Age of the Wolf is a story about a young woman named Rowan forced into a prophecy that requires her to sacrifice her life for the greater good. The book follows her story through three story arcs of Rowan’s life battling a predestined fate in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by werewolves. By artist Jon Davis-Hunt and writer Alec Worley, through publisher Rebellion, and first appearing serialized in 2000AD, Age of the Wolf combines the classic horror elements of the werewolf mythos along with interesting fantasy symbolism and allusions.

Age of the Wolf is rife with symbolism; some of which I enjoyed, some of which I felt fell a little flat. I enjoyed the small callbacks to other myths – the bit about little red riding hood was clever without being overwrought – as well as the small details such as the words “Legend” on Rowan’s sweatshirt.

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Finding feminist ideology in the horror film genre can feel like searching for meaning in a Pauly Shore film. It can seem a futile effort considering the most popular horror tropes are particularly unflattering toward the female characters: the final virginal survivor, “ugly duckling” killer, the commonality of sexual assault as plot device, etc. Then there are the endless debates about whether a film passes the Bechdel test if the conversation between two named female characters centers around the killer who might be a man. But feminists like horror films, too! And some of the men and women who create them like feminism. The WWAC staff sat around our virtual campfire to discuss our favorite feminist leaning horror flicks.

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Certain things you wouldn’t ponder combining, not because you don’t think they’d go together, simply that the thought never crossed your mind. Yet, when two things do come together in your mind, you want to slap your forehead and go “of course!.”

That’s how I felt after reading Predator vs Judge Dredd vs Aliens; of course!

Michael Bay does it again… see why Transformers 4 is a steaming pile of terrible, and how other action movies can avoid falling into the same trap.

When geek culture started to truly flourish with the increasing profitability of superhero movies, supernaturally based TV shows, and renewed interest in the science fiction and fantasy genres, new fans started pouring in. The effect of social media is a large community of fans — or fandom. Keeping in contact, planning events, having meet-and-greets, and developing friendships has become a staple of online fandoms. Sharing theories on the latest episode of Sleepy Hollow, debates on the original Star Trek series vs. the reboot, speculation on upcoming Marvel movies, gushing over the newest Flash trailer, and complaining about the wait between Sherlock series, are parts of belonging to the geek community. Not everyone likes the same shows, movies, books, or comics, but everyone can belong to a fandom within the larger community. 

At least, this is the core of what a community should be.

The official trailer for NBC’s upcoming TV show Constantine has been released, sending fans into a tizzy.  Reactions have ranged on the mostly positive side, with a few exceptions.  You can’t please everyone after all.  However expectations are high for the upcoming TV show that appears to stay true to the original comic.

Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are officially parting ways after a near decade of film making together.  The duo have been a part of highly profitable and well known franchises over the last few years including: two Transformer films,Mission Impossible III, Now You See Me, and most recently Star Trek: Into Darkness.

Recently Vulture writer Abraham Riesman wrote a piece outlining why Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, would be more interesting if he was, excuse the language, a prick. He later goes on to wax poetically about how Ultimate Captain America is a much more interesting version of the star spangled hero, compared to the dry good guy of Marvel’s main 616 comic universe. 

As if we don’t have enough angst ridden anti-heroes on the loose in our media.

Michelle woke with bleary eyes, blinking against the harsh ray of sunlight that pelted her from the doorway.  She groaned turning over.  Michelle had repeatedly told her sister to leave her door closed.  The windows of their hallway were positioned in such a way that the light pierced right into her room like a knife.  She gave a cautionary glance towards the clock that blinked a mournful nine-forty-five.  Michelle whined long and high, burrowing deeper into the freshly cleaned burrow of her blankets.  The smell of fabricated citrus and mint lulled her back asleep in a matter of seconds.  

Michelle was sure no more than two seconds had passed when her phone alarm blasted out like police sirens in her ear through her pillow.  Hands sluggish, but moving with determined purpose, Michelle silenced the shrill call and crawled back into her warm ring of blankets and pillows.  It was her day off, and Michelle was determined to sleep in.

Then the dogs started barking.

For female geeks everywhere, we all know it can be hard to find a place within the community. The last few weeks have been particularly difficult for lady geeks. A recent article by Comic Book Resources guest writer Janelle Asselin critiquing the newly released cover of the upcoming Teen Titans issue one sent clashing waves of support and contempt throughout the online geek community. While the article was a logical and balanced critique, others, including DC artist Brett Booth, felt otherwise.

Welcome to Night Vale is the Cinderella tale of all podcasts.  Think if Supernatural, The Twilight Zone, and Lost Girl were all cloned by Dr. Frankenstein and then stolen away into the night by Dr. Manhattan to be dissected you’d end up with Welcome to Night Vale.

DC’s latest animated movie, Justice League: War, is an adaption of Geoff John and Jim Lee’s Justice League: Origin. The movie, and it’s adapted comic book, tell the origin story of the Justice League for DC’s new 52 line of comics. Think you know these decades old characters? Think again.

There’s been so many couples to grace both the big and small screens it’s near impossible to keep up with them all. Everyone has their favorite TV or movie romance, and right now everyone is making list after list about them. However I’ve found those lists follow a rather stringent pattern. So here are some couples that all to often get overlooked, but are no less epic.