Weird
Western: Cine del Oeste sin Fronteras
Authors:
Jesus Palacios, Oscar Aibar, Miguel Angel Marti, Rakel Suarez Hernandez, Robert
E. Howard, Alfredo Lara, Donato Totaro. Adolfo Reneo, Carlos Morcillo Mira
Editor:
Jesus Palacios
Country:
Spain
Publisher:
Appleheadteam
Language:
Spanish
Pages:
444
ISBN:
978-84-123964-3-0
The
structure of the book is divided into two parts. The first, by Jesús
Palacios, consisting of a long introductory and general essay on the theme of
the Weird Western, and the second where the collaborations of the rest of the
authors are concentrated, addressing different and distinctive aspects of the
genre. Thus, Rakel Suárez Hernández, illustrator, graphic designer and
lover of mythology, offers an exciting panorama of the cryptozoological
bestiary of the fantastic western; Alfredo Lara, veteran expert in popular
literature and current director of the Frontera collection of the Valdemar
publishing house, specializing in classics of the American Western novel,
addresses the complicated but fundamental contribution and role of the Native
Americans in the Weird Western; Canadian film critic and professor Donato
Totaro reflects on the apocalyptic nature of the western, through characters,
aesthetic motifs and plots; and Adolfo Reneo reviews some of the vampires
and resurrected who walk through the West, both in movies and in series and
comics. Lastly, Jesús Palacios delves into the hidden and literally
subterranean history of the Border, searching for its secret inhabitants and
lost cities and including, as an example and an appendix, an original Weird
Western story by Robert E. Howard, translated for the first time into Spanish,
in addition to also offering a brief reflection on Robert Aldrich's seminal
film Ulzana's Raid (1972) and its influence on modern splatter
survival. Finally, the last pages collect an essential filmography of the
genre, compiled and commented by Carlos Morcillo Mira, as well as a brief
but no less necessary bibliography. As a final incentive for readers, the
book includes the latest and fiercest episode of the Atolladero comic series,
an example par excellence of the genre in our country, created by the brilliant
cartoonist Miguel Ángel Martín and written and later brought to the screen by
his Screenwriter Oscar Aibar. Welcome everyone, make yourself comfortable
in your seats and enjoy the ride offered by this bizarre and fantastic
stagecoach from Weird Western, western cinema without
borders. quintessential example of the genre in our country, created by
the great cartoonist Miguel Ángel Martín and written and later brought to the
screen by his screenwriter Óscar Aibar. Welcome everyone, make yourself
comfortable in your seats and enjoy the ride offered by this bizarre and
fantastic stagecoach from Weird Western, western cinema without
borders. quintessential example of the genre in our country, created by
the great cartoonist Miguel Ángel Martín and written and later brought to the
screen by his screenwriter Óscar Aibar. Welcome everyone, make yourself
comfortable in your seats and enjoy the ride offered by this bizarre and
fantastic stagecoach from Weird Western, western cinema without borders.
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