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*thick cowboy accent* Welcome to the
SketchLog, y'all! I'm SlugLady28 and today, I'm looking at one of my
favorite genre's, the oooooolllld weeeeest! So Saddle up and Yeepee
ki yaa—cough! Hack! Cough! *end of terrible accent*
Ugh, note to self. Do not try that
again.
Gunslingers, Saloons, and lassos! Black
Hats vs White hats! showdowns at sundown & train robberies! Lone
Rangers, Men with No Names! I flippen love westerns! (Even if some of
the stuff in them are complete embellishments created by western
shows, dime novels and popular movies... What?)
So here's my question...
Why aren't westerns more popular?
Oh, sure, I've heard the typical
reasons: The spaceman went up and the cowboy died. And the only
people who like westerns these days are old people.
Ya, I don't buy it. People still like
westerns. You can see it in modern television. Anyone that grew up
with north American TV knows cowboy stories. Whether it was an
homage, reference, parody or inspiration, just about every American cartoon has
at least one old west episode.
Most notably in those famous stand
offs between the hero and the villain. Westerns are something we've all grown
up with, even if we may not have realized it.
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Maybe Hollywood just hasn't figured out
the right formula for a modern day western. Or maybe it's just not
time yet. At this moment there are really aren't a lot of good modern
day Westerns. And thanks to the absolute critical and financial failure of the Lone Ranger,
it would take something AMAZING to start a Western fad right now.
Luckily, my area is comics and even if
they aren't many movies, I've still have plenty of awesome Old West
comics to feed my addiction. I've already talked and talked about All Star Western, the horror-themed-buddy-cop-Western with Jonah Hex
and Amadeus Arkham, from DC comics, but what else is out there? Well
today, I'm going to talk about my top five western comics!... Besides
the one I just mentioned.
Warning: Some of these books are filled with gore and nudity, so NOT FOR KIDS!!
Warning: Some of these books are filled with gore and nudity, so NOT FOR KIDS!!
