Author Toby Barlow is creating quite a stir with his first novel, a werewolf story called Sharp Teeth. Written as a way to pass the time during a year-long stay in a Chicago hotel, Sharp Teeth combines free verse imagery with humour, sorrow and violence in what critics are calling a “gut-wrenching, sexy debut, a horror thriller in verse.” (more…)
Ben Templesmith to Create Comic Series About Werewolves
IESB.net and the Horror Fiction News Network are both reporting that Australian artist Ben Templesmith has signed an exclusive deal with IDW Publishing, and among his forthcoming projects is Welcome to Hoxford, a new comic book series about werewolves. (more…)
Sonic Unleashed Officially Announced – with Werewolf Sonic?
A week or two after screenshots of the forthcoming Sonic the Hedgehog game were leaked to the web, Sega finally quit issuing cease-and-desist orders and announced that they are indeed making a new Sonic game called Sonic Unleashed, due out for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii before Christmas 2008. (more…)
19th Century Lycanthrope Research Case
This isn’t exactly news, considering it’s from last year, but it’s worth sharing because it’s quite impressive, and because this has been a slow week for news. (more…)
Wanted – “Real” Werewolf Special Effects
Den Of Geek has just posted an article about the possible resurgence of “real-tech” effects in horror films, and more specifically, in werewolf films. (more…)
Werewolf Speed-Painting Video
While browsing a back issue of Smashing Magazine, I came across a YouTube video of illustrator Chris Scalf painting a rather awesome werewolf. He recorded his Photoshop / Intuos tablet wizardy in accelerated time-lapse for our viewing pleasure. (more…)
The Wolf Man: Empire Magazine Interviews Producer Scott Stuber
Empire Magazine has just done a great interview with Scott Stuber, producer of The Wolf Man. I was going to write a bit of commentary on Stuber’s very encouraging remarks, but he says so many positive things that I’d wind up essentially reprinting the whole interview here. (more…)
Operation: Darkness
Does the world really need another game that takes place in World War II? Probably not. But what if the ranks of Hitler’s armies were bolstered by vampires, zombies and werewolves? That’s the premise of Operation: Darkness, a forthcoming game for the Xbox 360. (more…)
The Wolf Man: Effects Photos Released
Two promotional images of Benicio Del Toro in full “Wolf Man” makeup were recently released to the public. (more…)
