This issue: The western genre is discussed in comics, movies, and television.
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On last weeks podcast you mentioned the bbc interview, and on it you mentioned atomic robo going digital. If you check their blog at this point in time they are making a comic that will go up solely online.
There’s been a werewolf western on Zuda for awhile now called High Moon, which has been one of the most popular on the site. I think it’s over 180 pages now.
The movie ‘The Good, The Bad and The Weird’ is an odd korean western. Basically a take on the original however set in japanese occupied manchuria.
I tend to like western comedies. ‘Support Your Local Sheriff’ is a boatload of fun, with James Garner and Jack Elam. I’m also a big fan of ‘Cat Ballou’ one of my all time favorite movies, western or otherwise. Lee Marvin is so funny is that movie, when he sings ‘Happy Birthday’ I always hit the floor.
My all time favorite Western TV series? The Adventures of Brisco County Jr!
Die Hard!
Okay, so I’m a little behind. I only just listened to this episode, but…
My favourite Western is a meta-Western and, no, it’s not Once Upon a Time in the West, although that is awesome… Check out Lonely Are the Brave. The Western doesn’t peter out like Once Upon a Time Suggests. Rather, it is killed by the Crime Drama, and this movie depicts that death. The Cowboy is no longer a criminal who goes out into the wilds and becomes the law. Rather, the wilds have all been subjected to the law already, which renders the Cowboy a criminal plain and simple (if a tragic criminal with a good heart).
You can’t take it (the horse) with you!
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