New WolfCop comics coming out in time for Halloween

A howling good time could be in store forcomic book fans who enjoyed theSaskatchewan-made WolfCop movie.

Comic book publisher Dynamite Entertainment announced this week that it'sputting out a three-issue run of WolfCop comics, starting in October.

It's being written by Max Marks with art by ArcanaComics.

"WolfCop is going to be fighting bigger, badder monsters than anything that's been in the movies," Marks told CBC Saskatchewan Morning Edition host Sheila Coles.

"That's the beauty of comics. You can take what was held back in any budget constraints in the film and you can go completely nuts."

The comics will draw from many different horror traditions, from the Lovecraftian mythos to more contemporary tropes, Marks said.

"There are things from more traditional horror, but we are also trying to keep the flavour of the movie that everybody loves."

In the first of the comics coming out in October, WolfCop battles what can only be described as a giant were-pig, Marks said.

That's the beauty of comics. You can take what was held back in any budget constraints in the film and you can go completely nuts.- Writer Max Marks

"We wanted to, you know, show peopleWolfCop's in a big world. He's a humble small-town werewolf cop fighting things that are sometimes out of his league but he always makes it the way through."

Following up on the success of the WolfCop movie, a sequel will be coming out soon. The franchise has been popular with horror fans for a number of reasons, not just because it's a gore-fest, Marks said.

"It harkens back to those sort of movies that you watched in the '80s that had that sort of, you know, there was a heart toit. People would describe it as cheesy now, but you could tell that it's genuine."

Marks said the director of the movies, Lowell Dean, has been a passionate supporter of the comics project, Marks said.

"You hear WolfCop and you think, 'Wow!' he's basically a new superhero, right? He just belongs in comics," Mark said.
"We can't wait to show it to all the fans."