Allow me to once again recommend High Moon, the ongoing “supernatural shenanigans in the Old West” comic saga by David Gallaher and Steve Ellis. It’s pretty much the top-rated series running on Zuda Comics, and with over 60 pages of excellent art and a creative, engaging story, it shows no signs of slowing down. Check it out!

Summer 2008 is a good time for werewolf comics and graphic novels! The latest one to drop is Strangeways: Murder Moon, written by Matt Maxwell and illustrated by Luis Guaragna. It’s a western, set shortly after the civil war. A plot summary from the Strangeways blog:

It’s 1868, and former army officer Seth Collins seeks to escape the horrors of the Civil War by traveling the frontier. Answering an urgent letter from his estranged sister, Collins finds himself under attack by a strange creature that is neither man nor wolf. When his friend and partner Webster is accused of being the beast, Collins must track down the real threat. But which will kill him first: the Wolf, or the secret that the sheriff of Silver Hand is trying to keep buried?

If you’re interested, you can meet the werewolf and check out the effectively grungy and dark art style in this free PDF preview of chapter one.

Werewolves and vikings, together at last! In a move seemingly inspired by a heavy metal song (but actually inspired by a wander through Barnes & Noble), comic illustrator Grant Gould is working on a graphic novella titled Wolves of Odin.

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If you’re at all interested in video games, web comics, or things that are awesome, you’ll be familiar with Penny Arcade!, the ongoing adventures of two lovable, video game-obsessed misanthropes named Gabe and Tycho. Against all probability, Gabe and Tycho are fathers, and one of their recent comics addresses the tough decisions parents sometimes need to make in preparing their kids for the unknown. Specifically, the furred, fanged, closet-lurking unknown. This isn’t the first time werewolves have been referenced in Penny Arcade!, either– back in June, Tycho got caught up with some reading, and in February of 2007, there was some discussion about the myriad versions of Windows Vista out there. For what it’s worth, I wouldn’t run Vista even if there was a Wolfman Edition.

Rob Zombie has posted the cover art for the first issue of Werewolf Women of the S.S., the comic based on the Grindhouse trailer I mentioned last week. The artwork is by David Hartman, and while there’s no other details available yet, I’m sure Zombie will keep teasing us with tidbits of info over the coming weeks.

Click the thumbnail for the full (mildly NSFW) cover. Thanks again to ArcLight for the tip.

As August and the release of Ben Templesmith’s new comic series Welcome To Hoxford draws ever-closer, anticipation is starting to build. Comic Book Resources has posted an IDW press release about the werewolf-themed title. From that press release:

Raymond Delgado is the newest inmate at the Hoxford Correctional Facility and Mental Institution. He has no hope of release, parole, rehabilitation, or decent conversation. Ray hasn’t been taking his medication. No surprises there. On a good day, he’ll tell you he’s Zeus and only bite your arm off–literally. On a bad day, you won’t have time to scream to the prison guard for help.

Templesmith’s previous work has received many accolades. Here’s hoping Hoxford is equally excellent– werewolf media needs the help!

As reported on his blog and discussed by myriad other sources, Rob Zombie is planning a comic series based on Werewolf Women of the S.S., one of the trailers-for-fake-movies that ran with Grindhouse. There’s no other information available at the moment —no release date, publisher or artist— but as soon as that info becomes available, you know we’ll post it here schnell. Oh, and if you’d like to see the original (probably NSFW) trailer, here you go.

Comic Book Resources has posted a few pages from June 16th’s double-sized issue of Moon Knight #20, in which Moon Knight brawls with… wait for it… Werewolf By Night!

From Comic Book Resource’s article:

Award winning television writer Mike Benson (Entourage) pits Moon Knight against an opponent fueled by instinct and rage…Werewolf by Night! With visually striking interiors from fan-favorite artist, Mike Deodato (Amazing Spider-Man, New Avengers, Thunderbolts), Moon Knight will have to release his inner demons and become what he faces if he hopes to survive against Werewolf by Night!
 

Australian comic artist Ben Templesmith, of 30 Days of Night fame, has posted on his Flickr account seven piece of art related to his new “werewolves in a mental institute” comic series Welcome to Hoxford.
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A comic featuring werewolves in an Old West setting? A werewolf anti-hero who hung out with Abe Lincoln and sports sideburns that make Logan look like a 14-year-old? If this sounds like your kind of thing, allow me to direct you to High Moon, an ongoing web comic by David Gallaher and Steve Ellis. Fantastic art (amazing werewolves!) and an interesting, well-paced story make High Moon well worth checking out.

Check out the “commentary track” at Comic Book Resources, too– Gallaher and Ellis talk about the details behind the story and art of selected pages from High Moon.