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Monday, July 25, 2022

SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST EPISODE #202—WESTERN COMICS AROUND THE GLOBE

SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST
EPISODE #202
THE WORLD-WIDE WEST TOUR
WESTERN COMICS
AROUND THE GLOBE
WITH GUESTS
CHRISTOPHER CONWAY
AND
ANTOINETTE SOL
Rein them horses in, sidewinders, it's time to listen in as Six-Gun Justice host Paul Bishop chews the barbed wire with his guests Chris Conway and Antoinette Sol about the impact of Western comics around the globe...
 
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Monday, July 18, 2022

WESTERN REFERENCE SHELF—THE COMIC BOOK WESTERN

WESTERN REFERENCE SHELF
THE COMIC BOOK WESTERN
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON A GLOBAL GENRE
Upcoming on Episode #202 of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, pop culture scholars Christopher Conway and Antoinette Sol join host Paul Bishop to discuss the impact of Western comics around the world as featured in their new reference work The Comic Book Western: New Perspectives on a Global Genre...

One of the greatest untold stories about the globalization of the Western is the key role of comics. Few American cultural exports have been as successful globally as the Western, a phenomenon commonly attributed to the widespread circulation of fiction, film, and television. The Comic Book Western centers comics in the Western’s international success. Even as readers consumed translations of American comic book Westerns, they fell in love with local ones that became national or international sensations.

These essays reveal the unexpected cross-pollinations that allowed the Western to emerge from and speak to a wide range of historical and cultural contexts, including Spanish and Italian fascism, Polish historical memory, the ideology of shōjo manga from Japan, British post-apocalypticism and the gothic, race and identity in Canada, Mexican gender politics, French critiques of manifest destiny, and gaucho nationalism in Argentina. 

The vibrant themes uncovered in The Comic Book Western teach us that international comic book Westerns are not hollow imitations but complex and aesthetically powerful statements about identity, culture, and politics.

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Monday, July 11, 2022

SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST EPISODE #201—HEROES OF THE BORDERLANDS PART 2

SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST
EPISODE #201
THE WORLD-WIDE WEST TOUR
HEROES OF THE BORDERLANDS
PART 2
WITH GUEST
CHRISTOPHER CONWAY
All-righty, cowpokes...It's time to grab yer' pencil stubs, haul yer' writing tablets out of yer' saddlebags, and settle in for some learnin' as Six-Gun Justice Podcast co-host Paul Bishop gets some smart lecturing from Professor Christopher Conway on the influence of the American Western in Mexican films comics and popular culture in part two of Heroes of the Borderlands...
 
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