The latest strip of The Adventures of White Wolf, the monthly comic series that I'm doing at the moment, has been posted today!
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the series, The Adventures of White Wolf is a monthly comic strip which is a throwback to the classic newspaper strips of the 20s and 30s, influenced by Chester Gould, Milton Caniff, Winsor McCay, among others, as well as the Golden and Silver Age of comics. It also serves as an allegory for mental illness, portraying it in a positive light. Influenced by Batman, Blue Beetle, Hourman, Doc Savage, Dick Tracy and Captain America, among many others, the comic series is a spin-off of my animated film "Beware of Black Dog!", which features the superhero known as White Wolf:
Stills from "Beware Of Black Dog!"
The series chronicles Max Height, mild-mannered science and psychology teacher, who suffers from lycanthropy, aka werewolfism. One night, Max accidently kills a young child in his werewolf form, and Max, overcome with remorse, decides to commit suicide with a mixture of chemicals that he concocted, also containing the element of silver. When he takes it however, he discovers that the silver element, mixed with the other chemicals gives him phenomenal strength and a howl that can break the sound barrier at the full moon, instead of becoming a werewolf. Seeing a chance to redeem himself and to use his affliction for good, he decides to become a dashing superhero, adopting a friendlier image of the wolf that is inside of him, known to civilians as WHITE WOLF!
The first strip debuted on the Australian illustration site and zine Forth Thread.
The series will be updated roughly around the first week of each month, and as a serial it reveals each part of the story with every month that goes by, so you will need to read the first few strips and the origin before reading the latest strip. These can be found at Webcomics Nation. You can see the latest strip here:
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