SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST EPISODE #206—WORLDWIDE WEST TOUR: AUSTRALIA PART 2

SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST

EPISODE #206

WORLD WIDE WEST TOUR

AUSTRALIA PART 2

WITH SPECIAL GUEST

ANDREW NETTE

G'day, cowpokes...It's time to lasso your kangaroo down, mate, as the Six-Gun Justice Podcast's Worldwide West Tour continues its stop in the Land Down Under. Join host Paul Bishop and his special guest, Australian pulp maven Crocodile Andrew Nette as they go walkabout across the Outback in search of Kangaroo Westerns...

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SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST EPISODE #205—WORLDWIDE WEST TOUR: AUSTRALIA PART 1

SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST

EPISODE #205

WORLDWIDE WEST TOUR

AUSTRALIA PART 1

Put some shrimp on the barbie, pick up your didgeridoo, and grab a cold can of Fosters as the Six-Gun Justice Podcast's World-Wide West Tour stops in the Land Down Under for a look at the massive body of indigenous Australian Westerns produced by homegrown print publishers—such as  Cleveland, Horowitz, and others—along with the fistful of Kangaroo Cowboy wordslingers who gunned Western stories down by the hundreds...

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SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST EPISODE #204—WORLDWIDE WEST TOUR: GERMANY PART 2

SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST

EPISODE #204

THE WORLDWIDE WEST TOUR

GERMANY PART TWO

WITH GUEST

ALFRED WALLON 

Tip yer' chairs back and hook yer' boots over the hitchin' rail as it's time for another episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast... 

Join the virtual posse as head wrangler Paul Bishop gets back on the trail of The World-Wide West with Part 2 of of the tour's stop in Germany, where he'll be chatting with German wordslinger Alfred Wallon, author of over 200 German language Westerns...

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WORLDWIDE WEST—GERMAN WORDSLINGER ALFRED WALLON

WORLD-WIDE WEST

GERMAN WORDSLINGER 

ALFRED WALLON

German born author Alfred Wallon has written over 200 German language Westerns, several of which have been translated into English and are available via Kindle.

 

Alfred will be the guest on the next Six-Gun Justice Podcast for the second part of our Worldwide West Tour stop in Germany...

Here's what respected wordslinger James Reasoner had to say in his review of Wallon's novel Bluecoat Patrol...

Alfred Wallon is one of the leading Western writers in Germany and has been for many years. Recently some of his novels have begun appearing in English translations, as well, including Bluecoat Patrol, the first in an epic series of historical Westerns called The Bozeman Trail War.

This novel is set against the background of the long-running clashes between the Plains Indians and the U.S. cavalry prompted by the various discoveries of gold in Dakota Territory and Montana. In Bluecoat Patrol, a group of cavalrymen led by Captain Frank North and guided by scout Buckskin Charly Weatherford joins a group of prospectors headed to Alder Gulch, Montana. North’s assignment is to protect those goldseekers, but not surprisingly, he encounters trouble not only from the warriors led by chiefs Red Cloud and Dull Knife but also from the very men he’s supposed to protect.

Wallon’s historical research is very solid in this novel, and his characters are well-drawn. Frank North is a stalwart hero and Buckskin Charly a top-notch sidekick. The translation gives the prose a voice that’s not quite what we’re used to in traditional Western novels, but at the same time, it works just fine and the story moves along well. Not everything is resolved by the end of Bluecoat Patrol, but that’s not surprising considering that the series continues for a number of other volumes. It actually reminds me a bit of the old Easy Company series published by Jove under the house-name John Wesley Howard, although it’s more realistic. If you enjoy historically based Western novels or cavalry yarns, check out Bluecoat Patrol. I enjoyed it.

 

SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST EPISODE #203—WORLDWIDE WEST TOUR: GERMANY PART 1

SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST

EPISODE #203

THE WORLDWIDE WEST TOUR

GERMANY PART 1

WITH GUEST CO-HOST

TIM DE FOREST 

Round up ye'r broncs and cool ye'r spurs for another episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast...Westerns are a genuine American art form, but that hasn't stopped the rest of the world from telling an amazing slew of their own wild west tales. These are often written by wordslingers who have never set foot on American shores, let alone been west of the Mississippi...

For the next few episodes, host Paul Bishop and various special guests will be riding the whirlwind we're calling the Worldwide West Tour...First stop: Germany Part 1... 

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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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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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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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SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST EPISODE #200—HEROES OF THE BORDERLANDS PART 1

SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST

EPISODE #200

THE WORLD-WIDE WEST TOUR

HEROES OF THE BORDERLANDS

PART 1

WITH GUEST

CHRISTOPHER CONWAY

Step into the stirrup and saddle up for the 200th episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast. To celebrate, your host Paul Bishop is joined by his special guest Professor Christopher Conway for part one of an in-depth look at the Heroes of the Borderlands and the impact of the Western genre in Mexico and Latin America...

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WESTERN REFERENCE SHELF—HEROES OF THE BORDERLANDS

WESTERN REFERENCE SHELF

HEROES OF THE BORDERLANDS

In the upcoming Six-Gun Justice Podcast Episode #200, we chat with Western genre scholar Christopher Conway about his new reference work Heroes of the Borderlands.

Few genres were as popular and as enduring in twentieth-century Mexico as the Western. Christopher Conway's lavishly illustrated Heroes of the Borderlands tells the surprising story of the Mexican Western for the first time, exploring how Mexican authors and artists reimagined US film and comic book Westerns to address Mexican politics and culture. 

Broad in scope, accessible in style, and multidisciplinary in approach, this study examines a variety of Western films and comics, defines their political messaging, and shows how popular Mexican music reinforced their themes. Conway shows how the Mexican Western responds to historical and cultural topics like the trauma of the Conquest, mestizaje, misogyny, the Cult of Santa Muerte, and anti-Americanism. 

Full of memorable movie stills, posters, lobby cards, comic book covers, and period advertising, Heroes of the Borderlands redefines our understanding of Mexican popular culture by uncovering a vibrant genre that has been hiding in plain sight...

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