Category: Artwork & Creative

Straight from the Tom Whalen’s strongstuffshop, THE WOLF MAN is a gorgeous print rendered in flat colours so much more evocative than anything in the Universal film it’s licensed from (no offence to  George Waggner or Lon Chaney Jr).

available in color edition or silver screen edition with metallic inks.

the poster is one of my run of artist proofs, a small run of prints separate from the timed edition that sold through dark hall mansion.

This 24″x18″ 4-color screenprint is numbered and signed by the artist, and can be yours for $45 USD when it goes on sale later today. If you spend $100 or more, use promo code FRANK at checkout to get this bonus print for free!

One could spend a hundred bucks pretty easily in Whalen’s shop, I think. Other classic Universal monsters including the Creature from the Black Lagoon and the Bride of Frankenstein got the same lovely treatment. My personal favourite is this five-colour diptych featuring all seven of Universal’s monsters.

I need more disposable income, more walls, and less common sense.

Via Kelly P: a paint and cling-wrap art installation by “Glasgow based aerosol artist” Rogue-one, designed to traumatize the unwary hikers of Scotland.

I took a trip to Pollok country park and painted something to scare the dog walkers & mountain bikers ?
Instagram @rogueoner

Imagine coming across this painting just after sunset, when the lighting is weird enough to activate the part of your brain that’s always scanning for large, pointy mammals that might eat you.

Rogue-one put this beast up on Tuesday the 13th, and according to Facebook comments, it was already trashed by the 14th. The artist was sanguine about it –”It’s done on cling film & doesn’t have much of a life expectancy” – and no wonder, considering the talent and prolificacy on display in his gallery. This guy can cling-wrap a werewolf any time he likes.

For a close-up look at this werewolf (and more of his incredible work), visit his Instagram page.

It’s my favourite Twitter tradition! As soon as September ends, you have to perform two rituals:

1. Change your Twitter username to a spooky derivative – equal parts scary and corny (eg. if you’re Marco Arment, you could be Marc O’Lantern).
2. Get a profile picture to match. It has to be a picture of you, but Halloween-ified – you can’t just put up a stock image and call it good (unless you’re rocking a gimmick, in which case, you’re excused).

Finding an artist who’ll do a good monster portrait of you cheap and quick can be tricky, but three of my favourite artists are starting the month of Halloween October with special limited-time deals to help you out.

• Teknicolor Tiger is offering six profile picture slots for $30 CAD each. That’s Canadian dollars, which are in the toilet right now, so it’s an extra-good deal. TT draws some extremely terrifying werewolves so get on it!
• Hamster Toybox is offering monstrous/snarly icons for $20 USD each. She’s done art for me in the past (including this image of Tandye transforming into a werewolf) and my responses to her delivery emails are always written in ALL-CAPS WITH LOTS OF EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!!
• Just minutes ago, Shmorky opened a limited number of Halloween avatar slots for $10.31 USD. Shmorky is a legend and you only need to browse their Tumblr for a minute to see why getting a drawing of yourself as any Shmorkified monster is a super wise move.

If you get a profile pic drawn by one of these people, mention @WerewolfNews on Twitter because I wanna see!

The flattering portrait of me at the top of this post is by Lew, who will get added to this list instantly if and when they start accepting this kind of commission.

After ten weeks of effort from 16 contributors, I’m proud to say that 81 pages of “werewolves in the 90s” writing, comics, poetry, and art drops today! Each contributor brought their A-game and it shows. Every page of this thing is awesome, and you can download a copy right now!

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It’s time to spread the news! I’ve been working on WEREWOLVES VERSUS, a twice-yearly digital zine in which werewolves are mashed up with different physical, cultural or ideological themes. Issue 1 is about the 1990s, and it’s out August 18th!

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