Get issue 1 of the charming “Monster Dudes” comic by Scheidt & Fagan for 99¢

2012-01-05

As of today, you can get issue 1 of “Monster Dudes” from Graphicly.com for $0.99, which in my opinion is great value for money, considering how often I chuckled while reading it. Writer Dave Scheidt was kind enough to share a copy with me, and between his lovingly screwball MAD Magazine – style comedy and Matt Fagan’s artwork, I had an Officially Good Time. Check it out, and if you like it, go to the Facebook page and pester them to…
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Book Review: “Werewolves – An Illustrated Journal of Transformation” by Paul Jessup

2011-12-28

Werewolves – An Illustrated Journal of Transformation is the tale of Alice, a young woman who gets attacked by a pack of wolf-like creatures and then documents her changes (and those of her brother Mark, who was attacked too) over three weeks with journal entries and evocative illustrations. Writer Paul Jessup and artist Allyson Haller have created a teenaged femme werewolf tale that stands shoulder to shaggy shoulder with Ginger Snaps. It seems like there a lot of ways a journal-style project like this could go wrong: clumsy…
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Teens Vs. Werewolves “Monster-Take-Down” Comic “Extinct” Gets 80′s Nostalgia Right

2011-11-19

80′s pop culture has been resurrected over the last five years, mostly in zombified incarnations designed to sell tchotchkes and t-shirts to those of us who were kids then (full disclosure: I am wearing a Ghostbusters t-shirt as I write this). It’s not hard to make new things look like they’re from the era of denim, neon pink and new releases on VHS. However, it’s extraordinarily difficult to make something feel authentically 80′s, especially when it comes to replicating something with the kids-on-a-dangerous-adventure vibe that…
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David Lapham’s Upcoming Comic “Ferals” Promises Fur, Claws & a Killer Story

2011-10-23

The magic of Google Alerts has brought to my attention an upcoming comic series written by David Lapham (Stray Bullets, Crossed: Family Values) and illustrated by Gabriel Andrade Jr. (Lady Death). If this interview at Bleeding Cool (and the issue 1 “gore” cover) is any indication, “Ferals” is going to be a delightfully fucked-up gore-fest – and with Eisner-winner Lapham at the wheel, you know the story’s going to be great. “If you were longing for an HBO series about werewolves, forget…
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She-Wolf Wants to Know: Who’s Your Favourite Female Werewolf?

2011-10-22

Academic, writer, publisher, friend and fellow werewolf enthusiast Dr. Hannah Priest has a terrific post up on her blog, She-Wolf, in which a number of contributors (including your humble servant) make a case for our favourite female werewolves. Hannah’s the authority on lady lycanthropes, so the results of this poll will be canonical – we’ll be logging the results with the Library of Congress and Wolfram Alpha. The nominees are: Kelsey ‘Boobs’ Bornstein (in ‘Boobs’ by Suzy McKee Charnas) Sergeant Angua (in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld…
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I Got Your Next Purchase Right Here: “Feeding Ground” Graphic Novel & Trailer

2011-10-20

I’ve read a lot of werewolf comics in the years that I’ve been running Werewolf News, and some of them have been quite good, but Archaia’s Feeding Ground stands above them all as my absolute favourite. It’s that simple. It succeeds on every level: as a compelling story eerily grounded in reality, as a collection of astounding artwork that simmers with heat and tension, as a serious commentary on a life-and-death social issue and as a self-contained objet d’art crafted by three friends who…
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“Welcome to Hoxford” Fan Film is 20 Minutes of Blood and Grime-Splattered Perfection

2011-10-17

If you haven’t seen this already, scroll down and watch it. Go. Now. If you have seen it, holy shit, right? Holy shit. Director Julien Mokrani and an extraordinarily talented cast and crew have created what I think we all have to agree is the definitive motion-picture version of Ben Templesmith’s comic series Welcome to Hoxford – or the first part of it, anyway. Hoxford isn’t Mokrani’s first fan film labour of love – he and writer / producer Samuel Bodin spent two years…
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The C Wolf: The Vices of Power

2011-09-07

More comics, this time from Chile! The C Wolf is a “vigilante anti-hero” comic with a stark, black and white illustration style that reminds me of Frank Miller or Mike Mignola. The werewolf design is very reminiscent of Rick Baker’s “Wolfman”, which I think works quite nicely with the art. There’s a lot of violence foreshadowed, so if the Miller influence persists we’ll probably see a lot of red mixed in with the black and white. What I’m trying to say is that The C…
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Book Review: Wolfsangel by M.D. Lachlan

2011-09-05

Back in June, my copy of Wolfsangel sat unread on the coffee table, the topmost book in a stack that comprised my reading list for the summer. A visiting friend saw the references to Odin and Vikings on the back cover and proceeded to give me a thorough lecture on Norse mythology. I was charmed by his enthusiasm, but I was also secretly terrified: was Wolfsangel going to be just as convoluted and grandiose? Was I going to have to memorize a catalog…
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Get A Double-Dose of Werewolves in Nix Comics Quarterly #3

2011-09-04

The third issue of Nix Comics Quarterly came out on Friday, and I really do think you should check it out, especially if you’re a fan of awesome independent comics comics in which werewolves gleefully kill people things that are Quarterly This issue is loaded with good stuff, including two werewolf stories that would be right at home in an issue (or an episode) of Tales from the Crypt: “Terror at the State Fair” by Nix owner / editor /…
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