Plague on Humanity. ☠

No better way to honor one the greatest gothic story ever told than with a collaboration spanning so many of its iconic versions! (Phantom of the Opera for life!!!)

For this collab, each of us chose one member of the iconic trio from a different adaptation. For Raoul, @batslikedmytheatre drew Norman Kerry from the 1925 silent film. For Christine, @brendadaaedestler drew Riley Noland, one of the many amazing women who play Christine at Masquerade NYC. And for Phantom, I drew David Young Fernandez from the current North American Tour. 🎭

WERWULF concept poster

Bat Common Name: Variegated butterfly bat

Bat Scientific Name: Glauconycteris variegata

Suborder: Yangochiroptera (Microbat)

Family: Vespertilionidae

Subfamily: Vespertilioninae

Genus: Glauconycteris

Diet: Insects

Description: 10 cm body length, wingspan around 32-31 cm, and weighting around 11 g, ladies tend to be bigger than the males

Location: Sahara desert, a small band from Senegal to southern Ethiopia and Somalia, northern Namibia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa

Fun Facts: They actually don't wrap themselves in their wings while they roost! They're nocturnal, like most bats are! There’s two subspecies of these bats, Glauconycteris variegata variegata, these are the southern ranging bats, and the Glauconycteris variegata phalaena, these are the northern range bats! They're agile little bats but they aren't very fast, only going about 13 ft per second whilst foraging. Glauconycteris is the combination of the two Greek words, Glaukos (meaning blue-gray) and Nykteris (meaning bat). These bats got that scientific name because of the visible veins on their wings! That's also how they got the word variegated in their common name too! Right now they're not considered endangered but they may be threatened due to habitat loss.