Werewolf links, news, and reviews
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.
If you’re lucky enough to be attending the San Diego Comic-Con on Friday the 25th, check out Hall H at 2:00 PM for a sneak peak at footage from The Wolfman, and a presentation from the film’s official werewolf-creator and special effects god, Rick Baker. From the SDCC site:
For its upcoming action-horror film The Wolfman, Universal will showcase new footage and a presentation from the title monster’s creator, six-time Oscar-winning special effects artist Rick Baker.
If you’re a fan of the short-lived TV series Wolf Lake, you might want to get your DVR ready– SciFi is running a Wolf Lake marathon through July and into August. Starting July 16th, they’ll be showing every episode of the first (and only) season! Follow the Read More link for a full schedule, courtesy of ArcLight.
CHUD.com’s Jon Abrams waxes philisophical in a fantastic essay about why werewolf movies basically stink. He suggests (rightly, in my opinion) that while every genre, sub-genre and niche in film has its diamonds in the rough, werewolf movies are fundamentally lacking.
Every major strain of genre filmmaking, whether it be the war movie or the alien invasion/science fiction movie, the time travel movie or the samurai movie, the Western or the boxing movie or the comic book movie or the vampire movie – all these have their few-and-far-between classics that make sitting through all the more inferior efforts worthwhile. The exception is the werewolf movie.
Roukas sent me this classic– a Japanese underwear ad. I think it speaks for itself.
Why isn’t marketing in North America as random and awesome as this?
If you’re a fan of werewolf special effects, you’re probably familiar with Alex CF’s super-detailed lycanthrope research case– I mentioned it back in April, and it’s still pretty much the coolest piece of three-dimensional art I’ve seen. Apparently a lot of other people dug it too, because he’s made another one.
Visit Alex’s site for more pictures, and for an excellent (and lengthy) video tour of the kit’s components. This man is all about detail.
July is Werewolf Month at MonsterLibrarian.com. Werewolf Month– I like the sound of that! (more…)