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…)
WOLFEN JUMP In Print fundraiser!
Last year, a group of twenty-four artists contributed weird, heartwarming, terrible, scary comics to an anthology with an “extremely nebulous” theme of “wolf”. The result was WOLFEN JUMP, which I got very excited about during its inception phase. Now volume one is complete, and you can read the entire thing online for free.
But what if you want to read these comics somewhere other than Tumblr’s hyperactive nightmare zone? (more…)
Trailer for the baffling, delightful iOS game “The Executive”
It’s Monday. You’re at work, dealing with reptiles or float homes or glitchy compilers or whatever keeps you busy all day. Maybe you have a coffee. Externally, you’re at peace. But internally: turmoil! Your soul is crying out. You are experiencing a profound lack. A cold wind is coursing through the places in your bones where marrow used to be. (more…)
Steve Carell fights a werewolf in “Anchorman 2”
If you’re like me and you haven’t seen a film in theatres for ages because movie theatres are terrible places filled with stupid noisy bad people, here’s a good reason to strap into your Social Anxiety Suit and go see Anchorman 2: it contains a scene in which Steve Carell and James Marsden fight a werewolf. (more…)
What you need to know about “Guardians of Luna”
For several years now I’ve been hearing about Guardians of Luna, but my attempts to learn about it were continually rebuffed by the project’s Flash site. I’m a web developer. I… I don’t like Flash. But lately I’ve received enough email about it that last night I decided to give the site time to load so I could properly check it out, and hopefully answer three key questions: what is it, who made it, and how can I watch it? (more…)
Full Moon Features: The Boy(s) Who Cried Werewolf
A few years back, Nickelodeon aired a made-for-TV movie called The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, which is about a boy (duh) who comes to believe her older sister is a werewolf (double duh). If you missed it, it can be found in its entirety on YouTube, but then so is the 1973 feature film of the same name, which I strongly suggest would be a much better choice. (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.
Weekly Werewolf Art: “Complete Werewolf Transformation” by David Wuertemburg
This werewolf illustrated by David Wuertemburg exemplifies the longstanding tradition of werewolves with great hair, a tradition first embodied by Michael Landon and later popularized in song form by Warren Zevon. What grabs me in this picture – aside from Dave’s technical proficiency – is the exquisite dichotomy of a such a well-groomed beast also being a bloodthirsty ruiner of camping trips and dates at Makeout Point. He may have access to salon-exclusive styling products, but this is a classic werewolf primed to fuck shit up. I love the blunt muzzle, the baleful sunken eyes, and those enormous teeth. If this was a book cover, I’d buy it in an instant.
You can see more of Dave’s art, much of which is horror- and werewolf-related, in his deviantART gallery.
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.