Upcoming Comic Series - B O Wolf

News from the May 2026 comics preorders from Lone Star Comics:

B. O. Wolf Cvr A Reksa Xavi P 1

Published by Massive Publishing

(W) Darin S. Cape (A) Elba Niado (CA) Reksa Xavi P. B.O. Wolf is a dual-timeline series that interweaves the epic of Beowulf with life in the 1980s. A monster stalks the halls of a middle school, a relentless bully tormenting a group of kids who escape into the fantasy world of their role-playing adventures. But as the game begins to mirror their lives, they’ll need a hero of their own. Blending myth and modern reality, the series explores how courage, imagination, and resistance endure.

New Comic Bea Wulf

Bea Wulf is the title of a new graphic novel written by Zach Weinersmith and illustrated by Boulet. The first volume of what looks to be a trilogy, it's an interesting take on the Beowulf story. Weinersmith and Boulet recast the tale in modern-day suburbia, alter the conflict from humans and monsters to one between children and adults, and transform Beowulf into a young girl. 

More details, a preview, and ordering information from Weinersmith's website at this link. 

For teachers, the book includes a detailed appendix with information on the making of the comic. There is also a sketchbook with some of Boulet's early art for the book.

From the Macmillan site: 

Book Details

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250776297/bea-wolf

A modern middle-grade graphic novel retelling of Beowulf, featuring a gang of troublemaking kids who must defend their tree house from a fun-hating adult who can instantly turn children into grown-ups.

Listen! Hear a tale of mallow-munchers and warriors who answer candy’s clarion call!

Somewhere in a generic suburb stands Treeheart, a kid-forged sanctuary where generations of tireless tykes have spent their youths making merry, spilling soda, and staving off the shadow of adulthood. One day, these brave warriors find their fun cut short by their nefarious neighbor Grindle, who can no longer tolerate the sounds of mirth seeping into his joyless adult life.

As the guardian of gloom lays siege to Treeheart, scores of kids suddenly find themselves transformed into pimply teenagers and sullen adults! The survivors of the onslaught cry out for a savior—a warrior whose will is unbreakable and whose appetite for mischief is unbounded.

They call for Bea Wolf.

Imprint Publisher: First Second

ISBN: 9781250776297

Page Count: 208

Genre: Children’s Literature

On Sale: 03/21/2023

Age Range: 8-12

Now on video: Bae Wolf

Missed this initially. It's now available as a streaming video on Tubi (at this link) and for purchase as a streaming video or on disc:

Blog Launch

The Old English epic Beowulf remains familiar to readers through its editions and translations as well as its more varied transformations into other media. These three types of Beowulfiana represent a massive corpus of between 500 to 700 works according to entries in Hans Sauer’s 205 Years of Beowulf: Translations and Adaptations (2005-2010) and the Beowulf’s Afterlives Bibliographic Database; though, as medievalists, we tend to focus on the first two categories rather than the last. New versions of the story feature in all forms of modern mediævalisms, yet (as is true with most medieval texts) research continues to focus primarily on depictions of Beowulf on screen (about 40 examples according to the Internet Movie Database). We hope in this blog and through our outreach efforts to expand our view of Beowulf’s reception and (re)interpretation by creative artists and look more deeply at the text’s wider use. We are particularly interested in explorations of the adaptation and/or appropriation of the text, its characters, and its themes in less explored media. For instance, traditional literary texts (such as novels, short stories, and poems) include at least 200 works according to the Internet Speculative Fiction Database and much more are recorded by the Beowulf’s Afterlives Bibliographic Database. In addition, the comics include at least 300 examples according to the Grand Comics Database. Besides these, there remain many new and neglected works on film, television, entertainment consoles, and the Internet. Still other media (such as musical theater) remain largely uncataloged.