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Justin
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Dec 20, 2015 10:17PM
Still reading Red Dust: The Fall, I'm going to finish it before Christmas. Its got pretty intense and I'll probably read the next in the series.
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I read the sample for The Curse of Jacob Tracy last night. Looks like it'll be a good read.
I just finished Dust Devils and was pretty impressed. Good old fashioned vampire weird western, definitely worth checking out.
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I actually just recently interviewed Jonathan Janz as part of my Horror Interviews series. The same to which you were a part of Quentin.
I saw it on your list Ashe, I tried to recommend it. I think you'll like it.Yeah Janz seems like a nice guy Justin, and his stuff is pretty good too.
I started reading The Ghost of Jacob Tracy but didn't manage to finish it. Always looking for more good steampunk Westerns. Ashe, what did you ultimately think of Wake of Vultures?
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Just picked up all 4 of the Weird West Tales by Mike Resnick. I'll be starting on the first book, The Buntline Special soon. I've been wanting to read these ever since I heard about them. Got all 4 for $23 on Amazon during Cyber Monday.
I stumbled on the "Stones of Power" trilogy (Wolf in Shadow, The Last Guardian, Bloodstone) by David Gemmell. After I finished the first read I turned right around and started them again. Epic and intimate, hyperreal and surreal. From Atlantis to Arizona, Old Testament theology to post-apocolyptic dystopia, it's a winner!
To feed my need for weird westerns I'm currently reading graphic novels. I started by reading Billy the Kid's Old Timey Oddities Omnibus (awesome) and now I'm currently reading through The 6th Gun series ( The Sixth Gun, Vol. 1: Cold Dead Fingers ). I'm on book 2 at present.These are the first comics I have read in twenty+ years and I'm loving them. I just have to find more!
Hmm interesting. The covers look great I hope the stories are just as great?
Justin wrote: "Hmm interesting. The covers look great I hope the stories are just as great?"I liked the Billy the Kid comic more than The 6th Gun because it was fast paced. The 6th Gun is more of a epic weird western (it's still good).
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Ashe wrote: "Sixth Gun is phenomenal. I still need to finish the last two volumes."I bought all 6 volumes at once and now I'm on book 3. :)
Do you know of any other weird western graphic novels?
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Pretty Deadly vol 1 stars Death's daughter.
High Moon is rad and stars a werewolf.
Some of the Jonah Hex story arcs are weird west. Honestly, I would recommend the Grey/Palmiotto series anyways. It was fantastic.
I have no idea if the Wynonna Earp comic series the show is based on is any good but it's there.
If you can find a copy of The Wicked West, it was a fun read but I think you'd have to pirate it at this point.
There's some more out there but those are the ones I know of and/or have read.
Guns of Shadow Valley looks interesting. I think I'm going to give that a try.I really liked Daisy Kutter: The Last Train (Old West steampunk) and North 40 (modern day Lovecraft Western) but hoo boy is the latter gory. I'm a little more on the fence about Copperhead, Vol. 1: A New Sheriff in Town (space Western) but can't really put my finger on why. Anyone else read it?
Thanks, there are some good suggestions here. I have added some to my 'To Read' list.
@Audrey, I read the first issue of Copperhead but didn't go back to it yet....wasn't all that compelled to continue. Might give the trade paperback a try if I can find a copy at the library. Not familiar with Daisy Kutter or North 40. Thanks, will check them out.
Skin Medicine was nuts. Loved it and it made me rethink my own western horror lol.
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Copperhead, Vol. 1: A New Sheriff in Town (other topics)Daisy Kutter: The Last Train (other topics)
North 40 (other topics)
The Guns of Shadow Valley (other topics)
Billy the Kid's Old Timey Oddities Omnibus (other topics)
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