Wolf's Head Volume 5 - An Original Graphic Novel Series: When grieving Detroit native Lauren Greene becomes guardian to a childlike AI-engineered for

Lauren is running from a bounty killer, while trying to protect her friends and a young AI. Lauren also meets a new ally, a feisty truck-driver named Super Bob Sanchez, before being dragged into a shocking confrontation with an old enemy.

Publisher Marketing: "Canadian graphic novelist Von Allan (a pen name) persistently plays with the tension between the mundane and the enchanted in his work, which is usually self-published... In WOLF'S HEAD , probably his best work to date, the fanciful elements of a science fiction tale are masterfully pulled into a grounded, emotionally realistic story about a child grappling with their mother's legacy... In a longer work like WOLF'S HEAD , the interplay between the fantastic dimensions of his stories and the tiny details of life in his art are what makes his voice unique in contemporary comics." - Professor David Beard, International Journal of Comic Art "Lauren is well characterised from the start, but the people she's surrounded by, good, bad and indifferent, are also easily understood, their motivations clear, which enables the plot to roll out smoothly... Allan has supplied a drama to lose yourself in, and set up a lot of potential going forward. In an age of effects wizardry being cheap, TV production companies could do far worse than look in his direction." - Frank Plowright, The Slings & Arrows Graphic Novel Guide "This new and original, full color, deftly scripted, impressively illustrated comic book series is a fully engaging, page-turner of a read and would prove to be an immediate and enduringly popular addition to personal reading lists and community library collections." - Midwest Book Review Publisher Marketing : Lauren Greene is a young Detroit woman whose life is turned upside down after her mom saves a newborn life-form, a kind of artificial intelligence, from a secretive corporation that intended to use the powerful baby for war. When her mom dies, Lauren is left alone to figure out what to do with the new life-form while also trying to make ends meet in her real life. With the main villains from the secretive organization in the hospital after an abortive attempt to steal the baby life-form back, Lauren feels like she has some breathing room to figure out her next steps; she takes a job as a janitor and tries to settle into a normal life. She also makes contact with an ex-scientist, Jack Dhillon, who has a personal hatred for the AI's creator; together, they plan to work on understanding the life-form and figure out how to use it for good. Lauren feels like she's made progress on sorting out her life... but she hasn't counted on the anger from one of her enemies, who has a personal vendetta against her. He spent time in the hospital and now he doesn't want the life-form back, he just wants Lauren dead . When a bounty killer lands in town and shows up at Lauren's apartment armed with an Electromagnetic pulse weapon and a gun, things start to go very badly, very quickly; the young life-form takes a full blast from the EMP but manages to save Lauren and her dog before collapsing. Lauren must gather her dog, the wounded artificial life-form, and some necessities and run for safety. She lands at Jack's place where she then gets a phone-call from a potential new ally named Super Bob Sanchez; he has information that will rid Lauren of her villainous pursuer for once and for all, put some money in her pockets, and give her a way out of Detroit... if she can trust him. But before Lauren can sort out her next steps, she gets a phone-call from the villain who wants her dead; he's furious that his bounty killer couldn't get the job done, so he's kidnapped Lauren's best friend and he'll trade that life... for Lauren's. WOLF'S HEAD is part action-adventure, part drama, featuring strong women of color in the real world. This trade paperback edition collects issues #9 and #10 of the ongoing comic book series. For information, please visit https: //wolfs-head.vonallan.com Contributor Bio: Allan, Von Von Allan has been living and breathing comics in the Great White North for a number of years and has built an active and well-respected presence in the larger comics community. He has written, penciled, and inked a number of short stories, comic books, and original graphic novels. All have been well-received by fans, retailers, and critics. Allan is the recipient of the 2014 Corel Endowment for the Arts Award (https: //ottawaartscouncil.ca/en/council-news/two-artists-receive-corel-endowment-arts-awards) and the 2019 CBC Trailblazer Award (https: //newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/eric-julien). Contributor Bio: Boswell, Sam Sam Boswell has been finding dangling modifiers, correcting spelling, and fixing misused apostrophes in fiction, non-fiction, university theses, graphic novels, technical manuals, and government bureaucratese for almost 20 years. She lives in Ontario, Canada, and, when she's not solving language problems for other people, she can be found deep in a book, untangling yarn, or digging in the garden.

Format: Paperback | Pages: 60 | Publication Date: 2025-06-11