That's good. It's nice you're respecting the old school work from the Universal films, but also bringing it more modern with the styles that's out today.  It's also good that you do have a line that you won't cross. Some artists and comic books tend to go past that line and that's a major turnoff in my opinion.

Now for one of my favorite parts of werewolves: the transformations.

Will we see detailed transformations in this comic, or will it depend on how the story's going? Also, has those type of scenes changed greatly from the one shot you drew before to what you're working with now?

MarkOne wrote:

It's also good that you do have a line that you won't cross. Some artists and comic books tend to go past that line and that's a major turnoff in my opinion.

Now for one of my favorite parts of werewolves: the transformations.

Will we see detailed transformations in this comic, or will it depend on how the story's going? Also, has those type of scenes changed greatly from the one shot you drew before to what you're working with now?

To respond, again, one-by-one...

1. Yeah, I do have a certain "moral code" as to what I am, and am not, opposed to showing in a comic. If you look at the illustrations page on my website cryptlogic.net you will see this "moral code" in action. But I will be the first to admit it is a very screwy, weird moral code that probably only makes sense to me! To put it simply, it's similar to what you see in the 1980's horror movies I grew up on as a kid. Blood and guts runs rampant, but it's mostly just silly gross out stuff, rather than a serious minded effort to show cruelty or brutality. And a certain amount of teasy nudity and sex is okay but only as long as its kept under control and in good taste. However - I don't think gore should ever be done in good taste. In my opinion, trying to do gore in good taste IS in bad taste!

2. Detailed transformations: Yes, because The Howling was always my #1 favorite werewolf movie, closely followed by An American Werewolf in London, so I am crazy about elaborate transformation scenes. BUT - I won't do it that way every time because then it would get boring. So I save the elaborate transformations for the big dramatic moments and the rest of the time, play it down, like it'll happen in the shadows or "off screen". That's been my strategy all along so it hasn't changed since I did the one-shot.

And by the way, these are some great questions!

The Busboy wrote:

So do you collect anything related to this genre like comics, action figures, DVDs and/or etc.?  Are the characters Wulf and Batsy modeled after any people you know (like hints in their personality traits or the way you draw their looks)?

Yep, I collect all that kinda stuff.

I will answer your second question with a vague "yes and no"... and just let you wonder. Haha.

Eep, my first time posting here.
I followed the link in your DA account, Mr Baugh. ^^ Thank You.

I am super excited about the comic and I am not even a comic reading kind of gal!
I had to join here and share my enthusiasm. n__n

~Tandye

The Wulf and Batsy page is now online at the Viper Comics website. You can see the cover illustration (by my friend and "Dead At 17" creator Josh Howard), as well as preview pages. Here's the link:

http://www.vipercomics.com/features/wulf_and_batsy.asp

Let me know what you think!

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Check out the "online preview" at this link: http://www.vipercomics.com/features/wulf_and_batsy.asp

Cool, thank you for that link!

Nice, you have some cool artwork at that link!

Wulf and Batsy looks great.  Is Batsy vampire I presume?

RedStreak wrote:

Wulf and Batsy looks great.  Is Batsy vampire I presume?

Thanks! And to answer your question: yes, Batsy is the vampire. Wulf is the werewolf.

Hey Bryan, just read the article in ComicBloc and you're right, it's very long and in-depth... and fascinating as well! A very good read. I had no idea you got that many stories involving the characters in advance.

Will the issues be more like one shot episodes, have a continuing storyline, short episodes (like two or three in each issue) or are they all of the above?

Anyway, I enjoyed looking at the sneak preview as well as reading the article and can't wait to check it out!

Ever thought of pitching wulf & batsy to a network,producer, etc as a animated tv series, or quite possibly a movie?

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