Werewolf News for 04/04/2005
Wanderer
This past Sunday saw the first combined Ani-Meet of Texas, joining the Furs'
First Sunday Meet, the Werewolf Meetup and the Furry Meetup under one banner
and organizer. At Pappas' Pizza in Addison (a good central location), a
good time was had by all. Art was shared, stories told, backs and bellies
skritched, and much Italian food devoured messily. (No Italians were
harmed, however... besides, we couldn't find any that worked there.;)
The next full moon will be April 24th. In addition to being the Full Pink
Moon (named for the early-blooming pink, the wild ground phlox), the Full
Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon and the Full Fish Moon (April marks the
start of the great shad run), this year it also marks the day of Passover.
In honor of this, I point out that the Hebrew word for werewolf is "vadzm"
("badzm" in Yiddish), and that a werewolf in legends is "vaz-mda".
(Transliterated Hebrew.)
On a sad note, the Daniel pack in Wyoming has been terminated. Comprised of
17 wolves in the summer of 2003 (when it was first recorded), one then died
in the collaring process. Two were killed by illegal hunting. 4 were
apparently poisoned over the 2003-2004 winter season. 5 were killed last
fall as part of the control process. The last five have now been killed by
the Wildlife Service, due to their tendency to kill private stock (21
cattle, 20 sheep) on private lands. While new wolves have been spotted in
the Green River and Pinedale areas, these comprise, at most, 8 wolves total;
a tiny substitute for the Green River and Pinedale packs that were also
eliminated by control-killing.
In other Wyoming news, the following Yellowstone packs were radio-collared
over the winter: Swan Lake (2 wolves collared), Leopold (5 wolves
collared), Geode Creek (3 wolves collared, one of which, the Alpha Male, was
killed by the Leopold pack), Agate Creek (3 collared), Druid Peak (2
collared), Slough Creek (4 collared), Biscuit Basin (3 collared; one, a
subordinate, starved until killed by other wolves), Cougar Creek (3
collared), Gibbon Meadows (2 collared), Nez Perce (3 collared), Yellowstone
Delta (3 collared), and Mollie's Pack (3 wolves collared). Of the 36 wolves
collared, only 7 (19.4%) were recollarings.
A new werewolf movie opened March 15th in limited release: Wolfsbayne:
http://www.wolfsbaynethemovie.com/ It's a low-budget horror flick, filmed
in Tennessee. Not much buzz yet, and only one review at IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426629/combined
And that just focuses on one actress'... ahem... assets. From the
production stills at the official site, the bloodwork is decent. The utter
lack of any werewolf "face time" is likely a bad sign for the costuming
department, however.
A few unusual links:
WereBear Website Creation: http://werebearltd.com/ Just because it struck
me funny.:>
Rowsby T. Woof's Website: http://www.rowsby.com Rowsby's a computer
animator as well as a werewolf, and has several good animations. Look
especially for his Werewolf and Werebear, the latter of which was a project
for WotC. Blackbear, you may get some use out of his CG Fur Tutorial.
The Wendigo: http://www.thewendigo.com/ Call me picky, but I don't think
it looks anything like Spyder... anyone heard from him lately?
Monstrous.com: http://werewolves.monstrous.com/ They have a series of
websites devoted to every type of monster they could find. This one covers
werewolves, including a near-complete werewolf music listing. (They left
off Metallica's "Of Wolf and Man".) Other sections of the site include
other werebeasts, including the werelion. Be warned, though, they didn't
actually receive any artwork; they just grabbed what they could find off the
net.
Upcoming Werewolf Movie: Wild Country:
http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_1447.html Well, if you liked Dog
Soldiers, it looks like you'll love Wild Country. Bob Keen, the effects man
on DS, is back for this one as well. It may start slow, though...
Just when you though it was safe to go back in the toy aisle:
http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory.asp?memID=3675 England has the most
interesting toys sometimes... that's right, folks, plush WereBears, with
fangs and claws. And these are the good guys...
Werewolves show up in kids' books, btw... check out "Werewolves for Lunch",
from Mercer Mayer (creator of Little Critter).
Something Completely Different:
http://www.eskimo.com/~kwright/Misc/otter.people.txt Kushtakas are Alaskan
were-otters. In this story, they're rather nasty; in others, they save
people from drowning. Of course, once they save the person, they turn them
into a kushtaka... and nobody said the person had to be drowning before the
kushtakas got there...
Finally, Guardian has returned safely from the SouthEast Howl. No word yet
on howlpics, but I'll check in with him as soon as possible.
Well, until next time, look to the moon and stars, folks.;)
Yours in search of a tagline,
The wolfish,
Wanderer
wand...@ticnet.com
"Where am I going? I don't quite know.
What does it matter *where* people go?
Down to the woods where the bluebells grow!
Anywhere! Anywhere! *I* don't know!"
-- a. a. milne
Neil Trigger
face that turned inside out, grew claws and became a monster teddy. Pretty
cool for a toy actually.
I thought it might has similar implications. Sadly - apparently not.
--
Neil Trigger
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Wanderer
news:0Xu4e.5060$mQ6...@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> there was a toy here in the UK called werebear, it was a cute teddy, with
> a face that turned inside out, grew claws and became a monster teddy.
> Pretty cool for a toy actually.
That would be the toy I referenced. Quite the collectors' item, it would
seem.
>
> I thought it might has similar implications. Sadly - apparently not.
>
Be fair, now. As anyone who saw the "shapeshifting" action figure from the
"Brother Bear" merchandise would tell you, it's hard to make a figure that
can do that and still look good in both forms.
Yours wolfishly,
The merchandise-remembering,