Wifwulf

Angela Carter’s The Company of Wolves and Emily Carroll’s Through the Woods meet Squad (Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle), in WIFWULF - a tale of transformation, blood, and beauty that calls to the wild freedom of our true selves within each of us.

A haunting story of deep loneliness, raw wounds, wild magic, and the freedom of transformation.

Wif. Noun, Old English: A Woman; this word is also the origina from which the word ＂wife＂ is derived. Contrast with ＂wer,＂ a man.
Wulf. Noun, Old English: A Wolf, a wild carnivorous mammal of the Canidae family, which lives and hunts in packs.

WIFWULF is an original folklore myth telling the story of Charity Bjornsdotter, a young woman in 1860’s Montana who spends her days in the woods with her closest friend, a local wolf she calls Silver Slash. Charity is on the precipice of marriage to the most handsome man in her small village, the mercurial-yet-beloved Paul Skeld. But as her husband isolates her from Silver Slash, she begins to feel a call to the wilds...for it is there that her true destiny awaits. WIFWULF is the harrowing tale of a woman forcibly separated from that which makes her feel alive, a reinterpretation of the classic werewolf myth... and the origin story of a new goddess.

A successfully funded, beloved project on Kickstarter, WIFWULF explores a few facets of trauma but especially speaks to relationship abuse, something that has touched more than one member of the creative team. It’s a story that reminds us that even when you feel at your most monstrous, you can find your way back. But not unchanged.

It is also a story about werewolves. About bloody revenge and deep loneliness. About the secret, sad meaning behind the howls we hear from the dark forests on the darkest of nights.

Experience this haunting story in the dark of night, in whatever moonlit warren you call home - or shed your skin, embrace the night, and run wild with magic - and become forever changed.

This book contains mature content and may not be for everyone.WIFWULF contains gore, intimate partner violence, body horror, and animal death.

For fans of Emily Carroll’s Through the Woods, Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (specifically: The Company of Wolves), works by Kelly Link, Carmen Maria Machado’s Her Body and Other Parties, Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle, Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype, Kelly Armstrong’s Bitten, Pretty Deadly by Kelly Sue DeConnick & Emma Rios, By Chance or Providence by Becky Cloonan, Monstress by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda, and the films The Witch and Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki).

＂This just may be the most beautiful ’werewolf’ story I’ve ever consumed in any medium.＂
-- Chris Shehan (The Autumnal, House of Slaughter)

＂A luscious, vicious fever dream of a fairy tale about the cages we find ourselves in and the true cost of freedom. WIFWULF is the kind of story that lingers.＂ -- Jody Houser (Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy, Stranger Things)

Jackson Lanzing is a creative professional with a wide-ranging skillset. By day, he’s a creative director in brand marketing with an expertise in film & television. By night, he’s a New York Times Bestselling writer of comics, digital series, film, television, and animation. JACKSON LANZING, THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR has over a decade of experience in digital and audiovisual marketing. He started his career at Electronic Arts, where he handled day-to-day production and post for ＂Battlecast Primetime,＂ an innovative hourlong e-sports series. He has since moved into film and television marketing as Creative Director at Jump! Creative, producing award-winning digital content and TV spots for Disney, Marvel Studios, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, Fox, Sony Pictures, and more. While he oversees creative at Jump, he also still cuts his favorite spots himself. JACKSON LANZING, THE WRITER is a screenwriter and New York Times Bestselling comic book creator alongside co-writer Collin Kelly, known for JOYRIDE (Boom! Studios), BATMAN & ROBIN ETERNAL (DC Comics), GOTHAM CITY GARAGE (DC Comics), ZOJAQAN (Vault), and Alyssa Milano’s HACKTIVIST (Archaia). Parallel to their comics career, Lanzing/Kelly are screenwriters - since 2010 they’ve developed and written over a dozen screenplays both on spec or assignment for directors/producers like Peter Berg, Akiva Goldsman, Tim Kring, and Barry Josephson. They also wrote all 13 episodes of YouTube Red’s original animated series KINGS OF ATLANTIS, and produced/starred in two live-RPG series: VAST (Legendary Digital) and CHAMPIONS OF THE EARTH (Nerdsmith). In 2018/2019, they partnered with Adam Goodman and directors Pagan/Deustchman on an UNTITLED HORROR PROJECT, wrapped TOMB RAIDER for Dark Horse, took over GREEN ARROW for DC Comics, launched STAR TREK: YEAR FIVE at IDW, and began work on DARK ONE, a three-book original graphic novel series with multiple-time Bestselling fantasy author Brandon Sanderson. Jackson Lanzing/Los Angeles/CA https: //twitter.com/JacksonLanzing https: //www.instagram.com/foundinthewild/

COLLIN KELLY is a screenwriter and New York Times Bestselling comic book creator alongside co-writer Jackson Lanzing, known for Brandon Sanderson’s DARK ONE (Vault Comics), JOYRIDE (Boom! Studios), BATMAN & ROBIN ETERNAL (DC Comics), GOTHAM CITY GARAGE (DC Comics), ZOJAQAN (Vault), and Alyssa Milano’s HACKTIVIST (Archaia). Parallel to their comics career, Lanzing/Kelly are screenwriters - since 2010 they’ve developed and written over a dozen screenplays both on spec or assignment for directors/producers like Peter Berg, Akiva Goldsman, Tim Kring, and Barry Josephson. They also wrote all 13 episodes of YouTube Red’s original animated series KINGS OF ATLANTIS, and produced/starred in two live-RPG series: VAST (Legendary Digital) and CHAMPIONS OF THE EARTH (Nerdsmith). In 2018/2019, they partnered with Adam Goodman and directors Pagan/Deustchman on an UNTITLED HORROR PROJECT, wrapped TOMB RAIDER for Dark Horse, took over GREEN ARROW for DC Comics, launched STAR TREK: YEAR FIVE at IDW, and began work on DARK ONE, a three-book original graphic novel series with multiple-time Bestselling fantasy author Brandon Sanderson. Collin Kelly/Los Angeles/CA https: //twitter.com/cpkelly https: //www.instagram.com/thecollinkelly/?hl=en

DAILEN OGDEN is a freelance comic artist, writer, and illustrator based in Colorado. Dailen is known for their esoteric art and comics, and spends their free time collecting houseplants and raising a Shepherd puppy, as well as a tarantula and a python. Dailen Ogden/Colorado https: //www.dailenogdenillustration.com/ https: //twitter.com/DailenOgden https: //www.instagram.com/dailendailen/ https: //www.facebook.com/DailenOgdenIllustration/