Preacher is an American comic book series published from 1995 to 2000 by Vertigo , an imprint of DC Comics . The series was created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon , with painted covers by Glenn Fabry . It won the Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series in 1999.
87-498: Weird West , also known as Weird Western , is a term used for the hybrid genres of fantasy Western , horror Western and science fiction Western . The term originated with DC 's Weird Western Tales in 1972, but the idea is older as the genres have been blended since the 1930s, possibly earlier, in B-movie Westerns, comic books , movie serials and pulp magazines . Individually, the hybrid genres combine elements of
174-525: A singing cowboy , ventures down a mineshaft and discovers a futuristic lost kingdom of the type depicted in Flash Gordon . Sci-fi and horror Westerns began in the 1950s with the vampire Western Curse of the Undead , and the science fiction Western , The Beast of Hollow Mountain about a prehistoric dinosaur in a turn-of-the-century Mexican village, and continued in the 1960s with films like Billy
261-440: A television pilot . Johnson was to write with Deutch directing. Impressed with Johnson's pilot script, HBO had him write the series bible for the first season. Johnson first planned "to turn each comic book issue into a single episode" on a shot-for-shot basis. "I gave [HBO] the comics, and I said, 'Every issue is an hour'. Ennis said 'You don't have to be so beholden to the comic'. And I'm like, 'No, no, no. It's got to be like
348-648: A 4-issue mini-series, was a spin-off from Preacher by Garth Ennis . While the origin of the Saint of Killers in the Old West is the only true Western element in the comic book Preacher , the series has been described as a " Splatterpunk Western" or a mix of the Western with the Gothic . In film, The Phantom Empire (1935) is sometimes considered the first fantasy Western. Gene Autry , in his first starring role as
435-558: A Native American Apache hero in the lead role. Also in Finland , only a few Western films have been made, the most notable of which could be the 1971 low-budget comedy The Unhanged , directed by, written by, and starring Spede Pasanen . Some new Euro-Westerns emerged in the 2010s, including Kristian Levring 's The Salvation , Martin Koolhoven 's Brimstone , and Andreas Prochaska 's The Dark Valley . Exploitation Western
522-638: A Telugu action film, starring Chiranjeevi and Mohan Babu , was one more addition to the Indo Western genre that fared well at the box office. It was also the first South Indian movie to be dubbed in English as Hunters of the Indian Treasure. Takkari Donga (2002), starring Telugu actor Mahesh Babu , was applauded by critics, but was average at box office. Quick Gun Murugun (2009), an Indian comedy film that spoofs Indian Western movies,
609-504: A Western reworking of Ingmar Bergman 's The Seventh Seal (1957). More recent acid Westerns include Alex Cox 's Walker (1987) and Jim Jarmusch 's Dead Man (1995). Rosenbaum describes the acid Western as "formulating a chilling, savage frontier poetry to justify its hallucinated agenda"; ultimately, he says, the acid Western expresses a counterculture sensibility to critique and replace capitalism with alternative forms of exchange. The Australian Western genre or meat pie Western
696-553: A Western setting and many musicians have appeared in Western films, sometimes in non-musical roles. Singers Doris Day and Howard Keel worked together in Calamity Jane , a huge success on release which remains one of the most popular Western musicals. On the other hand, crooner Dean Martin and pop singer Ricky Nelson played the parts of gunfighters in Rio Bravo , which is not a musical, although they did combine to sing
783-467: A band of trackers who are stalked by the titular creatures; and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012). Undead Nightmare (2010), an expansion to Red Dead Redemption (2010) is an example of a video game in this genre, telling the tale of a zombie outbreak in the Old West . Bone Tomahawk (2015) received wide critical acclaim for its chilling tale of cannibalism, but like many other movies in
870-547: A couple of songs in the middle of the film while they were guarding the jailhouse. A subgenre that highlights Mexican narcoculture and portrays drug trafficking and traffickers (real or imagined). Narco Westerns are typically set in Northern Mexico , the Southwest United States, or on the border between the two. A relatively new genre, Hilario Peña states the narco Western is the Western for
957-423: A rebellious antihero, open plains and desert landscapes, or gunfights. This also includes the post-Western , with modern settings and "the cowboy cult" that involve the audience's feelings and understanding of Western movies. This subgenre often features Old West-type characters struggling with displacement in a "civilized" world that rejects their outdated brand of justice. Some contemporary Westerns take place in
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#17327908480631044-597: A satirical effort to "send up Owen Wister's novel The Virginian and all the cliches of the Western from the fearless hero to the final shootout on Main Street". The Paleface "features a cowardly hero known as "Painless" Peter Potter ( Bob Hope ), an inept dentist, who often entertains the notion that he is a crack sharpshooter and accomplished Indian fighter". Other examples include: Contemporary Western (or neo-Westerns or urban Westerns ) have contemporary settings and use Old West themes, archetypes, and motifs, such as
1131-430: A second run of six trade paperbacks/hardcovers, three extra oversized " Absolute Preacher " volumes, and two oversized omnibus volumes. A television series adaptation, Preacher , aired for 43 episodes over four seasons on AMC , from 2015 to 2019. Preacher tells the story of Jesse Custer , a preacher in the small Texas town of Annville. Custer is accidentally possessed by the supernatural creature named Genesis,
1218-577: A set of cultural concerns very different from the Hollywood metanarrative, but the overlap between "charro" movies and Westerns became more apparent in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. Some examples are Ismael Rodríguez 's Los Hermanos del Hierro (1961), Jorge Fons 's Cinco Mil Dólares de Recompensa , and Arturo Ripstein 's Tiempo de morir . The most important is Alberto Mariscal , great author of El tunco Maclovio , Todo por nada , Los marcados , El juez de la soga , and La chamuscada . The Western
1305-500: A strong sense of right and wrong, Custer journeys across the United States attempting to literally find God, who abandoned Heaven the moment Genesis was born. He also begins to discover the truth about his new powers, allowing him, when he wills it, to command the obedience of those who hear and comprehend his words. He is joined by old girlfriend Tulip O'Hare , as well as a hard-drinking Irish vampire named Cassidy . During
1392-682: A town while using wide-scale shots of Monument Valley locations against a broad running-time. In the silent film era, The Covered Wagon (1923) with J. Warren Kerrigan , was the first epic Western filmed entirely on location. Another silent epic was The Iron Horse (1924) with George O'Brien . Other notable examples include Duel in the Sun (1946) with Joseph Cotten and Gregory Peck , The Searchers (1956) with John Wayne , Giant (1956) with Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean , The Big Country (1958) with Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston , Cimarron (1960) with Glenn Ford , How
1479-487: A variant of the science fiction Western using the retrofuturistic technology and aesthetic of the steampunk subgenre, typically depicts an alternative history of the Old West but emphasizes society's reliance on steam power, as in the 1960s TV series The Wild Wild West . Another variant of the science-fiction Western is the space Western , which applies Western themes to a science-fiction frontier setting. As such, these works are usually set on other worlds, such as in
1566-600: A veteran actor who had appeared in traditional Westerns, in a non-sex role. Among videogames, Custer's Revenge (1982) is an infamous example, considered to be one of the worst video games of all time . Film critic Philip French includes a subgenre of "pre-Western" to describe films that include themes and characters reminiscent of cowboy pictures but are not strictly regarded as Westerns. This includes films with an early nineteenth century frontier setting with characters like James Fenimore Cooper's Natty Bumppo . It includes examples like The Alamo (1960). First used in
1653-400: Is a multiplayer PvPvE FPS video game. Evil West (2022) is a third-person shooter with hack and slash and role-playing game elements. Less-common hybrid genres may include the acid Western – The Shooting (1966) has been cited as the first film of this kind. The horror Western essentially depicts the supernatural in an Old West setting. Kim Newman proposes the two main types are
1740-744: Is a popular genre in the Asian film industry. Examples of the Chinese Western genre include Millionaires Express (1986), Let the Bullets Fly (2010) and Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997). This subgenre is imitative in style to mock, comment on, or trivialize the Western genre's established traits, subjects, auteurs' styles, or some other target by means of humorous, satiric, or ironic imitation or parody. A prime example of comedy Western includes The Paleface (1948), which makes
1827-580: Is a subgenre of the Exploitation film , a genre characterized by "exploiting" lurid and graphic content throughout 1960s and 1970s up to the early 1980s. Examples of exploitation Western films include Soldier Blue (1970), Cain's Cutthroats (1971), Cut-Throats Nine (1972) and Kid Vengeance (1977). Fantasy Westerns mixed in fantasy settings and themes, and may include fantasy mythology as background. Some famous examples are Stephen King 's The Stand and The Dark Tower series of novels,
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#17327908480631914-448: Is an allegorical cult Western and underground film about the eponymous character, a violent black-clad gunfighter, and his quest for enlightenment. The film is filled with bizarre characters and occurrences, use of maimed and dwarf performers, and heavy doses of Christian symbolism and Eastern philosophy . Some spaghetti Westerns also crossed over into the acid Western genre, such as Enzo G. Castellari 's mystical Keoma (1976),
2001-493: Is an example of a modern Australian Western, and Mad Max has inspired many futurist dystopian examples of the Australian Western such as The Rover . Many blaxploitation films, particularly ones involving Fred Williamson , have incorporated a Western setting within them. They are often characterized by excessive violence, stilted dialalog, and macho heroes. Examples include Soul Soldier (1970), Buck and
2088-501: Is an example of a series based upon a historical storyline, whereas films such as Cowboys: A Documentary Portrait provide a nonfiction portrayal of modern working cowboys in the contemporary West. The 1971 film Zachariah starring John Rubinstein , Don Johnson , and Pat Quinn , was billed as the "first electric Western". The film featured multiple performing rock bands in an otherwise American West setting. Zachariah featured appearances and music supplied by rock groups from
2175-525: Is based on a character created for television promotions at the time of the launch of the music network Channel [V] in 1994, which had cult following. Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam (2010), a Western adventure comedy film, based on cowboy movies and paying homages to the John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and Jaishankar , was made in Tamil. Laal Kaptaan (2019) is an IndoWestern starring Saif Ali Khan , which
2262-442: Is commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West" and depicted in Western media as a hostile, sparsely populated frontier in a state of near-total lawlessness patrolled by outlaws , sheriffs, and numerous other stock gunslinger characters. Western narratives often concern the gradual attempts to tame the crime-ridden American West using wider themes of justice , freedom , rugged individualism , manifest destiny , and
2349-660: Is set amid the ruins of the Anasazi . Horror author Jack Ketchum 's work includes The Crossings (2004), an occult novel set in 1848 Arizona. Author Edward M. Erdelac's 2009 series Merkabah Rider follows a Hasidic gunslinger tracking the renegade teacher who betrayed his mystic Jewish order of astral travelers to the Great Old Ones of H.P. Lovecraft . From the 1940s, many Western comics published stories in which heroes would sometimes encounter monsters , aliens , supervillains , etc. Marvel Comics featured Kid Colt ,
2436-849: Is set during the rise of the British Empire in India. The documentary Western is a subgenre of Westerns that explore the nonfiction elements of the historical and contemporary American West . Between 1894 and 1899, Edison's early use of film included several examples of documentaries that introduced Western characters and settings. Among them were Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show . His work showcased Native American ceremonial dance films such as Eagle Dance and Indian Day School , working cowboys in Branding Cattle , and scenic attractions such as Royal Gorge and Coaches Going to Cinnabar from Yellowstone Park . Ken Burns's The West
2523-912: Is set in Australia, especially the Australian Outback or the Australian Bush . The genre borrows from US traditions. The Tracker is an archetype in this form of Australian Western, with signature scenes of harsh desert environments, and exploration of the themes of rough justice, exploitation of the Aboriginals, and the thirst for justice at all costs. Others in this category include Rangle River (1936), Kangaroo , The Kangaroo Kid (1950), The Sundowners (1960), Quigley Down Under (1990), Ned Kelly (1970), The Man from Snowy River (1982), The Proposition , Lucky Country , and Sweet Country . Mystery Road
2610-584: The Kung Fu TV series, which ran from 1972 to 1975. Comedy examples include the Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson collaboration Shanghai Noon (2000). Further subdivisions of this subgenre include Westerns based on ninjas and samurais (incorporating samurai cinema themes), such as Red Sun (1971) with Charles Bronson , Alain Delon , and Toshiro Mifune . There have been many musical films with
2697-753: The American Indians sympathetically, as oppressed people fighting for their rights, in contrast to American Westerns of the time, which frequently portrayed them as villains. Osterns frequently featured Gypsy or Turkic people in the role of the Indians, due to the shortage of authentic Native Americans in Eastern Europe. Gojko Mitic portrayed righteous, kind-hearted, and charming Indian chiefs (e.g., in Die Söhne der großen Bärin (1966), directed by Josef Mach ). He became honorary chief of
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2784-655: The American West and reveal the progression of the Old West mentality into the late 20th and early 21st centuries; but the genre is not limited to the traditional American West setting. Coogan's Bluff and Midnight Cowboy are examples of urban Westerns set in New York City. Typical themes of the neo-Western are the lack of rules, with morals guided by the character's or audience's instincts of right and wrong rather than by governance, characters searching for justice, and characters feeling remorse, connecting
2871-611: The Four Horses of the Apocalypse . Its sequel, Red Dead Redemption 2 , features a number of minor Easter eggs for the player to discover, such as UFOs and the remains of a giant hominid. Weird West (2022) is a top-down action role-playing game with elements of the immersive sim genre, with randomized elements through each playthrough. Hard West (2015) is a turn-based tactical and strategic video game, as well as its sequel, Hard West 2 (2022). Hunt: Showdown
2958-473: The Rex Beach novel, The Spoilers (including 1930's The Spoilers , with Gary Cooper, and 1942's The Spoilers , with Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott , and Wayne); The Far Country (1954) with James Stewart; North to Alaska (1960) with Wayne; Death Hunt (1981) with Charles Bronson ; and The Grey Fox (1983) with Richard Farnsworth . Ostern films were Western-style films produced in
3045-778: The Sioux tribe when he visited the United States, in the 1990s, and the television crew accompanying him showed the tribe of one of his films. American actor and singer Dean Reed , an expatriate who lived in East Germany , also starred in several Ostern films. "Eastern" films typically replaced the Wild West setting with by an Eastern setting in the steppes of the Caucasus . Western stock characters, such as " cowboys and Indians ", were also replaced by Caucasian stock characters, such as bandits and harems . A famous example of
3132-866: The Soviet Union and Socialist Eastern Europe. They were popular in Communist Eastern European countries and were a particular favorite of Joseph Stalin . Osterns are typically divided between "Easterns", which sought to portray an Eastern European analogue to the Wild West set in frontier regions across Eurasia, and "Red Westerns", which were set in the American West but sought to subvert the ideas of manifest destiny and other narratives typical of Hollywood Westerns in favor of Marxist ideals of proletarian internationalism and class consciousness . Red Western films usually portrayed
3219-726: The Vertigo comics series Preacher , and Keiichi Sigsawa 's light novel series, Kino's Journey , illustrated by Kouhaku Kuroboshi . Florida Westerns , also known as cracker Westerns , are set in Florida during the Second Seminole War . An example is Distant Drums (1951) starring Gary Cooper . Gaucho Westerns are films set in the 18th century in South America's pampas following stories of gauchos , cowhands and swashbucklers getting into adventures akin to
3306-671: The Western genre with those of fantasy , horror and science fiction respectively. Two early examples of Western fantasy are the short story "The Horror from the Mound" by Robert E. Howard , published in the May 1932 issue of the pulp magazine Weird Tales , and the novelette "Spud and Cochise" by anthropologist and Pulitzer Prize -winning author Oliver La Farge , published in the non-genre magazine The Forum in January 1936. One of
3393-507: The comic book series of the same name . Deadlands , first published by Pinnacle Entertainment Group in 1996, originated as a role-playing game which combines the Western and horror genres with steampunk elements. It is set in an alternate 1870s America and draws heavily on gothic horror conventions and old Native American lore to derive its sense of the supernatural. Characters can get involved in situations ranging from bank heists to shoot-outs involving vampires and zombies over
3480-478: The "Indian Curse cycle" and the gothic Western – featuring vampires , zombies , and the like. An example of the Indian Curse movie is The Ghost Dance (1982), in which a Native American shaman is possessed by an evil spirit. A gothic Western example is Ghost Town (1988), about the quest of a sheriff to defeat a zombie gunfighter by using his star-shaped badge as a shuriken . The steampunk Western,
3567-568: The "modern age," and that "instead of a horse, the character drives a truck, and instead of fighting Apaches , the character must defeat criminals and the federal police in the state of Sinaloa ." Examples of narco Westerns include the American television shows Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul , as well as the films Miss Bala , El Infierno and Heli . They may also come in the form of literature or telenovelas . Narco Westerns often feature narratives of personal identity , usually
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3654-603: The $ 25 million projected budget. James Marsden was cast in the lead role as Jesse Custer sometime in 2002. He explained, "It was something I never knew anything about, but once I got my hands on the comic books, I was blown away by it." In a March 2004 interview, Marsden said the filmmakers were hoping for filming to start the following August. With the full-length film adaptation eventually abandoned with budgetary concerns, HBO announced in November 2006 that they commissioned Mark Steven Johnson and Howard Deutch to produce
3741-580: The 1970s, including the James Gang and Country Joe and the Fish as "The Cracker Band". Fiddler Doug Kershaw had a musical cameo as does Elvin Jones as a gunslinging drummer named Job Cain. The independent film Hate Horses starring Dominique Swain , Ron Thompson , and Paul Dooley billed itself as the "second electric Western". The epic Western is a subgenre of the Western that emphasizes
3828-804: The Bad and the Weird, Golden Kamuy and Sukiyaki Western Django . Preacher (comics) The series consists of 75 issues in total – 66 regular, monthly issues, five one-shot specials , and a four-issue Preacher: Saint of Killers limited series . The final monthly issue, number 66, was published in October 2000, with an epilogue published in Ennis' subsequent series The Boys in February 2009. The entire run has been collected in four series of collected editions: an original nine volume run of trade paperbacks,
3915-493: The Future Part III (1990), Wild Wild West (1999) , Purgatory (1999), Jonah Hex (2010), and Bone Tomahawk (2015). In the 1960s, the television series The Wild Wild West brought elements of pulp espionage and science fiction to its Old West setting. The animated adventures of The Lone Ranger followed suit, with the famous Western hero encountering mad scientists and other villains not often found in
4002-634: The Kid Versus Dracula (1966), which depicted the real-life outlaw fighting against the fictional vampire , and The Valley of Gwangi (1969), in which Ray Harryhausen 's special effects were used to pit cowboys against dinosaurs again. Other Westerns with elements of fantasy, horror or science fiction are 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964), Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966), Bang Bang Kid (1967), High Plains Drifter (1973), Get Mean (1975), The White Buffalo (1977), Pale Rider (1985), Ghost Town (1988), Back to
4089-557: The Malayalam film directed by Bharathan and written by noted writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair , perhaps most resembles the spaghetti Westerns in terms of production and cinematic techniques. Earlier spaghetti Westerns laid the groundwork for such films as Adima Changala (1971) starring Prem Nazir , a hugely popular zapata spaghetti Western film in Malayalam, and Sholay (1975) Khote Sikkay (1973) and Thai Meethu Sathiyam (1978) are notable curry Westerns. Kodama Simham (1990),
4176-506: The Preacher (1972), The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972), The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973), Thomasine & Bushrod (1974), Boss Nigger (1975), Adiós Amigo (1975), and Posse (1993). Charro Westerns , often featuring musical stars, as well as action, have been a standard feature of Mexican cinema since the 1930s. In the 1930s and 1940s, these were typically films about horsemen in rural Mexican society, displaying
4263-478: The Undead (1959), Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1965), and Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966), which depicts the legendary outlaw Billy the Kid fighting against the notorious vampire. Another example is The Ghoul Goes West , an unproduced Ed Wood film to star Bela Lugosi as Dracula in the Old West. Newer examples include the films Near Dark (1987) directed by Kathryn Bigelow , which tells
4350-605: The United States were often labeled by foods associated with the culture, such as spaghetti Westerns (Italy), meat pie Westerns (Australia), ramen Westerns (Asia), and masala Westerns (India). Film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum refers to a makeshift 1960s and 1970s genre called the acid Western , associated with Dennis Hopper , Jim McBride , and Rudy Wurlitzer , as well as films such as Monte Hellman 's The Shooting (1966), Alejandro Jodorowsky 's bizarre experimental film El Topo ( The Mole ) (1970), and Robert Downey Sr. 's Greaser's Palace (1972). The 1970 film El Topo
4437-941: The West Was Won (1962) with James Stewart and Henry Fonda (among many others ), Custer of the West (1967) with Robert Shaw , Duck, You Sucker! (1971) with Rod Steiger and James Coburn , Heaven's Gate (1980) with Isabelle Huppert , Dances with Wolves (1990) with Kevin Costner , The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) with Brad Pitt , Django Unchained (2012) with Jamie Foxx , The Revenant (2015) with Leonardo DiCaprio , and Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (2024). Euro-Westerns are Western-genre films made in Western Europe. The term can sometimes include
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#17327908480634524-507: The Western genre. Additionally, Rod Serling 's supernatural anthology series The Twilight Zone featured a handful of Western episodes, such as " Showdown with Rance McGrew ". Later series include The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994), which featured steampunk elements; Wynonna Earp (2016), a horror Western about a present-day woman with a magic Colt Buntline revolver who fights reincarnations of outlaws killed by her ancestor, Wyatt Earp ; and Preacher (2016), based on
4611-507: The comic'." Johnson also wanted to make sure that one-shots were included as well. Johnson changed his position, citing new storylines conceived by Ennis. "Well, there would be nothing new to add if we did that, so Garth [Ennis] and I have been creating new stories for the series," he said. "I love the book so much and I was telling Garth that he has to make the stories we are coming up with as comics because I want to see them." By August 2008, new studio executives at HBO decided to abandon
4698-474: The course of their adventures. The Japanese RPG series Wild Arms , although set in a world of its own, distinctively draws notable inspiration from the Wild West imagery and combines it with magical and fantasy elements which are typical to the genre. Damnation (2009) is set in alternate universe where the American Civil War was prolonged indefinitely due to advanced steam technology, with
4785-413: The course of their journeys, the three encounter enemies and obstacles both sacred and profane, including The Saint of Killers , an invincible, quick-drawing, perfect-aiming, come-lately Angel of Death answering only to "He Who Sits On The Throne"; a disfigured suicide attempt survivor turned rock-star named Arseface; a serial-killer called the 'Reaver-Cleaver'; The Grail, a secret organization controlling
4872-400: The cowboys portrayed in American movies of the era. Notable examples of gaucho Westerns include Nobleza gaucha (1915), The Gaucho (1927), The Gaucho War (1942), Way of a Gaucho (1952), Savage Pampas (1966), Don Segundo Sombra (1969), The Ardor (2014) and The Settlers (2023). An example of a gaucho neo-Western would be The Ones From Below (2023). According to
4959-535: The earliest novels to introduce fantasy into a Western setting was The Circus of Dr. Lao (1935), by Charles G. Finney , which won a National Book Award for the Most Original Book of 1935. The novel concerns the visit to a fictional Arizona town by a magical circus that features legendary creatures from mythology . It was later adapted into the film version 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1963). Later novels include those by Joe R. Lansdale , many featuring
5046-587: The genre was White Sun of the Desert , which was popular in the Soviet Union . Pornographic Westerns use the Old West as a background for stories primarily focused on erotica. The three major examples of the porn Western film are Russ Meyer 's nudie-cutie Wild Gals of the Naked West (1962), and the hardcore A Dirty Western (1975) and Sweet Savage (1979). Sweet Savage starred Aldo Ray ,
5133-679: The genre, it was not a commercial success. Jordan Peele 's film Nope (2022) combines horror and science fiction with a neo-Western lens. It depicts two rancher siblings attempting to capture evidence of a UFO terrorizing their remote desert ranch. A generic term for a Western which is combined with another genre such as horror , film noir or martial arts . Dynamite Warrior is a martial arts fantasy Western set in Thailand. While many of these mash-ups (e.g., Billy Jack (1971) and its sequel The Trial of Billy Jack (1974)) are cheap exploitation films, others are more serious dramas such as
5220-523: The governments of the world and protecting the bloodline of Jesus; Herr Starr, primary enforcer for The Grail, a megalomaniac with a penchant for prostitutes, who wishes to use Custer for his own ends; several fallen angels; and Jesse's own redneck family — particularly his nasty Cajun grandmother, her mighty bodyguard Jody, and the Zoophilic T.C. Additionally, the book Preacher: Dead or Alive ( ISBN 9781563898488 ) collects Fabry's covers to
5307-399: The heroic Reverend Jebediah Mercer. Lansdale has often mixed splatterpunk with alternate history Western . An example is Dead in the West (1983), in which zombies rise after an unjustly lynched Native American shaman has cursed the town of Mud Creek, Texas. The prolific Western author Louis L'Amour sometimes ventured into science fiction, as with The Haunted Mesa (1987), which
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#17327908480635394-465: The idea religiously controversial. Ennis approached Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier to help finance the film under their View Askew Productions banner. Ennis, Smith and Mosier pitched Preacher to Bob Weinstein at Miramax Films . Weinstein was confused by the characterization of Jesse Custer . Miramax also did not want to share the box office gross with Electric Entertainment, ultimately dropping
5481-505: The idea, finding it too stylistically dark and religiously controversial. Columbia Pictures then purchased the film rights in October 2008 with Sam Mendes planned to direct. Neal H. Moritz and Jason Netter would have produced the film. The previous scripts written by Ennis would not have been used. On November 16, 2013, it was announced that AMC would be shooting a pilot for Preacher . On November 18, 2013, Bleeding Cool confirmed that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg had developed
5568-401: The infant of the unauthorized, unnatural coupling of an angel and a demon. The incident flattens Custer's church and kills his entire congregation. Genesis has no sense of individual will, but since it is composed of both pure goodness and pure evil, its power might rival that of God Himself, making Jesse Custer, bonded to Genesis, potentially the most powerful being in the universe. Driven by
5655-449: The longest-running Western character in American comic books, from 1948 to 1979. He became a time traveller, and ultimately, a mutant . The Rawhide Kid , another Marvel time traveller, debuted in a 16-issue series, from March 1955 to September 1957, from Marvel's 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics . DC Comics added a horror element to their Western stories by introducing Weird Western Tales in 1972. The title of this series gave rise to
5742-652: The modern neo-Western films began to appear, such as Nicholas Ray's The Lusty Men (1952) and John Sturges 's Bad Day at Black Rock (1955). Examples of the modern "first phase" of neo-Westerns include films such as Lonely Are the Brave (1962) and Hud (1963). The popularity of the subgenre has been resurgent since the release of Joel and Ethan Coen 's No Country for Old Men (2007). The neo-Western subgenre can also be seen in modern American television shows such as Breaking Bad , Justified , and Yellowstone . The Bollywood film Sholay (1975)
5829-586: The naming conventions after spaghetti Western, in Greece they are also referred to as " fasolada Westerns" (Greek: φασολάδα = bean soup, i.e. one of the national dishes of Greece). Notable examples are Blood on the Land (1966), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , and Bullets don't come back (1967). The horror Western subgenre has roots in films such as Curse of
5916-405: The national history and identity of the United States. Within the larger scope of the Western genre, there are several recognized subgenres. Some subgenres, such as spaghetti Westerns, maintain standard Western settings and plots, while others take the Western theme and archetypes into different supergenres, such as neo-Westerns or space Westerns. For a time, Westerns made in countries other than
6003-543: The neo-Western to the broader Western genre . Other conventions of the genre include displays of competence, which in turn is measured in acts of violence. Beginning in the postwar era, radio dramas such as Tales of the Texas Rangers (1950–1952), with Joel McCrea , a contemporary detective drama set in Texas, featured many of the characteristics of traditional Westerns. In this period, post-Western precursors to
6090-621: The pitch. By May 2000, Smith and Mosier were still attached to produce with Talalay directing, but Smith did not know the status of Preacher , feeling it would languish in development hell . By then, Storm Entertainment, a UK-based production company known for their work on independent films , joined the production with Electric Entertainment. In September 2001, the two companies announced Preacher had been greenlighted to commence pre-production , with filming to begin in November and Talalay still directing Ennis' script. The production and start dates were pushed back because of financial issues of
6177-401: The player being tasked with stopping the army of a mad inventor bent on taking over the country. Undead Nightmare (2010), an expansion to Red Dead Redemption (2010), is a horror Western video game . It tells the tale of an undead outbreak that has spread across the frontier. Other fantasy elements are new weapons such as holy water, and new mythical mounts, which include a unicorn and
6264-724: The publicity of the film Tampopo , the term "ramen Western" also is a play on words using a national dish. The term is used to describe Western style media set in Asia. Examples include The Drifting Avenger , Break the Chain , Millionaires Express , East Meets West , Tears of the Black Tiger and Dynamite Warrior , Let the Bullets Fly , Unforgiven , Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts , Buffalo Boys , The Good,
6351-473: The script for the series complete and the pilot ordered by the studio. Comic creators Steve Dillon and Garth Ennis were to work on this project as co-executive producer. On April 17, 2015, Seth Rogen tweeted that Dominic Cooper was cast in the role of Jesse Custer , Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy , Ruth Negga as Tulip O'Hare , Ian Colletti as Arseface , and W. Earl Brown as Sheriff Hugo Root. On September 9, 2015, Seth Rogen announced via Twitter that
6438-654: The season airing from August 4 to September 29, 2019. In May 2020, all 98 issues of Garth Ennis ' The Boys comic book series and the 8-issue epilogue series Dear Becky were adapted into seven full cast audiobooks produced by GraphicAudio , with all volumes numbering a combined 31 hours in length. In the second audiobook, the Preacher epilogue from " We Gotta Go Now " is adapted, with Michael John Casey voicing Proinsias Cassidy . Stephen King has said that his comic book series The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born , based on his The Dark Tower series of novels,
6525-703: The series Firefly , but the action sometimes takes place in the Old West, as in Cowboys & Aliens (2011), in which an alien spacecraft lands in 1870s New Mexico Territory. Fantasy Western The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States , particularly the Southwestern United States , as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It
6612-445: The series ordered to a ten-episode first season and was due to premiere in mid-2016. The series premiered on AMC on Sunday, May 22, 2016, and concluded July 31. A second season , with thirteen episodes, aired from June 25 to September 11, 2017. From June 24 to August 26, 2018, a ten-episode third season aired. In November 2018, the series was renewed for a fourth and final ten-episode season, with production relocating to Australia, and
6699-463: The series pilot with Sam Catlin , and that it would be distributed by Sony Pictures Television . On February 7, 2014, it was made public that AMC was officially developing the series to television based on the pilot written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Rogen had no plans to co-star in the series. On May 9, 2014, AMC announced that Preacher was picked up to series. Preacher was slated to premiere mid to late 2015, as announced by Seth Rogen, with
6786-471: The series when Yorick and Agent 355 are being held by Russian agents at gunpoint, who find the lighter and take offense to it. In February 2009, an older now-human Proinsias Cassidy appears in a epilogue cameo role in the fourth volume of Garth Ennis ' first ongoing comic book series after Preacher , the DC Comics ( WildStorm )/ Dynamite Entertainment series The Boys – " We Gotta Go Now " – in
6873-493: The series. Garth Ennis , feeling Preacher would translate perfectly as a film, sold the film rights to Electric Entertainment . Rachel Talalay was hired to direct, with Ennis writing the script. Rupert Harvey and Tom Astor were set as producers. By May 1998, Ennis completed three drafts of the script, based largely on the Gone to Texas story arc. The filmmakers found it difficult financing Preacher because investors found
6960-651: The spaghetti Western subgenre. One example of a Euro-Western is the Anglo-Spanish film The Savage Guns (1961). Several Euro-Western films, nicknamed sauerkraut Westerns because they were made in Germany and shot in Yugoslavia , were derived from stories by novelist Karl May , and were film adaptations of May's work . One of the most popular German Western franchises was the Winnetou series, which featured
7047-418: The story about a human falling in love with a vampire , From Dusk till Dawn (1996) by Robert Rodriguez deals with outlaws battling vampires across the border, Vampires (1998) by John Carpenter , which tells about a group of vampires and vampire hunters looking for an ancient relic in the west, Ravenous (1999), which deals with cannibalism at a remote US army outpost; The Burrowers (2008), about
7134-776: The story of the American Old West on a grand scale. Many epic Westerns are set during a turbulent time, especially a war, as in Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), set during the American Civil War, or Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969), set during the Mexican Revolution. One of the grandest films in this genre is Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), which shows many operatic conflicts centered on control of
7221-476: The struggles of a cowboy-like anti-hero , while focusing on themes of life and death, love and loss, greed and desire, and hope and pain. Dry or dark humor is sometimes used. Most notably, Narco Westerns frequently showcase graphic portrayals of addiction, violence, and narcoterrorism . The Northern genre is a subgenre of Westerns taking place in Alaska or Western Canada. Examples include several versions of
7308-422: The term "Weird West". It ran for eight years and 59 issues. The main character was Jonah Hex , whose popularity secured his own eponymous series. In the mid-to-late 1990s, Desperadoes by Jeff Mariotte , from Image Comics / WildStorm Productions , returned weird Western comics to the stands at a time when none of the major publishers had Western comics in their line-ups. Preacher Special: Saint of Killers ,
7395-532: The twenty-seventh issue overall, depicted as a former friend and sponsor of Billy Butcher working as a bartender , clearing out his bar on St. Patrick's Day so that Billy can drink in peace while waiting for Wee Hughie Campbell . IGN declared Preacher the third-greatest Vertigo comic, after The Saga of the Swamp Thing and The Sandman . Jesse Custer was ranked the 11th Greatest Comic Book Character by Empire magazine. The Saint of Killers
7482-447: Was influenced by Preacher . The character Yorick from Y: The Last Man , has a Zippo lighter with the words "Fuck Communism" engraved, identical to the one owned by Jesse Custer in Preacher . When asked about it he says it is "from this book I read once... a graphic novel. You know, like a comic book." The phrase originated as a 1963 satirical poster produced by The Realist magazine's Paul Krassner . This lighter appears later in
7569-641: Was often referred to as a "curry Western". A more accurate genre label for the film is the " dacoit Western ", as it combines the conventions of Indian dacoit films such as Mother India (1957) and Gunga Jumna (1961) with those of spaghetti Westerns. Sholay spawned its own genre of " dacoit Western" films in Bollywood during the 1970s. The first Western films made in India – Kalam Vellum (1970, Tamil), Mosagallaku Mosagadu (1971, Telugu), Ganga (1972, Tamil), and Jakkamma (1972, Tamil) – were based on classic Westerns. Thazhvaram (1990),
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