It’s not every day I get asked to share a book with a forward that warns squeamish people not to buy it. “Breeds” by Canadian horror & fantasy author Keith C Blackmore is a “werewolf book. Not a romance. Not at all.” It’s $4.99 on Amazon, and it gets an automatic thumbs-up from me before reading more than the first two pages because Blackmore knows how to write a convincing Newfoundland accent. (more…)
Category: Books & Comics
Werewolves set in type and inked in panels.
Happle Tea shows the true value of a silver Olympic medal
This comic by Scott Maynard of Happle Tea was probably created during the 2012 Summer Olympics, but let’s face it: if werewolves were going to attack the medal podium, it’d totally be during a Winter Olympics held in Russia. (more…)
WWII Paratroopers battle Nazi werewolves in “Deadman’s Land”
Most people assume that the vampire is the natural enemy of the werewolf. I mean, just look at them, with their stupid smirks and crushed velvet. However, my research has shown that the true nemeses of every lycanthrope are the common, garden-variety Nazis, who have the same groundless arrogance and shitty fashion sense as vampires, but with the extra deficit of being genocidal maniacs. (more…)
Don’t let Reagan or The Mummy win! Pre-order “The Werewolf of NYC” issue 2
After the success of the first issue, beautiful scratchboard nightmare The Werewolf of NYC is back for a second round on aperfectempire.com. Featuring art & story by Edwin Vazquez, The Werewolf of NYC chronicles the downwards spiral of a troubled (wolf)man in 1980’s-era New York City. (more…)
The Wolf at His Door (The Runes Trilogy)
“Five innocent people have vanished, leaving investigators without a clue and families in turmoil. A brutal attack leaves one brother dead and his twin in a coma. The horror has only begun for Alec Rune as he learns that werewolves have a much darker plan for him.” The first book in a trilogy by Adrian Lilly, available on Amazon. Book two arrives next month.
Humanity’s at the bottom of the food chain in “The Cursed and the Damned”
As reported by PDX Werewolf earlier today, N.A.S Studios has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the first two issues of their six-issue “werewolves vs. zombies vs. everyone else” comic series “The Cursed and the Damned“. The end of the world is near, and I’m guessing the only move left to humanity is to decide which supernatural creature we’d prefer to have gnawing our bones. (more…)
Universal Pictures picks up Robert McCammon’s WW2 werewolf novel “The Wolf’s Hour”
As exclusively reported by Deadline, Universal Pictures has acquired the film rights to Robert McCammon’s “debonair Russian werewolf serving as a British secret agent in Word War II” novel The Wolf’s Hour. (more…)
Cook like a Garou with the “Werewolf: The Apocalypse” Cookbook
Remember the Deluxe “Werewolf the Apocalypse” 20th Anniversary Edition Kickstarter from 2012? The one that made me all nostalgic and which annihilated its goal? One of its stretch goals was an official Werewolf: The Apocalypse Cookbook written by Stew Wilson. (more…)
You need “Who Needs the Moon?” by Todd McCullough
This might be old news to people who follow me on Twitter, but it bears repeating on a less ephemeral platform: Who Needs the Moon? is an ongoing graphic novel by Todd McCullough, and it’s fucking awesome. It’s got gorgeous art, a gripping story, and a protagonist who’s a terrible puzzle. As Todd describes it in a recent Comic Related interview:
The story is sort of a first person narrative, that revolves around the werewolf and so we [early] on get a glimpse into him and his thinking. The miniseries will follow him through what I hope will be an eventual downfall. There is a large cast of supporting characters, like his dead family, the ghosts of the people he’s killed, Ted the bartender… and of course the members of the vampire coven who we will learn more of later on.
The atmosphere in this book is dense and cold, but it’s alive. The main character, Ethan, is endearing, haunted and terrifying all at the same time. He’s likeable, but it’s also clear that he’s capable of monstrous things. Kingford, the small town setting, feels like a brooding Everytown, and also like a half-dead incarnation of places I have called home. This mournful malevolence is achieved through a combination of effective writing and phenomenal colours on the page. And, at the risk of losing some of my anti-vampire credibility, I have to say that I really enjoy how vampires are portrayed. They’re scuzzy, arrogantly complacent, sunken-eyed rats, but they exude a palpable sense of menace – even the one with the stupid moustache.
The first volume of Who Needs The Moon? is available for $0.99 on ComiXology and DriveThruComics. But the best option is Gumroad, where you can get volumes 1 and 2 in CBZ or PDF format for $1, and the rest of the series as Todd completes it for free. If you just want a taste and you’re quick, you can even get the Gumroad versions for free by entering $0 as the amount you want to pay, but the free downloads are limited in quantity. As Todd puts it,
If you buy my comic, you have my deepest thanks and I hope you enjoy it. You should know that you only need to buy the one copy. Over time I will update the PDF and CBZ with the other issues and then you get an email letting you know that you can update your local version.
So go pay for it, because as the ancient wisdom tells us, people who make cool shit will make MORE cool shit if you PAY THEM.
For more on Todd and Who Needs The Moon?, check out the Comic Related interview, and follow him on Tumblr, deviantART and Twitter.
Werewolf Wednesday Digest for December Week 1
Another Werewolf Wednesday is upon us! Here are some bones to gnaw on:
- Bill Oberst, Jr. has joined the cast of Werewolf Rises. You might recognize Bill from the The Beast, which is an awesome werewolf short, or Take This Lollipop, the Facebook app / short film that galvanized my office for two hours in 2011. Bill’s the best, and his involvement in the film can only mean good things.
- The third season of the American adaptation of Being Human comes out on Blu-ray in January, and it’s available for pre-order now. I haven’t seen it and don’t imagine I’ll have time in the near future, but if you’re a fan, get it.
- The long-awaited game Sang-Froid – Tales of Werewolves has a playable demo now via Steam, but only for Windows, so I guess I have to drag my Alienware out of the Shame Corner. Tower defence involving lumberjacks and werewolves in a snowy Quebec landscape is worth it.
- In other news about Windows-only gaming that I’m totally not bitter about, Blood of the Werewolf could use your vote in the IndieDB Indie Of The Year competition. No sign-in is required to vote, so go do it, even if you’re waiting for a console port like me, because boy, that game looks TUFF.
- Horror artist Bryan Baugh dug deep into the archives and posted a Wulf and Batsy comic from 2004 on his deviantART page. “Them’s Monsters” looks and reads like it’s straight out of Tales from the Crypt, and features a vampire who instantly made it onto my list of vampires I grudgingly acknowledge as cool. Thanks to Wolf Montana for sharing!
- If you’re in the Vancouver / Whistler area, there’s an official WolfCop event happening at The Longhorn Saloon in Whistler this Friday evening. The WolfCop Drink ‘N Shoot is the place to be if you want to watch the new WolfCop teaser trailer (freshly cut from the shoot in Saskatchewan), and meet director Lowell Dean and special FX monster-master Emersen Ziffle. I can’t go because of reasons, but if you’re in the area, check it out!
- If you’re craving more werewolf sites to follow, here are two more to add to your bookmarks: Lángrén’s Monsters & Werewolves, and PDX Werewolf‘s eponymous site. I like these guys and I like their sites. I bet you will too.
That’s it for this week, but the day’s not over, keep an eye on Twitter and Tumblr for more #WerewolfWednesday stuff.