Category: Pop Culture

Trendy werewolf stuff for trendy werewolf people.

Lycans vs. Dracula & an Australian Penny Arcade werewolf

Here are two bits of fluff for a post-full-moon-hangover Friday afternoon.

Werewolves vs Vampires by Lauren CampbellThe Easterner, which is the “independent, student-run news site of Eastern Washington University”, has posted an opinion piece that attempts to pinpoint which creatures is more efficient at killing: the vampire, or the werewolf. Opinion Editor Larry Ty Holmes decides to compare the most extreme examples of each monster: Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and the Underworld lycans. It’s a short piece that runs out of gas before reaching a solid conclusion, and I get the feeling it was started before Halloween and only just published Thursday to get it out of the “drafts” folder, but I enjoyed the accompanying artwork by EWU senior Lauren Campbell.

Underworld, Part ThreePAX Australia 2014 just ended, and as is their wont, the Penny Arcade guys documented the week with a few recent comics. This time it involves exposing Sydney to the full Halloween experience via a monster-spewing portal. The episode concludes with a werewolf who has to confront the imperturbability of a populace used to living in a country positively brimming with poisonous creatures. I always like seeing Mike draw werewolves, and I can confirm from firsthand experience that Aussies are the most hardcore people on the planet.

Today’s Halloween Google Doodles include a werewolf

This little company you may have heard of called Google has a habit of updating their logo to reflect whatever special event is happening on a given day. To celebrate Halloween, they’re showing six spooky animations by Markus Magnusson, Olivia Huyhn and Taylor Price. (more…)

Universal’s “Halloween Horror Nights” maze to feature An American Werewolf in London

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal has decided to incorporate an elaborate An American Werewolf in London maze into their yearly Halloween Horror Nights event. (more…)

Three classic werewolf films get the Trailers From Hell! treatment

Nothing underscores the size and depth of the Internet for me like the realization that the cool new thing I just discovered is actually an entrenched and respected phenomenon. Did you know about Trailers From Hell? Were you aware that film director Joe Dante (yes him) and many of his filmmaker pals have been giving trailers for horror, sci-fi and cult movies a paternal sort of MST3K treatment since 2007? (more…)

“Cycle of the Werewolf” Illustrator Wrightson Hospitalized

As reported by Bleeding Cool, legendary comic artist and illustrator Bernie Wrightson was hospitalized today after suffering “a series of small strokes”. According to his wife, his cognition and his spirits are good, although he’ll likely remain in the hospital for tests and possible surgery. (more…)

Ask Andronica! Biology of Transformation & Historical Discrimination

Recently I took a short break from my column and went on holiday for the first time in ages. Through my work at MI6, I travel constantly and visit many exotic locations, but my trips abroad are typically combined with murder and mayhem, so they’re usually not very relaxing. (more…)

My WolfCop experience at Fan Expo Vancouver

Yesterday was the opening night of Fan Expo Vancouver, and I used a combination of stealth, charm, and an ancient technique known as “paying for a ticket” to gain entry. Once inside I spent most of the evening lurking around booth 143, where the WolfCop crew was set up.

Over the course of three hours Emersen Ziffle transformed Leo Fafard into the lycanthropic lawman, while CineCoup and production representatives (hi Megan!) explained the film to an increasingly enthralled crowd of passersby. Director Lowell Dean was there too, answering questions and helping Emersen get Leo’s uniform sleeves rolled down over WolfCop’s enormous clawed gloves. (more…)

Laura Imbruglia & Chelsea Wolfe music videos

Do you like music? I like music, and I like music videos that are trippy or funny, too. I have one of each for you on this Tuesday evening. (more…)

Man in werewolf mask robs a Forever 21, because “Florida”

What else is there to say, really? It’s all there in the post title. Florida news-bots WESH and WKMG have more details if you want them, but as you can see from the surveillance photo, there’s nothing going on. Oh, well, I mean, there’s some skinny turd in a hoodie using a gun and a mask to get all the “big bills” from the poor manager of a women’s clothing store in an outlet mall, but unless you’re a vigilante superhero in Orlando who’s looking for a bottom-of-the-barrel villain to hunt, there’s not a lot of meat on this particular bone. (more…)

The winds of change: a socially conscious Werewolf News reboot

Welcome, friends. This week marks the six year anniversary of Werewolf News, and it also marks a major milestone in the site’s editorial vision. (more…)