Month: April 2012

• April 16, 2012

  Music, Uncategorized

  Coming soon: Werewolf tunes and Metal Queens

  Hoo boy, it’s going to be a busy week here at As You Were.  We will of course be celebrating Werewolf Wednesday on said day, but we have another guest post coming up, this time courtesy of prolific horror writer and editor (and metal fan) Armand Rosamilia. On Wednesday, we’ll be looking at the top…
• April 12, 2012

  Graphic novels / comic books, Thunder God Thursday

  Norse code

  ONE of the reasons Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were able to cast ancient Norse gods as modern comic-book superheroes was that they were comparatively unknown, Richard Wagner and the names of our weekdays notwithstanding. Here, then, are a few terms so you can tell your Asgard from a Hel in the ground.
• April 11, 2012

  Graphic novels / comic books, The coolest stuff, Werewolf Wednesday

  Werewolf Wednesday: Grant Gould’s The Wolves of Odin

  I had the opportunity to interview comic book writer and artist Grant Gould a few years ago about his labour of love, The Wolves of Odin.  Since then, he’s continued it as a webcomic and worked on a sequel volume, Marauders of Midgard.  I thought I’d post this 2009 interview ahead of Grant’s upcoming appearance at…
• April 4, 2012

  Graphic novels / comic books, The coolest stuff, Werewolf Wednesday

  Werewolf Wednesday: Rachel Deering’s Anathema

  Welcome to a new feature here at As You Were: Werewolf Wednesday. In which we reserve a day for that greatest of monsters, often overlooked thanks to shambling zombies and flawless vampires. Our first feature in the series is with independent comic book writer and letterer Rachel Deering. *  *  * If you’re tired of…