From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Hoppers, tales of humans turning into animals have become part of our shared cultural heritage. Join us as we look at shapeshifters from different cultures like the more familiar werewolves, kitsune, tanuki, and selkie to the lesser known ones like the bouda, adze, tikbalang, and kushtaka. How Dracula and Hollywood reshaped our perspective of werewolves. And the common tropes and narrative structures across these tales from old folklore to modern movies. Now transformation has become a metaphor for puberty, autism, queerness, trans identity, and more. Christian werewolves, Beast Boy, Animorphs, Fruits Basket, Nioma, Turning Red, transformation webcomics, the TF community, and more! Also a sneak preview of the new comic series Shifter School!