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Comic: Vampirella #77 - "The Night of the Yeti" (1979)

This is another example of the "you-seek-the-yeti/ you-become-the-yeti" trope, a throwback to many comic plotlines from a decade earlier.

See also: Was Once A Man, He Who Fights Monsters, Face Monster Turn & Tragic Monster.

Knight vs. Yeti/Wizard (Yeti Arcade: Shovel Knight)

Knights fight Yetis (Exhibit A, B, C). In fact, they have been fighting Yeti since the Oldene Dayes ofe Ye Olde.

Hans Burgkmair

And Yetis are sometimes Wizards, with staves and everything.

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What you might no realize is that Wizards are sometimes Yetis.

And they fight knights.

Case-in-point: Shovel Knight (2014), in which the wizard boss uses potions to turn into a giant Yeti and fight the knight.

Zhang Yeti (Throwback: Far Cry 4)

Alan Zhang (Xu Zhang) was senior concept artist for Far Cry 4: Valley of the Yetis (which I blogged about back in March). This was, hands-down, the biggest video game event of the year (re: yetis).

He posted some of his conceptual work for the project and it offers a great glimpse at what goes into the process of trying to create an original yeti depiction.

 Here are a few favorites below, but check out his blog post for oodles more.

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Let's start with the final design -  a dark furred, more humanoid, less bestial simian with what looks like spore-mutation scarring... all meant, I believe, to foreshadow the surprise ending that reveals the yetis' origins.

But it could have gone a different way - a more traditional look was considered:

 And this one's a straight-up white gorilla:

Looking at many of his early designs, I see a definite werewolf / wolfman vibe:

And even a were-bear type was conceived of:

I love this mock-up - (click to embiggen) - different yeti faces were tried out:

There's your more traditional ape, but also a lion, a zombie - hey, you never know what might look cool.

Go see the rest of his blog post for more.

[Were-Yeti Week] Shapeshifter

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[Were-Yeti Week] Armed

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[Were-Yeti Week] Throwback: Futurama

Yetis have appeared a few times on Futurama.  I blogged about 'em here and here.  It was # 4 on the Top 10 Outer Space Yeti.

Here's a throwback... some more pics of the Futurama yeti.

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In one of the episodes the character Farnsworth catches Yetiism:

"Yetiism is a disease caused by the Yeti pineal gland, which contains a concentrated form of the Yeti neurotoxin. According to Zoidberg: "It mimics the symptoms of hypermalaria exactly. Except for the part where, instead of dying, you turn into a Yeti!" Farnsworth had Yetiism from 2927 until 3011."

[Were-Yeti Week] Throwback: Marvel's Wendigo

O Wendigo...

An honorary yeti in my book, I've blogged about him numerously (examples here here here and here).

Marvel introduced this monster in 1973, having him fight Hulk.  One of his creators recalled, "I knew about the legend of the Wendigo, and thought, between his strength and his sad story, that he sounded like a good Hulk opponent."

I'm not entirely sure why, but it was decided their version of the legend would look exactly like a yeti, but with a tail. Sometimes he has horns like a yeti, too.

Like the folklore it's based on, there's a Canadian cannibal curse (yup you have to be in Canada) that turns you into a were-yeti basically.

Here are some examples of a person in mid-transformation:

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And here are some other pretty pictures of Wendy I found as well. Note the variety. The only thing they all have in common is that they could all be yetis.

Wolverine's always fighting him cuz he's Canadian

Wolverine vs. Multiple Wendigos

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Avengers Earth Mightiest Heroes cartoon

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Constrictor vs. Yeti (WAIT, horns?!)

 

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