues).
* SpaghettiKiss: Parodied with Daniel and Marcus in the bonus art on Issue 3's fan mail page, complete with the same Italian cafe and outdoor table setting.
* STDImmunity: The comic ignores STD's completely, and condoms are never used by any of the characters, even though [[ReallyGetsAround they live]] [[AllGaysArePromiscuous a lifestyle]] that would make it insane not to do so in real life. The usage of this trope is actually admitted in the foreword of the first issue, by stating that since ASB is a work of fantasy the spectre of AIDS and hepatitis can be "wished away". Unfortunately, it kinda goes against the comic's stated intention of being an "only-somewhat-distorted mirror of the kinds of issues that gay people in the real world contend with".
* TestosteronePoisoning: David again; the first time Daniel sees him, he's showing off by carrying Vince over his shoulder (and later has him draped across his lap at the dorm meeting). He also a) enjoys Daniel sneaking a look at him at the urinal (and being awed by his size), while implying Daniel's size is less impressive by telling him to "keep it tucked in so it won't get cold" b) is [[WalkingShirtlessScene perpetually shirtless]] c) is the first to suggest violence in dealing with the gay-bashers and d) is extremely hurt Daniel chooses to have fun with the equally burly, masculine Roy instead of himself (and complains to Vince that he's "losing his touch"). Tina even [[LampshadeHanging calls]] him "testosterone poisoned" in one story.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Again, ''do not'' call Timothy "Timmy."
* TimmyInAWell: Parodied in very risque fashion with... guess who... when [[HowIsThatEvenPossible somehow]] Timmy ends up falling out a window during sex, is left caught hanging in a tree wearing nothing but a shirt, and the others have to get him down without a ladder. Complete with someone coming running with the news to fetch help.
** [[RunningGag I thought I said not to call him that!]]
** [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Wait, I thought Timmy was in a tree?]]
* WagerSlave: When David challenges Daniel to a hot pepper eating contest, he offers a night with Vince if Daniel wins, and if he loses, David gets Daniel. It turns out Vince knew Daniel liked spicy food and wanted a night with him, so he used David's TestosteronePoisoning to prank him.
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