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Megg, Mogg & Owl
Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual
In the tradition of the once ubiquitous British hardback annuals comes the Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual ! One hundred fun-filled seasonal pages of spoofs and goofs for the whole family to enjoy (no minors allowed)! Werewolf Jones, drugged up to his eyeballs, believes he is the world's greatest father, which is the most far-from-the-truth, delusional thought ever thought by any thinker. Parents can learn a lot about what NOT to do as a guardian by observing as Werewolf Jones deals with bullying, his own inebriation and sex addiction, his children's blossoming sexuality, running out of alcohol in a recession, and coping with the kids when he “wasn't meant to be responsible for the little fuckers tonight.” Featuring fun appearances by beloved friends of the family such as Megg, Mogg, and Owl, not to mention Dracula Jr. and Tim the drug dealing spider. The WWJ&Sons DSFA will surely leave you confused, angry, upset, heavily triggered and wishing you could call Child Protective Services on a fictional werewolf! Put together with lots of love by Simon Hanselmann and rising underground star and franchise newcomer, Josh Pettinger ( Goiter , Power Wash ). Pettinger has been diligently screened with a full state police check and is a staunch British monarchist, fully qualified for such a throwback, Britannia-flavored project. Get ready for one of the hottest summers on record (not merely due to rising climate-based anomalies)! Full-color illustrations throughout
100 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 2023
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Simon Hanselmann
80 books676 followersSimon Hanselmann is an Australian-born cartoonist best known for his Megg, Mogg, and Owl series. Hanselmann has been nominated four times for an Ignatz Award, four times for an Eisner Award, once for the Harvey Award and won Best Series at Angouleme 2018.
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September 7, 2023
Laughter followed by small outbursts of existential crisis. Another installment of the wonderfully derelict world of Megg, Mogg and Owl, only this time the focus is shifted to the family unit, the fraternal bond shared by Werewolf Jones and his sons Jaxon and Diesel. This is family at its worst, emotionally unstable, neglecting, inconsiderate parenting in a scenario of drug abuse and poverty. And if you're not too into the Death of the Author, knowing Simon's own background growing up in challenging conditions in Tasmania can make the kids perspective in the book even more insightful.
Did I mentioned it's so much fun?! This book goes some really dark places it's true, yet the absurd awfulness of the situations are exploited to achieve high quality nonsensical comedy. Simon Hanselmann's ability to extract humor from the revolting and repulsive is already a fact in alternative comics, in this collection however he shares the authorship with Josh Pettinger, adding an interesting dimension to this universe. Simon worked with other artists before (HTML Flowers in Werewolf Jones & Sons), but that was almost a decade ago and the stories were shorter. In the stories penciled by Josh Pettinger he draws the characters in such an expressive manner they seem more desperate, more human (it's something in the way he draws their eyes I believe), his work is very elegant and nice to look at. Simon's art is beautiful as usual, his distinctive characterizations and line work so clean and focused that, by art standard, this could be a Disney book (in a corrupted and forsaken universe).
As in Below Ambition, this might not the best book for newcomers, but it's not he worst either, the stories stand on their own without much knowledge of previous books. It's a collection guaranteed to make you laugh and/or nauseated, often both at once.
Did I mentioned it's so much fun?! This book goes some really dark places it's true, yet the absurd awfulness of the situations are exploited to achieve high quality nonsensical comedy. Simon Hanselmann's ability to extract humor from the revolting and repulsive is already a fact in alternative comics, in this collection however he shares the authorship with Josh Pettinger, adding an interesting dimension to this universe. Simon worked with other artists before (HTML Flowers in Werewolf Jones & Sons), but that was almost a decade ago and the stories were shorter. In the stories penciled by Josh Pettinger he draws the characters in such an expressive manner they seem more desperate, more human (it's something in the way he draws their eyes I believe), his work is very elegant and nice to look at. Simon's art is beautiful as usual, his distinctive characterizations and line work so clean and focused that, by art standard, this could be a Disney book (in a corrupted and forsaken universe).
As in Below Ambition, this might not the best book for newcomers, but it's not he worst either, the stories stand on their own without much knowledge of previous books. It's a collection guaranteed to make you laugh and/or nauseated, often both at once.
September 8, 2023
Daddy of the year. Crooked laughs all around.
January 14, 2024
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October 4, 2023
Simon Hanselmann just gets grosser and more insane as they go on with these comics. Holy. Buying this comic from Amazon could get you on some sort of list.
The star of the show is the fucked up Werewolf Jones and his terrible parenting. Megg, Mogg, Owl feature in a few of the stories. The other familiar characters aren't around as much.
Werewolf Jones is the funniest of Simon's characters and this page for page is the funniest comic Simon has done. There's very little pathos here, unlike the Megg and Mogg comics which can explore the depressing side of a drug fueled lifestyle. No matter how bad Werewolf Jones has it, he doesn't ask for sympathy.
The star of the show is the fucked up Werewolf Jones and his terrible parenting. Megg, Mogg, Owl feature in a few of the stories. The other familiar characters aren't around as much.
Werewolf Jones is the funniest of Simon's characters and this page for page is the funniest comic Simon has done. There's very little pathos here, unlike the Megg and Mogg comics which can explore the depressing side of a drug fueled lifestyle. No matter how bad Werewolf Jones has it, he doesn't ask for sympathy.
November 7, 2025
Mam wrażenie, że po (jak twierdzi Hanselmann) celowo słabym "Poniżej ambicji", ten zbiorek skoncentrowany na Wilkołaku i jego synach jest zwrotem we właściwym kierunku. To już dawno nie śmieszy (o ile kiedyś śmieszyło), a z perspektywy dzieciaków Wilkołaka jest wręcz depresyjne. Jak w każdej przyzwoitej pracy Australijczyka, drugie dno jest ważniejsze niż to, co na górze. Liczyłem po cichu na większy wkład Pettingera, bo to obecnie jeden z najciekawszych twórców komiksowych i mógłby tu wpuścić trochę powietrza, lecz jego wpływ widać głównie w charakterystycznej kresce, którą tworzone są drugoplanowe postacie.
Sam nie wiem. Niby wracają do gry, ale z drugiej strony dla serii byłoby chyba lepiej, gdyby się już kończyła
Sam nie wiem. Niby wracają do gry, ale z drugiej strony dla serii byłoby chyba lepiej, gdyby się już kończyła
August 3, 2023
“Spit Game”, “Fall Follies”, and “Life During Wartime” had me crying.
All hail Simon Hanselmann!
All hail Simon Hanselmann!
October 10, 2023
As you'd expect, absolutely unhinged mayhem.
July 29, 2025
I'm not really a fan of the Megg, Mogg, and Owl stuff but I do like werewolves and I've been in the mood for something gross and fucked up since rewatching Kuso so this kinda hit the spot??
August 26, 2023
This book helped me shit a couple times.
June 4, 2024
What a horrible day to be able to read
December 28, 2023
I started following Simon Hanselmann on Instagram at some point in 2021, at which time he posted selected “Megg & Mogg” strips on the site on a near-daily basis. At first I just saw these strips as light entertainment, but as I read more, it became apparent that the surface-level irreverent comedy is backed up with real depth, and I found myself getting unexpectedly hooked, with Hanselmann’s posts soon becoming the main reason I visited Instagram at all. When – a while after he stopped posting comics on Instagram – I heard that he was going to publish a pastiche of a British-style comic annual in collaboration with Josh Pettinger, I decided this had to be the first “Megg & Mogg” book I’d actually buy – due both to my nostalgia for old Beano albums and to my love for what I’d read of Pettinger’s work.
When reading Hanselmann’s strips on Instagram, I was ambivalent about the toilet humour and wanton obscenity, but I was really invested in the cast of characters and I relished the way the vulgar comedy combined with gut-punching bleakness. The same is true in this collection, but even more so: Werewolf Jones, brought to centre stage here, is undoubtedly the crassest character in the series – his outrageous scatalogical and sexual antics generally make me cringe more than laugh – but the moments of serious reflection on his character ultimately justify even the most asinine gags. By this I don’t mean that I roll my eyes through the more puerile parts while waiting for the serious bits, or that I wish the lewdness were toned down. In fact, the serious moments only hit so hard because the depravity is so over-the-top. Jones is an outlandish caricature of an erratic, lecherous deadbeat, and the about turn of seeing the consequences of his actions played straight is absolutely devastating. Instrumental to this are Jones’s two sons: in the strips I’d read on Instagram, they were basically chaotic sources of slapstick comedy, but here they’re fleshed out as real characters – children trying to get by despite their parents being at best neglectful and at worst outright abusive.
It’s worth noting that two of my favourite comics in this collection – and also two of the darkest – are by Pettinger: “Auto Focus Junior” and “Bully”. Before this I’d already read and loved an issue of Pettinger’s one-man anthology “Goiter”, so it came as no surprise to me that I enjoyed his contributions here just as much as the ones by Hanselmann. With “Goiter” now nominated for the grand prix at Angoulême, I think Pettinger is about to blow up in a big way, which in my opinion is thoroughly deserved.
This collection probably isn’t a great place to start with the “Megg & Mogg” series, as it doesn’t make any effort to introduce its characters for new readers, but for me it formed a perfect transition from casual reader to real fan. I love black humour and work that really stares into the abyss, and on that front these comics deliver in spades.
When reading Hanselmann’s strips on Instagram, I was ambivalent about the toilet humour and wanton obscenity, but I was really invested in the cast of characters and I relished the way the vulgar comedy combined with gut-punching bleakness. The same is true in this collection, but even more so: Werewolf Jones, brought to centre stage here, is undoubtedly the crassest character in the series – his outrageous scatalogical and sexual antics generally make me cringe more than laugh – but the moments of serious reflection on his character ultimately justify even the most asinine gags. By this I don’t mean that I roll my eyes through the more puerile parts while waiting for the serious bits, or that I wish the lewdness were toned down. In fact, the serious moments only hit so hard because the depravity is so over-the-top. Jones is an outlandish caricature of an erratic, lecherous deadbeat, and the about turn of seeing the consequences of his actions played straight is absolutely devastating. Instrumental to this are Jones’s two sons: in the strips I’d read on Instagram, they were basically chaotic sources of slapstick comedy, but here they’re fleshed out as real characters – children trying to get by despite their parents being at best neglectful and at worst outright abusive.
It’s worth noting that two of my favourite comics in this collection – and also two of the darkest – are by Pettinger: “Auto Focus Junior” and “Bully”. Before this I’d already read and loved an issue of Pettinger’s one-man anthology “Goiter”, so it came as no surprise to me that I enjoyed his contributions here just as much as the ones by Hanselmann. With “Goiter” now nominated for the grand prix at Angoulême, I think Pettinger is about to blow up in a big way, which in my opinion is thoroughly deserved.
This collection probably isn’t a great place to start with the “Megg & Mogg” series, as it doesn’t make any effort to introduce its characters for new readers, but for me it formed a perfect transition from casual reader to real fan. I love black humour and work that really stares into the abyss, and on that front these comics deliver in spades.
August 12, 2023
The ever prolific Simon Hanselmann is back with a Megg and Mogg spinoff book featuring the outrageously depraved Werewolf Jones and his wretched offspring, Diesel and Jaxon, in Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual.
Joining Hanselmann this time around is a cartoonist called Josh Pettinger who draws some of the strips (maybe even writes, it’s not clear) and his art style is fine - I’ve no complaints about it but it’s not that special either.
Having read all of the Megg and Mogg books, there’s nothing new Jones is doing in this book that he hasn’t done before. He’s the world’s worst parent, he’s a drug addict, a drunk, sleeps around, and basically behaves like a complete lunatic all the time. Many of the stories aren’t so much funny as sad, like Compromise, which shows how miserable Jones and his kids’ lives are - which Hanselmann’s also done before to better effect.
Fall Follies, one of the few stories featuring Megg, Mogg and Owl, where they go trick or treating, is kinda funny at times, as is Strength, where Jones somehow manages to become the chaperone for a special needs kid and takes him to the fair to take advantage of his strength. Bully is the only story here that shows Jones’ scumminess actually working out for poor Jaxon for a change.
Werewolf Jones is often a riot when he pops up in the Megg and Mogg books - his funniest stories are in Seeds and Stems - and that’s where he works best: as a supporting character rather than the main focus of the story. Less is sometimes more with certain characters and that’s definitely the case with Werewolf Jones.
It isn’t a bad book - I was engaged by most of the stories and rarely bored, though that was in part because I was expecting some crazy, unpredictable twist to happen and most of the stories just end rather than go anywhere inspired.
It also has few standout stories with most of them feeling repetitive and underwhelming, especially if you’re a fan of the series and have read the other books where you get the same impressions/information on the character that you get here but in more entertaining stories.
Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual is worth a read if you’re a fan of the series but don’t expect too much and be prepared for Hanselmann to double down on the grim, rather than go for the laughs, in most of the stories.
Joining Hanselmann this time around is a cartoonist called Josh Pettinger who draws some of the strips (maybe even writes, it’s not clear) and his art style is fine - I’ve no complaints about it but it’s not that special either.
Having read all of the Megg and Mogg books, there’s nothing new Jones is doing in this book that he hasn’t done before. He’s the world’s worst parent, he’s a drug addict, a drunk, sleeps around, and basically behaves like a complete lunatic all the time. Many of the stories aren’t so much funny as sad, like Compromise, which shows how miserable Jones and his kids’ lives are - which Hanselmann’s also done before to better effect.
Fall Follies, one of the few stories featuring Megg, Mogg and Owl, where they go trick or treating, is kinda funny at times, as is Strength, where Jones somehow manages to become the chaperone for a special needs kid and takes him to the fair to take advantage of his strength. Bully is the only story here that shows Jones’ scumminess actually working out for poor Jaxon for a change.
Werewolf Jones is often a riot when he pops up in the Megg and Mogg books - his funniest stories are in Seeds and Stems - and that’s where he works best: as a supporting character rather than the main focus of the story. Less is sometimes more with certain characters and that’s definitely the case with Werewolf Jones.
It isn’t a bad book - I was engaged by most of the stories and rarely bored, though that was in part because I was expecting some crazy, unpredictable twist to happen and most of the stories just end rather than go anywhere inspired.
It also has few standout stories with most of them feeling repetitive and underwhelming, especially if you’re a fan of the series and have read the other books where you get the same impressions/information on the character that you get here but in more entertaining stories.
Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual is worth a read if you’re a fan of the series but don’t expect too much and be prepared for Hanselmann to double down on the grim, rather than go for the laughs, in most of the stories.
August 3, 2023
The newest entry in the "Megg, Mogg & Owl" series collects the two "Werewolf Jones & Sons" annuals from the previous year, but now with colors done by Nate Garcia and including two newer stories - "Talent Show" and "One Year Later".
Josh Pettinger joins Simon Hanselmann to pencil some highly transgressive and straight up depraved stories starring the fan favorite Werewolf Jones and his two sons, Jaxon and Diesel. WWJ is the polar opposite to the uptight Owl - he has no boundaries whatsoever and revels in hedonism and debauchery endlessly. The various stories here are told mostly through his sons perspectives, which admittedly is quite sordid and depressing. They lament their father's negligence and total disregard for their well-being, but it leads to some great bits of dark humor. While none of the "Megg, Mogg & Owl" stories are really all that palatable for a general comix crowd, "Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual" pushes the boundaries even further than before. Look no further than the "Spit Game" story in here which is one of the more vile and putrid stories ever told, but still somehow quite funny.
Hanselmann has a great grasp on these characters for sure, having drawn them for the better part of a decade now. The designs of all these characters are iconic, and so naturally there is some apprehension when a different artist starts to draw them. But Pettinger slides into the role with absolute ease. Perhaps it's because his Goiter comics have a signficant homology to Hanselmann's works, but Pettinger really nails each and every character here. This is a collaboration I hope continues for quite some time.
Josh Pettinger joins Simon Hanselmann to pencil some highly transgressive and straight up depraved stories starring the fan favorite Werewolf Jones and his two sons, Jaxon and Diesel. WWJ is the polar opposite to the uptight Owl - he has no boundaries whatsoever and revels in hedonism and debauchery endlessly. The various stories here are told mostly through his sons perspectives, which admittedly is quite sordid and depressing. They lament their father's negligence and total disregard for their well-being, but it leads to some great bits of dark humor. While none of the "Megg, Mogg & Owl" stories are really all that palatable for a general comix crowd, "Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual" pushes the boundaries even further than before. Look no further than the "Spit Game" story in here which is one of the more vile and putrid stories ever told, but still somehow quite funny.
Hanselmann has a great grasp on these characters for sure, having drawn them for the better part of a decade now. The designs of all these characters are iconic, and so naturally there is some apprehension when a different artist starts to draw them. But Pettinger slides into the role with absolute ease. Perhaps it's because his Goiter comics have a signficant homology to Hanselmann's works, but Pettinger really nails each and every character here. This is a collaboration I hope continues for quite some time.
August 15, 2023
While Simon Hanselmann as a writer has leaned more towards the existential nihilism of his eternally drug addicted gang of magical burnouts, Werewolf Jones is a collection of the absolute worst of those new stories. Werewolf Jones as a fictional entity isn't a character, he's unfettered id. His addition in a story is meant to escalate events for the more reasonable characters, he is ultimately a destructive felon who is destined to die horribly or rot in jail. And that's no different in this collection of Werewolf Jones focused stories which is 100 pages of apathetic child abuse. One of the earliest stories has Jones' youngest son of 7 cry himself to sleep in his bedbug ridden mattress after ejaculating into an older teen's mouth with no punchline or observation beyond "wasn't that kind of messed up?" Yes, Simon, it was.
July 30, 2024
I don't know. I fell in love with Hanselmann's MEGAHEX comics because they were crass folly and misanthropy in service to something truthful about depression and the emptiness of the human condition. And that's not so much the case here. These are just extreme stories about shitty people with only Jaxon's occasionally perceived trauma as a touchstone to something more interesting and textured, but wide-eyed witnessing of insanely selfish and destructive behavior isn't really enough for me. The book is only a hundred pages and I got bored of it real fast. Werewolf Jones is by far the least interesting character in the MEGAHEX world to me, but perhaps to Hanselmann he means something more. Whatever, I'm pretty bummed I didn't spend this $20 on a better graphic novel at the Fantagraphics booth at SDCC this year. Maybe I'm at the end of my MEGAHEX journey.
November 16, 2023
Don’t be misled by the jovial title and packaging! It’s entirely facetious. These stories are as dark as they come, not mirthful: Werewolf Jones at his most depraved and selfish, while the kids are left to parent themselves. The landscape is bleak, violent, extremely sexualized, and scatalogical.
Hanselmann and Pettinger loosely alternate stories—Hanselmann’s eyes are globes, while Pettinger’s are almonds—with one story drawn by HTMLFlowers. This seems good enough overall (nice format, too), and I gather there’s some character arc development, but it’s all so foul I question why I’m reading it. Is the genre ‘horror funnies’? Also, I had déjà vu from Crisis Zone.
3 and 1/2 stars, rounded up to 4, then back down to 3.
Hanselmann and Pettinger loosely alternate stories—Hanselmann’s eyes are globes, while Pettinger’s are almonds—with one story drawn by HTMLFlowers. This seems good enough overall (nice format, too), and I gather there’s some character arc development, but it’s all so foul I question why I’m reading it. Is the genre ‘horror funnies’? Also, I had déjà vu from Crisis Zone.
3 and 1/2 stars, rounded up to 4, then back down to 3.
August 18, 2023
Grab the drugs, thongs, and lube and get ready for a fun-filled summer with family, friends with the ol' gang!
This latest installment feels more cohesive and finely tuned after Below Ambition; a perfect Hanselmann and friends concocktion to take your feels on a summer ricochet rollercoaster of unhinged, tear-inducing laughter and gut-churning pathos.
This latest installment feels more cohesive and finely tuned after Below Ambition; a perfect Hanselmann and friends concocktion to take your feels on a summer ricochet rollercoaster of unhinged, tear-inducing laughter and gut-churning pathos.
October 1, 2023
"How the hell does ww jones have kids?"
Simple, thier lives are a nightmare.
I love how obscene and/or offensive this series is. This book in particular i feel is made to weed out the fans who got in through crisis zone. And man, this book just oozes frustation and obscenity, probably not as pointly as crisis zone but its more abrasive here.
Simple, thier lives are a nightmare.
I love how obscene and/or offensive this series is. This book in particular i feel is made to weed out the fans who got in through crisis zone. And man, this book just oozes frustation and obscenity, probably not as pointly as crisis zone but its more abrasive here.
May 14, 2025
Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual is a bold, boundary-pushing addition to the Megg, Mogg & Owl universe. It’s a must-read for fans of Hanselmann’s work who appreciate black comedy, social satire, and a willingness to stare into the abyss. Just don’t expect a feel-good summer read-this annual is as likely to leave you disturbed as it is to make you laugh out loud
August 9, 2023
I'm ride or die when it comes to Hanselmann, but a cover to cover book of Werewolf Jones kinda feels like the day after you spent the previous 16 hours eating nothing but candy and drinking warm malt liquor.
October 12, 2023
I've really enjoyed Hanselmann's previous graphic novels, but this one went a little too dark for me. I found myself just feeling terribly sad at the end. Still better than 99% of what's out there today.
April 16, 2024
What can you say. The most depraved character in Hanselmann's Megg, Mogg & Owl universe gets his own showcase and it's as debaucherous as ever. Definitely not winning any father of the year awards anytime soon.
June 18, 2024
This is a crazy ass book. I read this in the break room at work, which felt uncomfortable to say the least. Werewolf jones is a crazy, horny guy destined to drag his kids into the most inappropriate situations imaginable.
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October 27, 2024100 pages of unsolicited pictures of buttholes, casual Pewdiepie namedrops, references to Sky King and overall degeneracy of the highest order ("try jelqing if your girlfriend is a size queen"). Yep, it's a Simon Hanselmann comic, alright.
July 28, 2025
Werewolf Jones SUUUUUUUUUUCKS! If you didn't know that yet, you've been reading a different comic, but he still fucking sucks.
God help you if this was your first entry.
Loved the variety of art style, that was a nice touch.
God help you if this was your first entry.
Loved the variety of art style, that was a nice touch.
September 28, 2025
Was a little thrown off by the digital coloring job and half of the stories being drawn by a different artist, but in spite of all that, the series' trademark cruel sense of humor still shines through.
July 23, 2023
Got it early at book signing. It’s dark and breezy. Got a lot of genuine laugh out loud from lil ol me
July 26, 2023
Maybe his darkest to date! Made me wanna call CPS. JP is also the future of comic craftsmanship 🤝
August 20, 2023
Disturbing and upsetting. Perfect for a lil summer fun.
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